Taunton Deane (UK Parliament constituency)

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Taunton Deane County constituency
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Taunton Deane shown within Somerset, and Somerset shown within England
Created:	1295
MP:
Party:
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Somerset
EP constituency:	South West England

Taunton Deane will be 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.

Following the review of parliamentary representaton in Somerset, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Taunton constituency with the name change Taunton Deane, to reflect the district name.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Boundaries

It is based on the town of Taunton, Somerset but extending to include Wellington, many small villages and parts of Exmoor.

[edit] History

In the 2005 general election, the victorious Liberal Democrats candidate in Taunton required the smallest percentage swing from the Conservative MP for them to take the seat.

[edit] Members of Parliament

See: Taunton constituency

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Taunton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Browne	25,764	43.3	+2.0
	Conservative	Adrian Flook	25,191	42.3	+0.6
	Labour	Andrew Govier	7,132	12.0	-2.9
	UK Independence	Helen Miles	1,441	2.4	+0.3
Majority			573	1.0	+0.6
Turnout			59,528	69.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	-0.7

General Election 2001: Taunton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Flook	23,033	41.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Ballard	22,798	41.3	-1.4
	Labour	Andrew Govier	8,254	14.9	+1.4
	UK Independence	Michael Canton	1,140	2.1	N/A
Majority			235	0.4
Turnout			55,225	67.6	-8.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

General Election 1997: Taunton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Ballard	26,064	42.7	+1.9
	Conservative	David Nicholson	23,621	38.7	-7.3
	Labour	Elizabeth Lisgo	8,248	13.5	+0.8
	Referendum Party	B. Ahern	2,760	4.5	N/A
	British National	L. Andrews	318	0.5	N/A
Majority			2,443
Turnout				76.5	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Taunton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Nicholson	29,576	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Ballard	26,240	40.8
	Labour	Jean Hole	8,151	12.7
	Natural Law	P. Leavey	279	0.4	N/A
Majority			3,336
Turnout				82.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset
• Constituencies in the next United Kingdom General election

[edit] External links

• UK Constituency Maps
• BBC Vote 2001
• BBC Election 2005

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)