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Encyclopedia > Blaby (UK Parliament constituency)

Blaby 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. 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). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

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

Boundaries

Blaby constituency is in the south west of Leicester, centred on the village of Blaby. Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands, on the River Soar. ... Blaby is a village in central Leicestershire, England, some five miles south of Leicester city centre (and almost exactly in the centre of the county) and with a population of around 6,240 (2001 figures). ...

Member of Parliament

Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC (born March 11, 1932), British politician, was Chancellor of the Exchequer between June 1983 and October 1989. ... Andrew Robert George Robathan (born 17 July British politician, and member of Parliament for Blaby in Leicestershire. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Blaby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Robathan 22,487 45.5 -0.9
Labour David Morgan 14,614 29.6 -3.8
Liberal Democrats Jeff Stephenson 9,382 19.0 +1.6
BNP Michael Robinson 1,704 3.5 +0.7
UKIP Delroy Young 1,201 2.4 N/A
Majority 7,873 15.9
Turnout 49,388 65.5 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing +1.5
General Election 2001: Blaby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Robathan 22,104 46.4 +0.6
Labour David Morgan 15,895 33.4 -0.4
Liberal Democrats Geoff Welsh 8,286 17.4 +2.5
BNP Edward Scott 1,357 2.8 +1.9
Majority 6,209 13.0
Turnout 47,642 64.5 -11.6
Conservative hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, 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 social democratic 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 liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The British National Party (BNP) is the largest political party of the far-right 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. ... 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. ... 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 Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 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. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Parliament 2003, part 2, National Campaign for Firework Safety (12593 words)
My constituency has one of the pilot schemes for fixed penalty notices, and precisely none has been issued against people for throwing fireworks in the street, mainly because those people are under the age of 18 and fixed penalty notices cannot be given to people under that age.
As we have heard from many constituencies, it is the way in which fireworks are used by hooligans in communities and their availability throughout the year that cause the problems experienced by the public.
Recently, a constituent wrote to me to say that she had had to have her dog put down because it had bitten her child after it was distressed by a firework display.
Blaby (UK Parliament constituency) at AllExperts (213 words)
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Leicestershire, the Boundary Commission for England have changed the name of the Blaby constituency to South Leicestershire.
This change will occur for the next UK general election in 2009 or 2010.
*From Blaby: Blaby South, Cosby with South Whetstone, Countesthorpe, Croft Hill, Enderby and St John's, Millfield, Narborough and Littlethorpe, Normanton, North Whetstone, Pastures, Ravenhurst and Fosse, Saxondale, Stanton and Flamville, and Winstanley
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