Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)

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Forest of Dean County constituency
Forest of Dean shown within Gloucestershire, and Gloucestershire shown within England
Created:	1885, 1997
MP:	Mark Harper
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Gloucestershire
EP constituency:	South West England

Forest of Dean 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.

It was created for 1885 general election to replace part of West Gloucestershire, and abolished for the 1950 election. It was re-established for the 1997 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1885-1950 2.2 MPs 1997-present 3 Election results 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1950

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Thomas Blake
	1887	Godfrey Blundell Samuelson
	1892	Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke	Liberal
	1911	Henry Webb
	1918	James Wignall	Labour
	1925	Albert Arthur Purcell	Labour
	1929	David John Vaughan	Labour
	1931	Sir John Vigers Worthington	National Labour
	1935	Morgan Philips Price	Labour

[edit] MPs 1997-present

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Diana Organ	Labour
	2001
	2005	Mark Harper	Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper	19,474	40.9	+2.1
	Labour	Isabel Owen	17,425	36.6	−6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Coleman	8,185	17.2	+4.3
	UK Independence	Patricia Hill	1,140	2.4	+0.9
	Green	Stephen Tweedie	991	2.1	−0.7
	Independent (politician)	Anthony Reeve	300	0.6	N/A
	English Parliamentary Party	Gerald Morgan	125	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,049	4.3
Turnout			47,640	70.9	+3.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.5

General Election 2001: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Organ	19,350	43.4	-4.8
	Conservative	Mark Harper	17,301	38.8	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Gayler	5,762	12.9	+0.6
	Green	Simon Pickering	1,254	2.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Allen Prout	661	1.5	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Gerald Morgan	279	0.6	+0.2
Majority			2,049	4.6
Turnout			44,607	67.3	-11.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

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