Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)

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Erewash County constituency

Erewash shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Liz Blackman
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Derbyshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Erewash 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.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency covers the borough of Erewash. The largest town in the seat is Ilkeston. An area which is neither especially wealthy or poor, it is looked on as a key marginal in General Elections.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a Mid Derbyshire constituency. This takes electoral wards from the existing Erewash seat, as well as some minor alterations from neighbouring constituencies.

The electoral wards used in the modified Erewash constituency, to be fought at the UK general election in 2009 or 2010, are:

Abbotsford, Breaston, Cotmanhay, Derby Road East, Derby Road West, Draycott, Hallam Fields, Ilkeston Central, Ilkeston North, Kirk Hallam, Little Hallam, Long Eaton Central, Nottingham Road, Old Park, Sandiacre North, Sandiacre South, Sawley and Wilsthorpe.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1983 – 1992: Peter Rost, Conservative
1992 – 1997: Angela Knight, Conservative
1997 – present: Liz Blackman, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Erewash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Blackman	22,472	44.5	−4.7
	Conservative	David Simmonds	15,388	30.4	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Garnett	7,073	14.0	+2.5
	Veritas	Robert Kilroy-Silk	2,957	5.8	N/A
	British National	Sadie Graham	1,319	2.6	+1.4
	UK Independence	Geoffrey Kingscott	941	1.9	+0.5
	Monster Raving Loony	R.U. Seerius	287	0.6	-0.3
	Church of the Militant Elvis Party	David Bishop	116	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,084	14.0
Turnout			50,553	64.5	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.1

General Election 2001: Erewash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Blackman	23,915	49.2	−2.5
	Conservative	Gregor MacGregor	16,983	34.9	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Garnett	5,586	11.5	+2.9
	UK Independence	Louise Smith	692	1.4	N/A
	British National	Steve Belshaw	591	1.2	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	R.U. Seerius	428	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Peter Waldock	401	0.8	N/A
Majority			6,932	14.3
Turnout			48,596	61.9	−16.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley \| Ashfield \| Bassetlaw \| Bolsover \| Broxtowe \| Corby \| Derby North \| Derby South \| Erewash \| Gedling \| High Peak \| Leicester East \| Leicester South \| Leicester West \| Lincoln \| Loughborough \| Mansfield \| Northampton North \| North East Derbyshire \| North West Leicestershire \| Nottingham East \| Nottingham North \| Nottingham South \| Sherwood \| South Derbyshire
Conservative	Blaby \| Boston and Skegness \| Bosworth \| Charnwood \| Daventry \| Gainsborough \| Grantham and Stamford \| Harborough \| Kettering \| Louth and Horncastle \| Newark \| Northampton South \| Rushcliffe \| Rutland and Melton \| Sleaford and North Hykeham \| South Holland and The Deepings \| Wellingborough \| West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat	Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) \| UKIP (2) \| Labour (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)