Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Tamworth County constituency |
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| Tamworth shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1563, 1997 |
| MP: | Brian Jenkins |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Staffordshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Tamworth is a parliamentray 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] History
Tamworth replaced the old South East Staffordshire constituency for the 1997 general election.
A previous Tamworth constituency existed from 1563 until it was abolished for the 1945 general election. It elected two MPs until the 1885 general election, when its representation was reducedv to one MP by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1660-1945
[edit] MPs 1997-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Brian Jenkins | Labour | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2005 | |||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Tamworth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Jenkins | 18,801 | 43.0 | -6.0 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Pincher | 16,232 | 37.1 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Phillip Bennion | 6,175 | 14.1 | +2.4 | |
| Veritas | Patrick Eston | 1,320 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Tom Simpson | 1,212 | 2.8 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 2,569 | 5.9 | -6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 43,740 | 61.0 | +3.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Tamworth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Jenkins | 19,722 | 49.0 | -2.8 | |
| Conservative | Luise Gunter | 15,124 | 37.6 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Pinkett | 4,721 | 11.7 | +3.7 | |
| UK Independence | Paul Sootheran | 683 | 1.7 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 4,598 | 11.4 | |||
| Turnout | 40,250 | 57.8 | -16.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Tamworth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Jenkins | 25,808 | 51.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Lady Lightbown | 18,312 | 36.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Pinkett | 4,025 | 8.1 | N/A | |
| Referendum Party | D. Livesey | 1,163 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | C. A. Lamb | 369 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal | C. Twelvetrees | 177 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,496 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 74.2 | N/A | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
[edit] See also
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire
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