Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Forest of Dean County constituency |
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| Forest of Dean shown within Gloucestershire, and Gloucestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885, 1997 |
| MP: | Mark Harper |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Gloucestershire |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Forest of Dean is a parliamentary 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.
It was created for 1885 general election to replace part of West Gloucestershire, and abolished for the 1950 election. It was re-established for the 1997 general election.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1885-1950
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Thomas Blake | ||
| 1887 | Godfrey Blundell Samuelson | ||
| 1892 | Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke | Liberal | |
| 1911 | Henry Webb | ||
| 1918 | James Wignall | Labour | |
| 1925 | Albert Arthur Purcell | Labour | |
| 1929 | David John Vaughan | Labour | |
| 1931 | Sir John Vigers Worthington | National Labour | |
| 1935 | Morgan Philips Price | Labour | |
[edit] MPs 1997-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Diana Organ | Labour | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2005 | Mark Harper | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Forest of Dean | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mark Harper | 19,474 | 40.9 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Isabel Owen | 17,425 | 36.6 | −6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Coleman | 8,185 | 17.2 | +4.3 | |
| UK Independence | Patricia Hill | 1,140 | 2.4 | +0.9 | |
| Green | Stephen Tweedie | 991 | 2.1 | −0.7 | |
| Independent (politician) | Anthony Reeve | 300 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| English Parliamentary Party | Gerald Morgan | 125 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,049 | 4.3 | |||
| Turnout | 47,640 | 70.9 | +3.6 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Forest of Dean | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Diana Organ | 19,350 | 43.4 | -4.8 | |
| Conservative | Mark Harper | 17,301 | 38.8 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Gayler | 5,762 | 12.9 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Simon Pickering | 1,254 | 2.8 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Allen Prout | 661 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Gerald Morgan | 279 | 0.6 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 2,049 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 44,607 | 67.3 | -11.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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