Bexhill and Battle (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bexhill and Battle County constituency |
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| Bexhill and Battle shown within East Sussex, and East Sussex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Gregory Barker |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | East Sussex |
| EP 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. It is a Conservative stronghold.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is based around the district of Rother in East Sussex. The main towns in the constituency, from which the constituency has its name, are Battle, and Bexhill-on-sea.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1983)
- 1983 — 2001: Charles Wardle, Conservative until 11 April 2001, then Independent
- 2001 — present: Gregory Barker, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Bexhill and Battle | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gregory Barker | 24,629 | 52.6 | +4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Varrall | 11,180 | 23.9 | -0.8 | |
| Labour | Michael Jones | 8,457 | 18.1 | -1.3 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gregory Barker | 21,555 | 48.1 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hardy | 11,052 | 24.7 | -0.8 | |
| Labour | Anne Moore-Williams | 8,702 | 19.4 | +1.3 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||
| General Election 1997: Bexhill and Battle | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Wardle | 23,570 | 48.1 | -12.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Wardle | 31,330 | 60.2 | -6.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Prochak | 15,023 | 28.9 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | Frank Taylor | 4,883 | 9.4 | +1.7 | |
| Green | J L Prus | 594 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Common Sense Party | M F Smith | 190 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,307 | 31.5 | |||
| Turnout | 52,020 | 79.0 | +1.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -4.7 | |||
| 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Wardle | 30,329 | 67.3 | ||
| Liberal | P R Smith | 10,583 | 23.5 | ||
| Labour | I P Pearson | 3,587 | 8.0 | ||
| Ecology | A Rix | 538 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 19,746 | 43.8 | |||
| Turnout | 45,037 | 72.9 | |||
[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)
