North Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)

North Swindon
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of North Swindon in Wiltshire.

Location of Wiltshire within England.
County Wiltshire
Electorate 79,488 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South West England

North Swindon is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is located in Wiltshire, South West England.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency of North Swindon was newly created in 1997. Its boundaries now encompass an area that previously made up parts of the former constituencies of Swindon, North Wiltshire and Devizes. The constituency covers much of urban and suburban Swindon, but also incorporates a substantial portion of the surrounding area, including Blunsdon and the market town of Highworth. North Swindon has an electorate of 79,488, the majority of whom live in the suburbs of Swindon itself, one the most rapidly growing settlements in Great Britain. As part of a re-alignment of boundaries in the 2010 election Cricklade became part of the North Wiltshire constituency while North Swindon acquired parts of the South Swindon constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[2] Party
1997 Michael Wills Labour
2010 Justin Tomlinson Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010 : North Swindon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Justin Tomlinson 22408 44.6 +5.7
Labour Victor Agarwal 15348 30.5 -14.6
Liberal Democrat Jane Lock 8668 17.2 +4.4
UKIP Stephen Halden 1842 3.7 +1.4
BNP Reg Bates 1542 3.1 +3.1
Green Bill Hughes 487 1.0 +1.0
Majority 7060 14.0
Turnout 50295 64.2 +3.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 10.1%

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Swindon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Wills 19612 43.7 −9.2
Conservative Justin Tomlinson 17041 38.0 +4.3
Liberal Democrat Mike Evemy 6831 15.2 +3.6
UKIP Robert Tingey 998 2.2 +0.3
Socialist Unity Andy Newman 208 0.5 N/A
Independent Ernest Reynolds 195 0.4 N/A
Majority 2571 5.7
Turnout 44885 61.0 0.0
Labour hold Swing −6.7
General Election 2001: North Swindon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Wills 22371 52.9 +3.1
Conservative Nick Martin 14266 33.7 -0.1
Liberal Democrat David Nation 4891 11.6 -1.4
UKIP Brian Lloyd 800 1.9 N/A
Majority 8105 19.2
Turnout 42328 61.0 -12.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North Swindon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Wills 24,029 49.78
Conservative Guy Opperman 16,341 33.85
Liberal Democrat M. Evemy 6,237 12.92
Referendum Party G. Goldsmith 1,533 3.18
Natural Law A Fisken 130 0.27%
Majority 7,688 15.93
Turnout 73.66
Labour hold Swing 7.1

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 6)
Conservative (36)
Liberal Democrats (15)
Labour (4)