Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stroud County constituency |
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| Stroud shown within Gloucestershire, and Gloucestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1832, 1955 |
| MP: | David Drew |
| Party: | Labour Co-operative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Gloucestershire |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Stroud 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The geographical extent of the constituency coincides approximately with Stroud District.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1955 — 1987: Anthony Kershaw, Conservative
- 1987 — 1997: Roger Knapman, Conservative
- 1997 — present: David Drew, Labour Co-operative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Stroud | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | David Drew | 22,527 | 39.6 | - 7.0 | |
| Conservative | Neil Carmichael | 22,177 | 39.0 | + 1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Hirst | 8,026 | 14.1 | + 3.2 | |
| Green | Martin Whiteside | 3,056 | 5.4 | + 1.9 | |
| UK Independence | Edward Noble | 1,089 | 1.9 | + 0.3 | |
| Majority | 350 | 0.6 | -8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 56875 | 71.3 | +1.3 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Stroud | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | David Drew | 25,685 | 46.6 | +3.9 | |
| Conservative | Neil Carmichael | 20,646 | 37.4 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janice Beasley | 6,036 | 10.9 | -4.5 | |
| Green | Kevin Cranston | 1,913 | 3.5 | -0.5 | |
| UK Independence | Adrian Blake | 895 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,039 | 9.2 | |||
| Turnout | 55,175 | 70.0 | -8.8 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Stroud | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | David Drew | 26,170 | 42.7 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Knapman | 23,260 | 37.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Hodgkinson | 9,502 | 15.5 | ||
| Green | J Marjoram | 2,415 | 3.9 | ||
| Majority | 2,910 | 9.2 | 4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 61,347 | 79.2 | |||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in South West England | |
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| Conservative |
Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring |
| Liberal Democrat |
Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil |
| Labour |
Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke |
| South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1) | |
