Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)

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Erewash County constituency
Erewash shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Liz Blackman
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Derbyshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Erewash 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 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency covers the borough of Erewash. The largest town in the seat is Long Eaton. An area which is neither especially wealthy or poor, it is looked on as a key marginal in General Elections.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a Mid Derbyshire constituency. This takes electoral wards from the existing Erewash seat, as well as some minor alterations from neighbouring constituencies.

The electoral wards used in the modified Erewash constituency, to be fought at the UK general election in 2009 or 2010, are:

• Abbotsford, Breaston, Cotmanhay, Derby Road East, Derby Road West, Draycott, Hallam Fields, Ilkeston Central, Ilkeston North, Kirk Hallam, Little Hallam, Long Eaton Central, Nottingham Road, Old Park, Sandiacre North, Sandiacre South, Sawley and Wilsthorpe.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Peter Rost	Conservative
	1987
	1992	Angela Knight	Conservative
	1997	Liz Blackman	Labour
	2001
	2005

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Erewash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Blackman	22,472	44.5	−4.7
	Conservative	David Simmonds	15,388	30.4	−4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Garnett	7,073	14.0	+2.5
	Veritas	Robert Kilroy-Silk	2,957	5.8	N/A
	British National Party	Sadie Graham	1,319	2.6	+1.4
	UK Independence	Geoffrey Kingscott	941	1.9	+0.5
	Monster Raving Loony	R. U. Seerius	287	0.6	-0.3
	Church of the Militant Elvis Party	David Bishop	116	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,084	14.0
Turnout			50,553	64.5	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.1

General Election 2001: Erewash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Blackman	23,915	49.2	−2.5
	Conservative	Gregor MacGregor	16,983	34.9	−1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Garnett	5,586	11.5	+2.9
	UK Independence	Louise Smith	692	1.4	N/A
	British National Party	Steve Belshaw	591	1.2	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	R. U. Seerius	428	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Peter Waldock	401	0.8	N/A
Majority			6,932	14.3
Turnout			48,596	61.9	−16.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

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