Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stevenage County constituency |
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| Stevenage shown within Hertfordshire, and Hertfordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Barbara Follett |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hertfordshire |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Stevenage 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 the Borough of Stevenage, as well as the villages of Codicote and Knebworth to the south and Aston, Benington, Datchworth and Walkern to the east.
As part of the Boundary Commission's review of Hertfordshire constituencies, Walkern and Benington will move from the Stevenage constituency to the North East Hertfordshire constituency for the next general election.
[edit] Analysis
Another Southern England new town seat with volatile voting patterns; it was Tory between 1983 and 1997 until Labour easily gained it; but their winning margin in 2005 was unconvincing and the Conservatives are certainly back in the hunt again. Labour performed poorly in Hertfordshire in 2005; they lost three other seats in the county, and now this and Watford, which itself has an even more narrow majority (this time over the Liberal Democrats) are their only remaining holds in the county.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 1997: Tim Wood, Conservative
- 1997 – present: Barbara Follett, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Stevenage | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Follett | 18,003 | 42.9 | −9.0 | |
| Conservative | George Freeman | 14,864 | 35.4 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Davies | 7,610 | 18.1 | +3.9 | |
| UK Independence | Victoria Peebles | 1,305 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Antal Losonczi | 152 | 0.4 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 3,139 | 7.5 | |||
| Turnout | 41,934 | 62.7 | +2.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Stevenage | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Follett | 22,025 | 51.9 | -3.5 | |
| Conservative | Graeme Quar | 13,459 | 31.7 | -1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Harry Davies | 6,027 | 14.2 | +5.3 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Steve Glennon | 449 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Antal Losonczi | 320 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | Sarah Bell | 173 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,566 | 20.2 | |||
| Turnout | 42,453 | 60.7 | -15.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Stevenage | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Follett | 28,440 | 55.4 | +16.8 | |
| Conservative | Tim Wood | 16,858 | 32.8 | −11.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Wilcock | 4,588 | 8.9 | −8.2 | |
| Referendum Party | J. Coburn | 1,194 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | D Bundy | 196 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | A Calcraft | 110 | 0.2 | −0.2 | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.0 | |||
| General Election 1992: Stevenage (1983 boundaries) | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tim Wood | 26,652 | 45.7 | +3.6 | |
| Labour | Judith Church | 21,764 | 37.3 | +11.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A.A. Reilly | 9,668 | 16.6 | −15.9 | |
| Natural Law | A Calcraft | 233 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
