Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Sittingbourne and Sheppey County constituency |
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| Sittingbourne and Sheppey shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Derek Wyatt |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Kent |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Sittingbourne and Sheppey 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
The constituency covers some of the district of Swale, including Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representaion in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the existing constituency boundaries as a consequence of population changes in the county.
The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency are:
- Borden, Chalkwell, Grove, Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Kemsley, Leysdown and Warden, Milton Regis, Minster Cliffs, Murston, Queenborough and Halfway, Roman, St Michaels, Sheerness East, Sheerness West, Sheppey Central, Teynham and Lynsted, West Downs, and Woodstock
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1997)
- 1997 — present: Derek Wyatt, Labour
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Sittingbourne and Sheppey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Wyatt | 17,051 | 41.8 | -4.0 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Henderson | 16,972 | 41.6 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Nelson | 5,183 | 12.7 | -1.4 | |
| UK Independence | Stephen Dean | 926 | 2.3 | +0.6 | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Mad Mike Young | 479 | 1.2 | -0.6 | |
| Veritas | David Cassidy | 192 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 79 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 40,803 | 53.7 | -3.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
As of the 2005 election, this is now the third most marginal seat in the country. The election count was slightly controversial as the original result gave the seat to the Tories, but a partial recount (of only Tory and Labour votes) resulted in the lead switching to Derek Wyatt for Labour. The Returning Officer denied the Conservatives request for a recount despite the fact that the lead had switched and the majority was a small as 79. The Lib Dem vote was never recounted even though errors in the count meant that it had to be revised twice.
| General Election 2001: Sittingbourne and Sheppey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Wyatt | 17,340 | 45.8 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | Adrian Lee | 13,831 | 36.5 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elvina Lowe | 5,353 | 14.1 | -4.2 | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Mad Mike Young | 673 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Robert Oakley | 661 | 1.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 3,509 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 37,858 | 57.5 | -14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Sittingbourne and Sheppey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Wyatt | 18,723 | 40.6 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Moate | 16,794 | 36.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Truelove | 8,447 | 18.3 | ||
| Referendum Party | P. Moull | 1,082 | 2.3 | ||
| Monster Raving Loony | C. Driver | 644 | 1.4 | ||
| UK Independence | N. Risi | 472 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,929 | ||||
| Turnout | 72.3 | ||||
