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Encyclopedia > Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)

Bournemouth West 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

The sitting MP is John Butterfill, a Conservative. This seat is Liberal Democrat target number 50.


Election results

General Election 2005: Bournemouth West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Butterfill
UKIP Michael Maclaire-Hillier
Liberal Democrats Richard Renaut
Labour Dafydd Williams
Majority
Turnout
General Election 2001: Bournemouth West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Butterfill 14,417 42.8 +1.2
Labour David Stokes 9,699 28.8 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Fiona Hornby 8,468 25.2 -2.6
UKIP Cynthia Blake 1,064 3.2 +2.5
Majority 4,718 14.0
Turnout 33,648 53.2 -13.0
Conservative hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 will be 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 right in the United Kingdom. ... Sir John Valentine Butterfill (born February 14, 1941) is a Conservative politician 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. ... Lib Dem logo The Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (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 Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... Sir John Valentine Butterfill (born February 14, 1941) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Lib Dem logo The Liberal Democrats (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 right in the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Otley lies in the Leeds North West constituency of the UK Parliament, it is part of the Otley and Yeadon ward on Leeds City Council and is represented by three Liberal Democrat Councillors Ryk Downes, Colin Campbell and Graham Kirkland.
To the east and west of Otley there are flooded gravel pits, where sand and gravel have been extracted in the 20th century.
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Bournemouth West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (104 words)
Bournemouth West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency is based around the western portion of the city of Bournemouth.
In the 2005 election, the constituency was the Liberal Democrats 50th target seat.
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