Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Saffron Walden County constituency |
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| Saffron Walden shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Alan Haselhurst |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Essex |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Saffron Walden is a parliamentary 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] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Herbert Coulston Gardner | ||
| 1895 | Charles Gold | ||
| 1901 | Joseph Albert Pease | Liberal | |
| Jan 1910 | Douglas James Proby | ||
| Dec 1910 | Sir Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck | Liberal | |
| 1922 | Sir William Foot Mitchell | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Rab Butler | Conservative | |
| 1965 | Peter Michael Kirk | Conservative | |
| 1977 | Alan Haselhurst | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Saffron Walden | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alan Haselhurst | 27,263 | 51.4 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elfreda Tealby-Watson | 14,255 | 26.9 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | Swatantra Nandanwar | 8,755 | 16.5 | −6.1 | |
| UKIP | Raymond Tyler | 1,412 | 2.7 | −0.8 | |
| English Democrats | Raymond Brown | 860 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Veritas | Trevor Hackett | 475 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,008 | 24.5 | |||
| Turnout | 53,020 | 68.3 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Saffron Walden | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alan Haselhurst | 24,485 | 48.9 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elfreda Tealby-Watson | 12,481 | 24.9 | -1.9 | |
| Labour | Tania Rogers | 11,305 | 22.6 | +1.1 | |
| UKIP | Richard Glover | 1,769 | 3.5 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 12,004 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 50,040 | 65.2 | -11.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Preceded by Essex Western |
UK Parliament constituency 1885– |
Succeeded by Current incumbent |
