South Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Swindon County constituency
South Swindon shown within Wiltshire, and Wiltshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Anne Snelgrove
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Wiltshire
EP constituency:	South West England

South Swindon is a county 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the southern portion of the town of Swindon. Like North Swindon, the seat is highly marginal.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997 — 2005: Julia Drown, Labour
• 2005 — present: Anne Snelgrove, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: South Swindon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Snelgrove	17,534	40.3	−11.0
	Conservative	Robert Buckland	16,181	37.2	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Stebbing	7,322	16.8	+4.9
	Green	Bill Hughes	1,234	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Stephen Halden	955	2.2	+0.6
	Independent (politician)	Alan Hayward	193	0.4	N/A
	Independent (politician)	John Williams	53	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,353	3.1
Turnout			43,472	60.2	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.9

General Election 2001: South Swindon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia Drown	22,260	51.3	+4.5
	Conservative	Simon Coombs	14,919	34.4	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Brewer	5,165	11.9	-2.5
	UKIP	Vicki Sharp	713	1.6	N/A
	Rock 'N' Roll Loony Party	Roly Gillard	327	0.8	N/A
Majority			7,341	16.9
Turnout			43,384	61.0	-11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

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)