Northavon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Northavon County constituency

Northavon shown within Avon (county), and Avon (county) shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Steve Webb
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Gloucestershire
EP constituency:	South West England

Northavon 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

The constituency covers the same area as the former Northavon district (the more rural part of the current South Gloucestershire district). The constituency includes suburban and industrial areas on the outskirts of Bristol and several dormitory towns and small villages. Predominantly a middle-class area, it was gained narrowly by the Liberal Democrats in 1997, but swung heavily in their favour in 2001 and now looks fairly safe for them.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in the former Avon county, the Boundary Commission for England has abolished the Northavon seat, which will be largely replaced by Thornbury and Yate.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)
1983 — 1997: Sir John Cope, Conservative
1997 — present: Steve Webb, Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Northavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Webb	30,872	52.3	-0.1
	Conservative	Chris Butt	19,839	33.6	-1.1
	Labour	Patricia Gardener	6,277	10.6	-1.0
	UKIP	Adrian Blake	1,032	1.7	+0.4
	Green	Alan Pinder	922	1.6	+1.6
	Independent (politician)	Thomas Beacham	114	0.2	+0.2
Majority			11,033	18.7
Turnout			59,056	72.2	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.1

General Election 2001: Northavon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Webb	29,217	52.4	+10.0
	Conservative	Carrie Ruxton	19,340	34.7	-4.3
	Labour	Robert Hall	6,450	11.6	-4.1
	UKIP	Carman Carver	751	1.3	+1.3
Majority			9,877	17.7
Turnout			55,758	70.7	-8.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

Constituencies in South West England
Conservative	Bournemouth East \| Bournemouth West \| Bridgwater \| Christchurch \| Cotswold \| Devizes \| East Devon \| Forest of Dean \| North Dorset \| North Wiltshire \| Poole \| Salisbury \| South West Devon \| Tewkesbury \| Tiverton and Honiton \| Torridge and West Devon \| Totnes \| Wells \| West Dorset \| Westbury \| Weston-super-Mare \| Woodspring
Liberal Democrat	Bath \| Bristol West \| Cheltenham \| Falmouth and Camborne \| Mid Dorset and North Poole \| North Cornwall \| North Devon \| Northavon \| Somerton and Frome \| South East Cornwall \| St Ives \| Taunton \| Teignbridge \| Torbay \| Truro and St Austell \| Yeovil
Labour	Bristol East \| Bristol North West \| Bristol South \| Exeter \| Gloucester \| Kingswood \| North Swindon \| Plymouth Devonport \| Plymouth Sutton \| South Dorset \| South Swindon \| Stroud \| Wansdyke
South West European constituency: Conservative (3) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| Labour (1)