Broxbourne (UK Parliament constituency)

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Broxbourne Borough constituency
Broxbourne shown within Hertfordshire, and Hertfordshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Charles Walker
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hertfordshire
EP constituency:	East of England

Broxbourne is a parliamentary 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 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Broxbourne constituency includes the whole of the borough of Broxbourne together with the ward of Northaw in Welwyn Hatfield.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review into parliamentary representation in Hertfordshire, the Boundary Commission for England have recommended no change be made to the seat of Broxbourne, which will continue to link the Welywn Hatfield ward of Northaw, with the borough of Broxbourne.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 2005: Marion Roe, Conservative
• 2005 – present: Charles Walker, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Broxbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Walker	21,878	53.8	−0.3
	Labour	Jamie Bolden	10,369	25.5	−4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Porrer	4,973	12.2	+1.2
	British National Party	Andrew Emerson	1,929	4.7	+2.5
	UK Independence	Martin Harvey	1,479	3.6	+1.3
Majority			11,509	28.3
Turnout			40,628	59.7	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

General Election 2001: Broxbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Roe	20,487	54.1	+5.3
	Labour	David Prendergast	11,494	30.4	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Davies	4,158	11.0	-0.3
	UK Independence	Martin Harvey	858	2.3	N/A
	British National Party	John Cope	848	2.2	+0.9
Majority			8,993	23.7
Turnout			37,845	55.7	-14.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative	Billericay | Braintree | Brentwood and Ongar | Broxbourne | Bury St Edmunds | Castle Point | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Epping Forest | Harwich | Hemel Hempstead | Hertford and Stortford | Hertsmere | Hitchin and Harpenden | Huntingdon | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Norfolk | North Essex | North East Bedfordshire | North East Cambridgeshire | North East Hertfordshire | North West Cambridgeshire | North West Norfolk | Peterborough | Rayleigh | Rochford and Southend East | Saffron Walden | Southend West | South Cambridgeshire | South East Cambridgeshire | South Norfolk | South Suffolk | South West Bedfordshire | South West Hertfordshire | South West Norfolk | St Albans | Suffolk Coastal | Welwyn Hatfield | West Chelmsford | West Suffolk
Labour	Basildon | Bedford | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Ipswich | Luton North | Luton South | Norwich North | Norwich South | Stevenage | Thurrock | Watford | Waveney
Liberal Democrat	Cambridge | Colchester | North Norfolk
East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)