Wealden (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wealden County constituency

Wealden shown within East Sussex, and East Sussex shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Charles Hendry
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Sussex
EP constituency:	South East England

Wealden is a constituency covering the Wealden district in East Sussex. It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Sources
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers much of the Wealden district of East Sussex. However, some of the district in the south falls into the constituencies of Lewes, Bexhill and Battle and Eastbourne.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)
1983 — 2001: Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Conservative
2001 — present: Charles Hendry, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Wealden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Hendry	28,975	52.1	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wigley	13,054	23.5	-0.2
	Labour	Dudley Rose	9,360	16.8	-3.5
	Green	Julian Salmon	2,150	3.9	+1.5
	UK Independence	Keith Riddle	2,114	3.8	+0.9
Majority			15,921	28.6
Turnout			55,653	67.7	4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

General Election 2001: Wealden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Hendry	26,279	49.8	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Murphy	12,507	23.7	-2.0
	Labour	Luke Akehurst	10,705	20.3	+3.1
	UK Independence	Keith Riddle	1,538	2.9	+2.0
	Green	Julian Salmon	1,273	2.4	N/A
	Pensioner Coalition	Cyril Thornton	453	0.9	N/A
Majority			13,772	26.1
Turnout			52,756	63.5	-10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Wealden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Johnson Smith	29,417	49.8	-12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Skinner	15,213	25.7	-1.3
	Labour	Nicholas Levine	10,185	17.2	+8.0
	Referendum Party	Barry Taplin	3,527	6.0	N/A
	UK Independence	M J English	569	0.9	N/A
	Natural Law	Paul Cragg	188	0.3
Majority			14,204	24.0
Turnout			59,099	73.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1992: Wealden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Johnson Smith	37,263	61.7	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Skinner	16,332	27.1	-0.4
	Labour	Steve Billcliffe	5,579	9.2	+0.9
	Green	Ian Guy-Moore	1,002	1.7	N/A
	Natural Law	R F Graham	182	0.3	N/A
Majority			20,931	34.6
Turnout			60,358	81.0	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Wealden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Johnson Smith	35,154	64.2	0.0
	Social Democrat	D A Sinclair	15,044	27.5	-2.1
	Labour	C E Ward	4,563	8.3	+2.1
Majority			20,110	36.7
Turnout			54,761	75.0	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Wealden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Johnson Smith	31,926	64.2
	Social Democrat	D E Pace	14,741	29.6
	Labour	P F L Knight	3,060	6.2
Majority			17,185	34.6
Turnout			49,727	71.8

[edit] Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot \| Arundel and South Downs \| Ashford \| Aylesbury \| Banbury \| Basingstoke \| Beaconsfield \| Bexhill and Battle \| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton \| Bracknell \| Buckingham \| Canterbury \| Chesham and Amersham \| Chichester \| East Hampshire \| East Surrey \| East Worthing and Shoreham \| Eastbourne \| Epsom and Ewell \| Esher and Walton \| Fareham \| Faversham and Mid Kent \| Folkestone and Hythe \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Havant \| Henley \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Maidenhead \| Maidstone and The Weald \| Mid Sussex \| Mole Valley \| New Forest East \| New Forest West \| Newbury \| North East Hampshire \| North East Milton Keynes \| North Thanet \| North West Hampshire \| Reading East \| Reigate \| Runnymede and Weybridge \| Sevenoaks \| South West Surrey \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Wantage \| Wealden \| Windsor \| Witney \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing West \| Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown \| Brighton Pavilion \| Chatham and Aylesford \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Gillingham \| Hastings and Rye \| Hove \| Medway \| Milton Keynes South West \| Oxford East \| Portsmouth North \| Reading West \| Sittingbourne and Sheppey \| Slough \| Southampton Itchen \| Southampton Test \| South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh \| Lewes \| Oxford West and Abingdon \| Portsmouth South \| Romsey \| Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| Labour (1) \| Green (1)