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Encyclopedia > Bolton North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bolton North East 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

Member of Parliament

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Election results

General Election 2005: Bolton North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Crausby 16,874 45.7 -8.6
Conservative Paul Brierley 12,771 34.6 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Adam Killeya 6,044 16.4 +6.1
UKIP Kevin Epsom 640 1.7 +1.7
Veritas Alan Ainscow 375 1.0 +1.0
Socialist Labour Party Lynne Lowe 207 0.6 -0.4
Majority 4,103 11.1
Turnout 36,911 54.8 -1.2
Labour hold Swing -5.2
General Election 2001: Bolton North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Crausby 21,166 54.3 -1.8
Conservative Michael Winstanley 12,744 32.7 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Tim Perkins 4,004 10.3 +0.4
Green Kenneth McIvor 629 1.6 N/A
Socialist Labour Party Lynne Lowe 407 1.0 -0.3
Majority 8,422 21.6
Turnout 38,950 56.0 -16.3
Labour hold Swing

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. ... 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 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. ... Veritas is a United Kingdom political party, formed in 2005 as a split from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... 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 UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed 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. ... 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. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... 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. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
United Kingdom Election Results (1198 words)
For ease of reference, the county constituencies have (except in the case of Northern Ireland) been grouped with the county they are in.
European Parliamentary Election in North East region by constituency, 1999.
European Parliamentary Election in Yorkshire and the Humber region by constituency, 1999.
Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (263 words)
Blackburn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency encompasses the town of Blackburn in the North West of England.
The constituency of Blackburn is considered to be a Labour Party stronghold.
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