Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)

Sittingbourne and Sheppey
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Sittingbourne and Sheppey in Kent.

Location of Kent within England.
County Kent
Electorate 74,796 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament Gordon Henderson (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Faversham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South East England

Sittingbourne and Sheppey 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.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of Faversham. It covers some of the district of Swale, including Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in 2003-4 in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England made major changes to the existing constituency boundaries as a consequence of population changes in the county, tasking effect at the 2010 general election.

The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency are:

Members of Parliament

The seat's MP since 2010 is Gordon Henderson of the Conservative Party.

Election Member [2] Party
1997 Derek Wyatt Labour
2010 Gordon Henderson Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Henderson 24,313 50.0 +8.3
Labour Angela Harrison 11,930 24.6 -17.1
Liberal Democrat Keith Nevols 7,943 16.4 +3.6
UKIP Ian Davison 2,610 5.4 +3.1
BNP Lawrence Tames 1,305 2.7 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Mad Mike Young 319 0.7 +0.7
Independent David Cassidy 158 0.3 +0.3
Majority 12,383 25.5
Turnout 48,578 64.5 +10.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Sittingbourne and Sheppey
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
UKIP 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
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
UKIP Robert Oakley 661 1.7 +0.7
Majority 3,509 9.3
Turnout 37,858 57.5 -14.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Sittingbourne and Sheppey
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
UKIP N. Risi 472 1.0
Majority 1,929
Turnout 72.3

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
Constituencies in South East England (84)
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Labour (4)
Liberal Democrats (4)
Green (1)
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