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Encyclopedia > Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)

Eastleigh 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: Eastleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Conor Burns 18,648 37.5 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Huhne 19,216 38.6 -2.1
UKIP Christopher Murphy 1,669 3.4 +1.6
Labour Chris Watt 10,238 20.6 -1.3
Majority 568 1.1
Turnout 49,771 64.8 +1.0
General Election 2001: Eastleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Chidgey 19,360 40.7 +5.6
Conservative Conor Burns 16,302 34.3 +0.6
Labour Sam Jaffa 10,426 21.9 -4.9
UKIP Stephen Challis 849 1.8 +1.0
Green Martha Lyn 636 1.3 N/A
Majority 3,058 6.4
Turnout 47,573 63.8 -12.9
Liberal Democrats 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 right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... Christopher Murray Paul Huhne (born July 2, 1954) is a British politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Eastleigh constituency. ... 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 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 Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... David William George Chidgey (born 17 September 1947), is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the 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 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 was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Eastleigh Liberal Democrats (577 words)
Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne said he was "highly impressed" by the marvellous new facilities at the Queen Elizabeth II silver jubilee activity centre in Manor Farm Country Park, Bursledon.
Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne welcomed plans to cut the basic rate of income tax to 16p, and scrap the council tax, benefiting millions of people on low and middle incomes.
Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne has called for a greater national effort to mark the contribution that veterans of the armed forces have made to defend our freedoms and way of life.
Liberal Democrats - MSN Encarta (1201 words)
Continued success in by-elections and the first election of a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament in 1994 were overshadowed by the revival of the Labour Party under Tony Blair, prompting renewed talk of the Liberal Democrats supporting Labour in a future “hung” parliament.
In the ballot of Liberal Democrat members that was held in August 1999 to choose his successor, Charles Kennedy (MP for Ross, Skye, and Inverness West between 1983 and 2005, and for the new constituency of Ross, Skye, and Lochaber from 2005) was elected as the new leader.
At the 2004 elections to the European Parliament the Liberal Democrats increased their national share of the vote from 12.6 per cent in the 1999 election to 14.9 per cent, and saw their representation rise from 10 to 12 MEPs, although they finished in fourth place behind the Eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).
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