Filton and Bradley Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Filton and Bradley Stoke County constituency |
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| Image:FiltonBradleyStokeConstituency.png Image:EnglandSouth Gloucestershire.png |
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| Filton and Bradley Stoke shown within South Gloucestershire, and South Gloucestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | in time for 2009 or 2010 election |
| MP: | none |
| Party: | none |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Gloucestershire |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Filton and Bradley Stoke will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in the unitary authority areas formerly covered by the county of Avon, the Boundary Commission for England have created a new seat of Filton and Bradley Stoke.
[edit] Boundaries
The electoral wards which are used to create this new constituency are from the district of South Gloucestershire.
- Almondsbury, Bradley Stoke Baileys Court, Bradley Stoke Bowsland, Bradley Stoke Sherbourne, Downend, Filton, Patchway, Pilning and Severn Beach, Staple Hill, Stoke Gifford and Winterbourne.
[edit] Election results
The new seat of Filton and Bradley Stoke will be fought for the first time at the UK general election of 2009 or 2010. The seat has a notional Conservative majority of just over a thousand.
Jack LoPresti was selected as Conservative candidate in June 2006. Emma Jane Bone [1] was selected as the Liberal Democrats Prospective Parliamentary Candidate in July 2006.
[edit] See also
- Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon
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