North Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North Swindon County constituency |
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| North Swindon shown within Wiltshire, and Wiltshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Michael Wills |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Wiltshire |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
North Swindon 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the northern portion of the town of Swindon. Best known for being a railway town, Swindon used to be only one constituency for many generations, but its expanding suburbs and much new town housing have made it one of the largest-growing areas in Britain for population. Swindon's railway heritage has declined since the 1970s (though there are still railway museums in the town), and it has deversified into other industries, mostly white collar. Both here and South Swindon are highly marginal contests between Labour and the Tories.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 — present: Michael Wills, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: North Swindon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Wills | 19,612 | 43.7 | −9.2 | |
| Conservative | Justin Tomlinson | 17,041 | 38.0 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Evemy | 6,831 | 15.2 | +3.6 | |
| UK Independence | Robert Tingey | 998 | 2.2 | +0.3 | |
| Socialist Unity | Andy Newman | 208 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ernest Reynolds | 195 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,571 | 5.7 | |||
| Turnout | 44,885 | 61.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: North Swindon | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Wills | 22,371 | 52.9 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Nick Martin | 14,266 | 33.7 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Nation | 4,891 | 11.6 | -1.4 | |
| UK Independence | Brian Lloyd | 800 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,105 | 19.2 | |||
| Turnout | 42,328 | 61.0 | -12.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
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