Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kingswood Borough constituency |
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| Kingswood shown within Avon (county), and Avon (county) shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Roger Berry |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Gloucestershire |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Kingswood 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 constituency covers the eastern suburbs of Bristol outside of the city boundary, corresponding to the former borough of Kingswood.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1974 — 1979: Terence William Walker, Labour
- 1979 — 1983: Jack Aspinwall, Conservative
- 1983 — 1992: Robert Hayward, Conservative
- 1992 — present: Roger Berry, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Kingswood | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Roger Berry | 26,491 | 47.0 | −7.9 | |
| Conservative | Owen Inskip | 18,618 | 33.1 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Brewer | 9,089 | 16.1 | +1.4 | |
| UKIP | John Knight | 1,444 | 2.6 | +0.5 | |
| Independent (politician) | David Burnside | 669 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,873 | 14.0 | |||
| Turnout | 56,311 | 66.7 | +2.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Kingswood | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Roger Berry | 28,903 | 54.9 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | Robert Marven | 14,941 | 28.4 | -1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Greenfield | 7,747 | 14.7 | +1.9 | |
| UKIP | David Smith | 1,085 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,962 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 52,676 | 64.6 | -13.0 | ||
| Labour hold | 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) | |
