Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Sittingbourne and Sheppey County constituency |
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| Sittingbourne and Sheppey shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Derek Wyatt |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Kent |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Sittingbourne and Sheppey 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 some of the district of Swale, including Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in 2003-4 in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the existing constituency boundaries as a consequence of population changes in the county.
The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency are:
- Borden, Chalkwell, Grove, Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Kemsley, Leysdown and Warden, Milton Regis, Minster Cliffs, Murston, Queenborough and Halfway, Roman, St Michaels, Sheerness East, Sheerness West, Sheppey Central, West Downs, and Woodstock
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1997)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Derek Wyatt | Labour | |
Re-elected 2001 and 2005
[edit] Elections
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gordon Henderson | ||||
| Labour | Derek Wyatt | ||||
| General Election 2005: Sittingbourne and Sheppey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Wyatt | 17,051 | 41.8 | -4.0 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Henderson | 16,972 | 41.6 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jane Nelson | 5,183 | 12.7 | -1.4 | |
| UK Independence | Stephen Dean | 926 | 2.3 | +0.6 | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Mad Mike Young | 479 | 1.2 | -0.6 | |
| Veritas | David Cassidy | 192 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 79 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 40,803 | 53.7 | -3.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Sittingbourne and Sheppey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Wyatt | 17,340 | 45.8 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | Adrian Lee | 13,831 | 36.5 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Elvina Lowe | 5,353 | 14.1 | -4.2 | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Mad Mike Young | 673 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Robert Oakley | 661 | 1.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 3,509 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 37,858 | 57.5 | -14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Sittingbourne and Sheppey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Wyatt | 18,723 | 40.6 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Moate | 16,794 | 36.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Truelove | 8,447 | 18.3 | ||
| Referendum Party | P. Moull | 1,082 | 2.3 | ||
| Monster Raving Loony | C. Driver | 644 | 1.4 | ||
| UK Independence | N. Risi | 472 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,929 | ||||
| Turnout | 72.3 | ||||
