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Encyclopedia > Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)

Carshalton and Wallington 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: Carshalton and Wallington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 17,357 40.3 −4.7
Conservative Ken Andrew 16,289 37.8 +4.0
Labour Andrew Theobald 7,396 17.2 −1.2
UKIP Francis Day 1,111 2.6 +1.4
Green Bob Steel 908 2.1 +0.6
Majority 1,068 2.5
Turnout 43,061 63.5 +3.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −4.4
General Election 2001: Carshalton and Wallington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Brake 18,289 45.0 +6.8
Conservative Ken Andrew 13,742 33.8 +0.3
Labour Maggie Cooper 7,466 18.4 -5.5
Green Simon Dixon 614 1.5 +0.7
UKIP Martin Haley 501 1.2 +0.8
Majority 4,547 11.2
Turnout 40,612 60.3 -13.0
Liberal Democrats 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 Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 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 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 Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based 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 Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 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 Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... 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 Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 Jun 1997 (pt 29) (1966 words)
I thank the electors of Carshalton and Wallington for electing me and for putting their trust in me, as other hon.
Carshalton and Wallington is in the London borough of Sutton which has been Liberal Democrat-controlled since 1986.
My constituency stretches from Clock House in the south to St. Helier in the north, a large estate built in the 1930s, and from Beddington in the east to Carshalton in the west of the constituency.
Streatham (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (689 words)
Streatham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The 1918 boundaries of the Streatham constituency remained unchanged until changes to Greater London local government in the 1960s were reflected in the constituency boundaries fought at the February 1974 general election.
The Streatham constituency was reduced in size, with a western area being divided between the then new constituencies of Battersea South and Tooting.
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