Woodspring (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:UK constituency infobox Woodspring 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.

Boundaries

The constituency contains the northern and eastern parts of the North Somerset unitary authority (formerly the Woodspring district of the County of Avon, and roughly the same area as the ancient Hundred of Portbury). The constituency extends between two rivers - the Avon on the western edge of Bristol and the Congresbury Yeo, although Congresbury itself is not part of the constituency. The main towns are Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead. The Woodspring constituency will be renamed "North Somerset" at the next general election, however the unitary authority of North Somerset also encompasses the Weston-super-Mare constituency.

Boundary review

Following the review of parliamentary representation by the Boundary Commission for England in Somerset, this seat will be renamed North Somerset.

Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 1992: Sir Paul Dean, Conservative
• 1992 – present: Liam Fox, Conservative

Election results

General Election 2005: Woodspring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liam Fox	21,587	41.8	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Bell	15,571	30.2	+6.0
	Labour	Chanel Stevens	11,249	21.8	−3.8
	Green	Rebecca Lewis	1,309	2.5	−0.1
	UKIP	Anthony Butcher	1,269	2.5	+1.6
	BNP	Michael Howson	633	1.2	N/A
Majority			6,016	11.7
Turnout			51,618	72.0	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.9

General Election 2001: Woodspring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liam Fox	21,297	43.7	-0.8
	Labour	Chanel Stevens	12,499	25.6	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Eldridge	11,816	24.2	-6.1
	Independent (politician)	David Shopland	1,412	2.9	+2.7
	Green	Richard Lawson	1,282	2.6	+1.4
	UKIP	Fraser Crean	452	0.9	N/A
Majority			8,798	18.1
Turnout			48,758	68.7	-9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Woodspring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liam Fox	24,425	44.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nan Kirsen	16,691	30.4
	Labour	Debbie Sander	11,377	20.7
	Referendum	Richard Hughes	1,641	3.0
	Green	Richard Lawson	667	1.2
	Independent (politician)	Andrew Glover	101	0.2
	Natural Law	Mike Mears	667	1.2
Majority			7,734	14.1
Turnout			54,954	78.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon