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Encyclopedia > Battersea (constituency)

Battersea is a constituency located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is 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. ... Battersea, as defined by the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea, part of the old County of London, England, before 1965 Battersea is an place in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. ... The London Borough of Wandsworth is a London borough in southwest London. ... 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

Currently held by Martin Linton for Labour. Martin Linton (born 11 August 1944) is a British politician, and has been Labour member of Parliament for Battersea since 1997. ... 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. ...


Election results

General Election 2005: Battersea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Linton 16,569 40.4 -9.9
Conservative Dominic Schofield 16,406 40.0 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Norsheen Bhatti 6,006 14.6 +2.5
Green Hugo Charlton 1,735 4.2 +4.2
UKIP Terry Jones 333 0.8 +0.8
Majority 163 0.4
Turnout 41,049 59.0 +4.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: Battersea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Linton 18,498 50.3 -0.5
Conservative Lucy Shersby 13,445 36.5 -2.9
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Vitelli 4,450 12.1 +4.7
Independent Thomas Barber 411 1.1 N/A
Majority 5,053 13.7
Turnout 36,804 54.5 -16.3

Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... 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. ... Martin Linton (born 11 August 1944) is a British politician, and has been Labour member of Parliament for Battersea since 1997. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ... 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 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 general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ... 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. ... Martin Linton (born 11 August 1944) is a British politician, and has been Labour member of Parliament for Battersea since 1997. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency

Battersea constituency was created in 1983 by merging the old Battersea North and Battersea South constituencies (some areas of Battersea South became part of the ajoining Tooting constituency). The Labour party won the constituency in 1983 and the Conservative candidate John Bowis won in 1987 and 1992. Martin Linton won it back for the Labour Party in 1997 and has held the seat ever since. Martin Linton (born 11 August 1944) is a British politician, and has been Labour member of Parliament for Battersea since 1997. ...


In the 2005 election, Linton's majority was slashed and he now has the fourth smallest Labour party majority in the country.


  Results from FactBites:
 
BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Battersea (166 words)
Battersea and Clapham, and now also Balham, have undergone a transformation in the last 20 years, becoming the home of choice to many affluent young professionals - who made it fashionable to live there and brought with them the wine bars and restaurants which now typify much of the seat.
There is only one Labour ward, Latchmere, in the Battersea constituency, the other seven wards are Conservative held.
Contrary to its Conservative tradition, Battersea was one of the first constituencies to elect a left-wing MP in 1892, although his party was the Battersea Labour League, as the Labour party had not yet been created.
Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (268 words)
It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Battersea is an unusually-shaped constituency due to it following the Thames as it snakes into and out of central London, covering the north-eastern third of the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Battersea constituency was created in 1983 by merging the old Battersea North and Battersea South constituencies (some areas of Battersea South became part of the ajoining Tooting constituency).
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