St Albans (UK Parliament constituency)
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| St Albans County constituency |
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| St Albans shown within Hertfordshire, and Hertfordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1554, 1885 |
| MP: | Anne Main |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hertfordshire |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
St Albans 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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The St Albans constituency lies is in the English county of Hertfordshire. It comprises the cathedral city of St Albans and some of the surrounding countryside, mainly to the south of the city.
The constituency elected a borough representative for over 300 years, until it was disenfranchised as a result of an electoral corruption in 1852. The constituency was re-established in 1885.
[edit] History
Prior to 1997 the St Albans parliamentary constituency included the town of Harpenden, and was historically held by the Conservative Party. Peter Lilley was a notable recent Conservative MP for the constituency. Following boundary changes in 1997, he moved to contest the newly created neighbouring constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1885 – 1892: Viscount Grimston, Conservative
- 1892 – 1904: Vicary Gibbs
- 1904 – 1906: John Bamford Slack
- 1906 – 1919: Sir Edward Hildred Carlile
- 1919 – 1943: Sir Francis Edward Fremantle
- 1943 – 1945: John Grimston, Conservative
- 1945 – 1950: Cyril Dumpleton, Labour
- 1950 – 1959: John Grimston, Conservative
- 1959 – 1983: Victor Goodhew, Conservative
- 1983 – 1997: Peter Lilley, Conservative
- 1997 – 2005: Kerry Pollard, Labour
- 2005 – "present": Anne Main, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: St Albans | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Anne Main | 16,953 | 37.3 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Kerry Pollard | 15,592 | 34.3 | −11.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Green | 11,561 | 25.4 | +7.5 | |
| UKIP | Richard Evans | 707 | 1.6 | +0.2 | |
| St Albans Party | Janet Girsman | 430 | – | – | |
| Independent (politician) | Mark Reynolds | 219 | – | – | |
| Majority | 1,361 | 3.0 | – | ||
| Turnout | 45,462 | 70.0 | +3.7 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 6.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: St Albans | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kerry Pollard | 19,889 | 45.4 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Charles Elphicke | 15,423 | 35.2 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Rijke | 7,847 | 17.9 | −3.1 | |
| UKIP | Chris Sherwin | 602 | 1.4 | – | |
| Majority | 4,466 | 10.2 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 43,761 | 66.3 | −11.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.7 | |||
| General Election 1997: St Albans | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kerry Pollard | 21,338 | 42.0 | ||
| Conservative | David Rutley | 16,879 | 33.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Rowlands | 10,692 | 21.0 | ||
| Referendum Party | Jim Warrilow | 1,619 | 3.2 | – | |
| Rainbow Alliance | Sari Craigen | 166 | 0.3 | – | |
| Natural Law | Ian Docker | 111 | 0.2 | – | |
| Majority | 4,459 | 8.8 | |||
| Turnout | 50,805 | 77.5 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- 2005 voting statistics from the BBC
- 2001 and 1997 voting statistics from the BBC
- OBV
- Coverage from The Times
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