Broadland | |
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County constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Broadland in Norfolk. |
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Location of Norfolk within England. |
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County | Norfolk |
Electorate | 73,066 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 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 |
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.
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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2010 | Keith Simpson | Conservative |
General Election 2010: Broadland[4] | |||||
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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 |