Wansdyke (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Wansdyke
Map1 = Wansdyke
Map2 = Avon
Entity = Avon (county)
Type = County
County = Somerset
Year = 1983
MP = Dan Norris
Party = Labour
EP = South West England

Wansdyke 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.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the part of Bath and North East Somerset that is not in the Bath constituency. It also contains four wards or parts of wards from South Gloucestershire Council. It is named after the former Wansdyke district. At the next general election 2009/2010 much of this constituency will change to North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)., [cite web |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/cgi-bin/calcwork.pl?seat=Somerset%20North%20East |title= Somerset North East: New Boundaries Calculation|accessdate=2007-09-19 |format= |work=Electoral Calculus: General Election Prediction ]

Members of Parliament

* 1983 — 1997: Jack Aspinwall, Conservative
* 1997 — "present": Dan Norris, Labour

Election results

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: WansdykeElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dan Norris
votes = 20,686
percentage = 40.6
change = −6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Watt
votes = 18,847
percentage = 37.0
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gail Coleshill
votes = 10,050
percentage = 19.7
change = +5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Sandell
votes = 1,129
percentage = 2.2
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Geoffrey Parkes
votes = 221
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,839
percentage = 3.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 50,933
percentage = 72.4
change = +2.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −3.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: WansdykeElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dan Norris
votes = 23,206
percentage = 46.8
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Watt
votes = 17,593
percentage = 35.5
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gail Coleshill
votes = 7,135
percentage = 14.4
change = -2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Francis Hayden
votes = 958
percentage = 1.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Sandell
votes = 655
percentage = 1.3
change = +0.5Election box majority
votes = 5,613
percentage = 11.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 49,547
percentage = 69.9
change = -9.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: WansdykeElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dan Norris
votes = 24,117
percentage = 44.1
change = 0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Prisk
votes = 19,318
percentage = 35.3
change = 0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeff Manning
votes = 9,205
percentage = 16.8
change = 0Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = K. Clinton
votes = 1327
percentage = 2.4
change = 0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = T. Hunt
votes = 438
percentage = 0.8
change = 0Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = P. House
votes = 225
percentage = 0.4
change = 0Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = S. Lincoln
votes = 92
percentage = 0.2
change = 0Election box majority
votes = 4,799
percentage = 8.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 54,722
percentage = 79.3
change = 0Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = 0

References

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon