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Encyclopedia > Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney North and Stoke Newington 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: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diane Abbott 14,268 48.6 −12.4
Liberal Democrats James Blanchard 6,841 23.3 +9.2
Conservative Ertan Hurer 4,218 14.4 −0.6
Green Mischa Borris 2,907 9.9 +2.5
Independent David Vail 602 2.0 N/A
Socialist Labour Party Nusrat Sen 296 1.0 −1.6
Monster Raving Loony Party Knight Knapp Barrow 248 0.8 N/A
Majority 7,427 25.3
Turnout 29,380 49.6 +0.6
Labour hold Swing −10.8
General Election 2001: Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diane Abbott 18,081 61.0 -4.1
Conservative Pauline (aka) Molly Dye 4,430 15.0 -2.0
Liberal Democrats Meral Ece 4,170 14.1 +3.9
Green Chit Chong 2,184 7.4 +3.1
Socialist Labour Party Sukant Chandan 756 2.6 N/A
Majority 13,651 46.0
Turnout 29,621 49.0 -3.0
Labour hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... 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. ... Diane Julie Abbott (born September 27, 1953 in Paddington, London) is a British Labour MP in the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington. ... 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 Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... The Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP) is a United Kingdom political party that was founded by musician and anti-politician Screaming Lord Sutch in 1983. ... 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 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 Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Diane Julie Abbott (born September 27, 1953 in Paddington, London) is a British Labour MP in the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... 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. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... 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. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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West Ham is a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Newham, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was formed in 1997 when the constituency of Newham North West was merged with part of Newham South.
The constituency is one of the few in the country where white people are in the minority; there is a significant Asian population, many of whom are Muslims.
Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (259 words)
Croydon North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, covering the north west of the London Borough of Croydon.
Croydon's three constituencies are contiguous with the boundaries of the London Borough of Croydon.
The constituency borders the seats of Carshalton and Wallington, Mitcham and Morden, Streatham, Dulwich and West Norwood and Beckenham, as well as Croydon Central and Croydon South.
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