Bexhill and Battle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bexhill and Battle County constituency

Bexhill and Battle shown within East Sussex, and East Sussex shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Gregory Barker
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Sussex
EP constituency:	South East England

Bexhill and Battle 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 Sources
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the district of Rother in East Sussex. The main towns in the constituency, from which the constituency has its name, are Battle, and Bexhill-on-sea.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)
1983 — 2001: Charles Wardle, Conservative until 11 April 2001, then Independent
2001 — present: Gregory Barker, Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gregory Barker	24,629	52.6	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Varrall	11,180	23.9	-0.8
	Labour	Michael Jones	8,457	18.1	-1.3
	UK Independence	Anthony Smith	2,568	5.5	-2.3
Majority			13,449	28.7
Turnout			46,834	67.2	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

General Election 2001: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gregory Barker	21,555	48.1	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hardy	11,052	24.7	-0.8
	Labour	Anne Moore-Williams	8,702	19.4	+1.3
	UK Independence	Nigel Farage	3,474	7.8	+6.2
Majority			10,503	23.4
Turnout			44,783	64.9	-9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

General Election 1997: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wardle	23,570	48.1	-12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Field	12,470	25.5	-3.4
	Labour	Robert Beckwith	8,866	18.1	+8.7
	Referendum Party	Vanessa Thompson	3,302	6.7
	UK Independence	J Pankhurst	786	1.6
Majority			11,100	22.6
Turnout			48,994	74.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.4

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1992: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wardle	31,330	60.2	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Prochak	15,023	28.9	+3.1
	Labour	Frank Taylor	4,883	9.4	+1.7
	Green	J L Prus	594	1.1	N/A
	Common Sense Party	M F Smith	190	0.4	N/A
Majority			16,307	31.5
Turnout			52,020	79.0	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.7

General Election 1987: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wardle	33,570	66.5	-0.8
	Social Democrat	R Kiernan	13,051	25.8	+2.3
	Labour	D K Watts	3,903	7.7	-0.3
Majority			20,519	40.7
Turnout			50,524	77.4	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.6

General Election 1983: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wardle	30,329	67.3
	Liberal	P R Smith	10,583	23.5
	Labour	I P Pearson	3,587	8.0
	Ecology	A Rix	538	1.2
Majority			19,746	43.8
Turnout			45,037	72.9

[edit] Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon) (Result is incorrect for 1992)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot \| Arundel and South Downs \| Ashford \| Aylesbury \| Banbury \| Basingstoke \| Beaconsfield \| Bexhill and Battle \| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton \| Bracknell \| Buckingham \| Canterbury \| Chesham and Amersham \| Chichester \| East Hampshire \| East Surrey \| East Worthing and Shoreham \| Eastbourne \| Epsom and Ewell \| Esher and Walton \| Fareham \| Faversham and Mid Kent \| Folkestone and Hythe \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Havant \| Henley \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Maidenhead \| Maidstone and The Weald \| Mid Sussex \| Mole Valley \| New Forest East \| New Forest West \| Newbury \| North East Hampshire \| North East Milton Keynes \| North Thanet \| North West Hampshire \| Reading East \| Reigate \| Runnymede and Weybridge \| Sevenoaks \| South West Surrey \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Wantage \| Wealden \| Windsor \| Witney \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing West \| Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown \| Brighton Pavilion \| Chatham and Aylesford \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Gillingham \| Hastings and Rye \| Hove \| Medway \| Milton Keynes South West \| Oxford East \| Portsmouth North \| Reading West \| Sittingbourne and Sheppey \| Slough \| Southampton Itchen \| Southampton Test \| South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh \| Lewes \| Oxford West and Abingdon \| Portsmouth South \| Romsey \| Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| Labour (1) \| Green (1)