Bracknell (UK Parliament constituency)

Bracknell
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bracknell in Berkshire.
Location of Berkshire within England.
County	Berkshire
Electorate	77,490 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Bracknell
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Phillip Lee (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	East Berkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Bracknell is a county 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.

Boundaries

Bracknell is based around the town of Bracknell and the Bracknell Forest authority. It is bordered by the constituencies of Wokingham, Maidenhead, Windsor, Surrey Heath, Aldershot, and North East Hampshire.

Members of Parliament

The first Member of Parliament Bracknell had was Andrew MacKay of the Conservative Party, who represented the old seat of East Berkshire from 1983. He stood down at the 2010 general election due to controversy over his expenses claims. The Conservative Party chose Phillip Lee, a general practitioner, as their new candidate in an American style open primary, a contest open to all registered Bracknell voters. Lee went on to become the next MP.

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Andrew MacKay	Conservative
	2010	Dr. Phillip Lee	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Bracknell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillip Lee	27,327	52.4	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Earwicker	11,623	22.3	+4.5
	Labour	John Piasecki	8,755	16.8	-11.1
	UKIP	Murray Barter	2,297	4.4	+0.9
	BNP	Mark Burke	1,253	2.4	N/A
	Green	David Young	821	1.6	N/A
	Scrap Members Allowances	Dan Haycocks	60	0.1	N/A
Majority			15,704	30.1
Turnout			52,140	67.8	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bracknell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew MacKay	25,412	49.7	+3.1
	Labour	Janet Keene	13,376	26.2	−6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Lee Glendon	10,128	19.8	+2.7
	UKIP	Vincent Pearson	1,818	3.6	+1.0
	Independent	Dominica Roberts	407	0.8	N/A
Majority			12,036	23.5
Turnout			51,141	63.4	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

General Election 2001: Bracknell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew MacKay	22,962	46.6	-0.7
	Labour	Janet Keene	16,249	33.0	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Earwicker	8,428	17.1	+1.7
	UKIP	Lawrie Boxall	1,266	2.6	+1.6
	ProLife Alliance	Dominica Roberts	324	0.7	+0.2
Majority			6,713	13.6
Turnout			49,229	60.7	-13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bracknell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew MacKay	27,983	47.4
	Labour	Anne Snelgrove	17,596	29.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Hilliar	9,122	15.4
	New Labour	J. Tompkins	1,909	3.2
	Referendum Party	W. Cairns	1,636	2.8
	UKIP	L. Boxall	569	1.0
	ProLife Alliance	Dominica Roberts	276	0.5
Majority			10,387
Turnout				74.5

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire