Bexhill and Battle (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 50°53′10″N 0°28′12″E / 50.886°N 0.470°E
| Bexhill and Battle | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Bexhill and Battle in East Sussex. |
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 Location of East Sussex within England. |
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| County | East Sussex |
| Electorate | 78,602 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Gregory Barker (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Bexhill and Battle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is based around the district of Rother in East Sussex.
[edit] Constituency profile
The main towns in the constituency, from which it takes its name, are the seaside resort of Bexhill-on-Sea and the historic town of Battle.
[edit] History
The seat's first MP, Charles Wardle, served as a junior Home Office minister in the government of John Major; Wardle had the Conservative whip removed shortly before the 2001 election. The seat has been held by Gregory Barker since 2001; Barker has been a junior minister at the Department for Energy and Climate Change since the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government following the 2010 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Charles Wardle | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Independent | ||
| 2001 | Gregory Barker | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Bexhill and Battle[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gregory Barker | 28,147 | 51.6 | −2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mary Varrall | 15,267 | 28.0 | +5.3 | |
| Labour | James Royston | 6,524 | 12.0 | −5.9 | |
| Trust | Stuart Wheeler | 2,699 | 4.9 | N/A | |
| BNP | Neil Jackson | 1,950 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,880 | 23.6 | −7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 54,587 | 68.9 | +2.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Bexhill and Battle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gregory Barker | 24,629 | 52.6 | +4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mary Varrall | 11,180 | 23.9 | -0.8 | |
| Labour | Michael Jones | 8,457 | 18.1 | -1.3 | |
| UKIP | Anthony Smith | 2,568 | 5.5 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 13,449 | 28.7 | |||
| Turnout | 46,834 | 67.2 | +2.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: Bexhill and Battle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gregory Barker | 21,555 | 48.1 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Hardy | 11,052 | 24.7 | -0.8 | |
| Labour | Anne Moore-Williams | 8,702 | 19.4 | +1.3 | |
| UKIP | Nigel Farage | 3,474 | 7.8 | +6.2 | |
| Majority | 10,503 | 23.4 | |||
| Turnout | 44,783 | 64.9 | -9.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Bexhill and Battle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Wardle | 23,570 | 48.1 | -12.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Kathryn Field | 12,470 | 25.5 | -3.4 | |
| Labour | Robert Beckwith | 8,866 | 18.1 | +8.7 | |
| Referendum Party | Vanessa Thompson | 3,302 | 6.7 | ||
| UKIP | J Pankhurst | 786 | 1.6 | ||
| Majority | 11,100 | 22.6 | |||
| Turnout | 48,994 | 74.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.
| General Election 1992:Bexhill and Battle[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Wardle | 31,380 | 60.3 | -6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ms. SM Prochak | 15,023 | 28.9 | +3.0 | |
| Labour | FW Taylor | 4,883 | 9.4 | +1.7 | |
| Green | JL Prus | 594 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Independent | Mrs MF Smith | 190 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 16,357 | 31.4 | -9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 52,070 | 79.1 | +1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1987: Bexhill and Battle | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Wardle | 33,570 | 66.5 | -0.8 | |
| Social Democrat | R Kiernan | 13,051 | 25.8 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | D K Watts | 3,903 | 7.7 | -0.3 | |
| Majority | 20,519 | 40.7 | |||
| Turnout | 50,524 | 77.4 | +4.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
| General Election 1983: Bexhill and Battle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Wardle | 30,329 | 67.3 | ||
| Liberal | P R Smith | 10,583 | 23.5 | ||
| Labour | Ian Pearson | 3,587 | 8.0 | ||
| Ecology | A Rix | 538 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 19,746 | 43.8 | |||
| Turnout | 45,037 | 72.9 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ BBC - Election 2010 - Bexhill & Battle
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
[edit] Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 – 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 – 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 – 1992 (Election Demon) (Result is incorrect for 1992)
- Election results, 1992 – 2005 (Guardian)
