Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stratford-on-Avon County constituency | |
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| Stratford-on-Avon shown within Warwickshire, and Warwickshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885, 1983 |
| MP: | John Maples |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Warwickshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Stratford-on-Avon 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
[edit] Members of Parliament
- (1983: Boundary Commission re-organisation)
- 1983 – 1997: Alan Howarth, Conservative then Labour
- 1997 – present: John Maples, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Stratford-on-Avon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Maples | 28,652 | 49.2 | −1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Juned | 16,468 | 28.3 | −0.5 | |
| Labour | Rachel Blackmore | 10,145 | 17.4 | +0.7 | |
| UK Independence | Harry Cottam | 1,621 | 2.8 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Mick Davies | 1,354 | 2.3 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 12,184 | 20.9 | |||
| Turnout | 58,240 | 68.8 | +3.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Stratford-on-Avon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Maples | 27,606 | 50.3 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Juned | 15,804 | 28.8 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | Mushtaq Hussain | 9,164 | 16.7 | -3.9 | |
| UK Independence | Ron Mole | 1,184 | 2.2 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Mick Davies | 1,156 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,802 | 21.5 | |||
| Turnout | 54,914 | 65.2 | -11.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
