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Encyclopedia > Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)

Basingstoke 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: Basingstoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria Miller 19,955 41.5 −1.2
Labour Paul Harvey 15,275 31.7 −9.2
Liberal Democrats Jen Smith 9,952 20.7 +6.8
UKIP Peter Effer 1,044 2.2 −0.3
Green Darren Shirley 928 1.9 N/A
BNP Roger Robertson 821 1.7 N/A
Millennium Council Roger MacNair 148 0.3 N/A
Majority 4,680 9.7
Turnout 48,123 63.0 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
General Election 2001: Basingstoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Hunter 20,490 42.7 -0.6
Labour Jon Hartley 19,610 40.9 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Steve Sollitt 6,693 13.9 -3.1
UKIP Kim Graham 1,202 2.5 N/A
Majority 880 1.8
Turnout 47,995 60.7 -13.5
Conservative hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 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 emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... The British National Party (BNP) is the largest political party of the far-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Andrew Hunter (born January 8, 1943) is a United Kingdom politician and a member of the Orange Order. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 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 Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Basingstoke railway station is a railway station in the town of Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire in England.
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