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Encyclopedia > Cities of London and Westminster (constituency)
Cities of London and Westminster in Greater London

Cities of London and Westminster is a constituency covering the area comprising the City of London and the City of Westminster in Central London. It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... A constituency (often called ridings)is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... This article is about a small section of central London. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough and a city in its own right, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... Central London is a much used but unoffical and vaguely defined term. ... 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). ...

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Member of Parliament

Currently held by Mark Field for the Conservative Party. Mark Christopher Field is the Conservative Party member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster, in London. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...


Election results

General Election 2005: Cities of London and Westminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Field 17,260 47.3 +1.0
Labour Hywel Lloyd 9,165 25.1 −8.0
Liberal Democrats Marie-Louise Rossi 7,306 20.0 +4.6
Green Tristan Smith 1,544 4.2 +0.3
UKIP Colin Merton 399 1.1 -0.3
Independent Brian Haw 298 0.8 N/A
Christian Peoples Alliance Jillian McLachlan 246 0.7 N/A
Veritas David Harris 218 0.6 N/A
Independent Cass Cass-Horne 51 0.1 N/A
Majority 8,095 22.2
Turnout 36,487 50.3 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing +4.5
General Election 2001: Cities of London and Westminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Field 15,737 46.3 -0.9
Labour Mike Katz 11,238 33.1 -2.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Horwood 5,218 15.4 +3.1
Green Hugo Charlton 1,318 3.9 N/A
UKIP Colin Merton 464 1.4 +0.8
Majority 4,499 13.2
Turnout 33,975 47.2 -7.0

Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Mark Christopher Field is the Conservative Party member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster, in London. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left 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 social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 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 an anti-European political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... Brian Haw has staged a one-man political protest against UK and US government policy towards Iraq since June 1, 2001 - from economic sanctions and the continued bombing of Iraq to the war on terror and invasion and occupation of Iraq - policies that he maintains have caused enormous suffering to... The Christian Peoples Alliance is a minor political party operating in the United Kingdom. ... Veritas is a United Kingdom political party, formed in 2005 as a split from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Mark Christopher Field is the Conservative Party member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster, in London. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left 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 social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 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 an anti-European political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ...

Politics and history of the constituency

The constituency is the successor to the City of London and Westminster South constituency.


See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (475 words)
Cities of London and Westminster is a constituency covering the area comprising the City of London and southern portion of the City of Westminster in Central London.
It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency covers the entire City of London and most of the City of Westminster lying South of the Marylebone Road and the Westway.
City of London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2306 words)
The modern conurbation of London developed from the City of London and the nearby City of Westminster, which was the centre of the royal government.
The City of London is England's smallest ceremonial county by both population and area covered and is the second smallest British city in both population and size, after St David's in Wales.
The City is a ceremonial county too, although instead of having its own Lord-Lieutenant, the City of London has a Commission, headed by the Lord Mayor, exercising this function.
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