Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Peterborough Borough constituency |
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| Peterborough shown within Cambridgeshire, and Cambridgeshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1547 |
| MP: | Stewart Jackson |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Cambridgeshire |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Peterborough 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
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The electoral wards used to create the modified Peterborough constituency to be fought at the Next United Kingdom general election are:
- Bretton North, Bretton South, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Eye and Thorney, Newborough, North, Park, Paston, Ravensthorpe, Walton, Werrington North, Werrington South, and West.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1847-1852 William Cavendish, Liberal
- 1945-1950 Stanley Tiffany, Labour Co-operative
- 1950-1974 Sir Harmar Nicholls, Conservative (later Baron Harmar-Nicholls)
- 1974-1979 Michael Ward, Labour
- 1979-1997 Brian Mawhinney, Conservative
- 1997-2005 Helen Clark, Labour
- 2005-present Stewart Jackson, Conservative
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[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Peterborough | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Stewart Jackson | 17,354 | 42.1 | +4.1 | |
| Labour | Helen Clark | 14,624 | 35.5 | -9.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Sandford | 6,876 | 16.7 | +2.2 | |
| UK Independence | Mary Herdman | 1,242 | 3.0 | +0.6 | |
| National Front | Terry Blackham | 931 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Motorcycle News Party | Marc Potter | 167 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 2,730 | 6.6 | |||
| Turnout | 41,194 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Peterborough | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Helen Brinton | 17,975 | 45.1 | -5.2 | |
| Conservative | Stewart Jackson | 15,121 | 38.0 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Sandford | 5,761 | 14.5 | +3.8 | |
| UK Independence | Julian Fairweather | 955 | 2.4 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 2,854 | 7.1 | |||
| Turnout | 39,812 | 61.4 | -11.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
