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Encyclopedia > Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Salisbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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). ...

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: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Key 25,961 47.8 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Denton-White 14,819 27.3 −2.8
Labour Clare Moody 9,457 17.4 −0.1
UKIP Frances Howard 2,290 4.2 +0.5
Green Hamish Soutar 1,555 2.9 +0.8
Independent John Holme 240 0.4 N/A
Majority 11,142 20.5
Turnout 54,322 77.8 +12.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.0
General Election 2001: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Key 24,527 46.6 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce 15,824 30.1 -2.1
Labour Sue Mallory 9,199 17.5 -0.1
UKIP Malcolm Wood 1,958 3.7 -2.0
Green Hamish Soutar 1,095 2.1 +1.0
Majority 8,703 16.5
Turnout 52,603 65.3 -8.3
Conservative 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 Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Robert Simon Key (born 22 April 1945) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based 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 Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right 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 Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Robert Simon Key (born 22 April 1945) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based 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 Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) at AllExperts (130 words)
Salisbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency is based around the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire.
A large portion of the Salisbury district, excluding a part to the west, is included within the constituency.
Wikipedia search result (5542 words)
Parliament is bicameral, consisting of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
The UK is divided into parliamentary constituencies of broadly equal population (decided by the Boundary Commission), each of which elects a Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons.
Richard Taylor MP was elected for the Wyre Forest constituency in the 2001 on a platform opposing the closure of Kidderminster hospital.
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