Broadland (UK Parliament constituency)

Broadland
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Broadland in Norfolk.

Location of Norfolk within England.
County Norfolk
Electorate 73,066 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament Keith Simpson (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Mid Norfolk
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

Broadland is a county 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 its review into parliamentary representation in Norfolk, the Boundary Commission for England created the Broadland constituency, which is the successor seat to Mid Norfolk but includes parts of North Norfolk and Norwich North. The name is taken from the local government area Broadland though its boundary does not match that of the district council nor is it contiguous with the area known as the Norfolk Broads.

Contents

Boundaries

The new Broadland seat takes its name from the local government district, from which 20 electoral wards are taken. Six wards from North Norfolk council are also used in the creation of this seat.

The constituency stretches from near Yarmouth in the East to the north west of the county.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [3] Party
2010 Keith Simpson Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Broadland[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Simpson* 24,338 46.2 +2.8
Liberal Democrat Daniel Roper 17,046 32.4 +2.9
Labour Allyson Barron 7,287 13.8 −9.8
UKIP Stuart Agnew 2,382 4.5 +1.1
BNP Edith Crowther 871 1.7 +1.7
Green Susan Curran 752 1.4 +1.4
Majority 7,292 13.8
Turnout 52,676 72.0 +7.6
Conservative Party (UK) hold Swing −0.0
* Served in the 2005–2010 Parliament as MP for Mid Norfolk

See also

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