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Encyclopedia > Aldershot (constituency)

Aldershot is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

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Election results

General Election 2005: Aldershot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Howarth 20,572 42.7 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Adrian Collett 15,238 31.7 +4.1
Labour Howard Linsley 9,895 20.6 -4.6
UKIP Derek Rumsey 1,182 2.5 +0.7
English Democrats Gary Cowd 701 1.5 +1.5
Monster Raving Loony Party 'Howling Lord' Hope 553 1.1 +0.2
Majority 5,334 11.1
Turnout 48,141 61.3 +3.4
General Election 2001: Aldershot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Howarth 19,106 42.2 -0.5
Liberal Democrats Adrian Collett 12,512 27.6 -2.8
Labour Luke Akehurst 11,394 25.2 +1.0
UKIP Derek Rumsey 797 1.8 +0.3
Green Adam Stacey 630 1.4 N/A
Independent King Arthur Pendragon 459 1.0 N/A
MRLP Alan 'Howling Laud' Hope 390 0.9 N/A
Majority 6,594 14.6 N/A
Turnout 45,288 57.9 -12.9

Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... James Gerald Douglas Howarth (born 12 September 1947, Hurley, Berkshire) is a United Kingdom politician. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... James Gerald Douglas Howarth (born 12 September 1947, Hurley, Berkshire) is a United Kingdom politician. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Green Party of England and Wales was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
Vita.html (5206 words)
"Constituency Characteristics, Individual Characteristics, and Tactical Voting in the 1987 British General Election," with Richard G. Niemi and Guy Whitten,
(Aldershot: Dartmouth International Library of Politics and Comparative Government).
(Aldershot: Dartmouth International Library of Politics and Comparative Government) 1998.
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