Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Tewkesbury County constituency | |
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| Tewkesbury shown within Gloucestershire, and Gloucestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1610, 1997 |
| MP: | Laurence Robertson |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Gloucestershire |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Tewkesbury 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
- 1807 — 1812: Charles Hanbury-Tracy, Whig
- 1832 — 1837: Charles Hanbury-Tracy, Whig
- 1997 — present: Laurence Robertson, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Tewkesbury | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Laurence Robertson | 22,339 | 49.1 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair Cameron | 12,447 | 27.4 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Charles Mannan | 9,179 | 20.2 | −6.7 | |
| Green | Robert Rendell | 1,488 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,892 | 21.8 | |||
| Turnout | 45,453 | 63.0 | −0.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Tewkesbury | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Laurence Robertson | 20,830 | 46.1 | +0.3 | |
| Labour | Keir Dhillon | 12,167 | 26.9 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Martin | 11,863 | 26.2 | -1.8 | |
| Independent (politician) | Charles Vernall | 335 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,663 | 19.2 | |||
| Turnout | 45,195 | 63.7 | -12.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in South West England | |
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| Conservative |
Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring |
| Liberal Democrat |
Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil |
| Labour |
Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke |
| South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1) | |
