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Encyclopedia > Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)

Sevenoaks 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. The constituency is traditionaly a conservative stronghold and has returned a tory MP in many election since 19451. 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. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Boundaries

The Sevenoaks constituency covers the town of Sevenoaks in Kent and some of the surrounding area. Sevenoaks is a town in Kent, in south-east England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ...

Member of Parliament

  • Michael Fallon, Conservative. 1997 -
  • Mark Wolfson, Conservative. ? - 1997
    This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sevenoaks_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&action=edit).

Michael Cathel Fallon (born 14 May 1952) is the Conservative member of Parliament for Sevenoaks in south England. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Sevenoaks
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Fallon 22,437 51.8 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Ben Abbotts 9,467 21.9 +0.3
Labour Tim Stanley 9,101 21.0 -4.6
UKIP Robert Dobson 1,309 3.0 +0.3
English Democrats John Marshall 751 1.7 +1.7
United Kingdom Pathfinders Mark Ellis 233 0.5 -0.2
Majority 12,970 30
Turnout 43,298 58.7 -5.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
General Election 2001: Sevenoaks
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Fallon 21,052 49.4 +4.0
Labour Caroline Humphreys 10,898 25.6 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Clive Gray 9,214 21.6 -2.5
UKIP Lisa Hawkins 1,155 2.7 N/A
United Kingdom Pathfinders Mark Ellis 295 0.7 N/A
Majority 10,154 23.8
Turnout 42,614 63.9 -11.4
Conservative hold Swing


Note 1: The Guardian (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1276,00.html) states that the constuency returned conservative MPs in the elections of 1945, 1966, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2001 and according to the BBC election news website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/508.stm) this is "traditionally a Conservative seat". 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 centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Michael Cathel Fallon (born 14 May 1952) is the Conservative member of Parliament for Sevenoaks in south England. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based 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 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. ... Michael Cathel Fallon (born 14 May 1952) is the Conservative member of Parliament for Sevenoaks in south England. ... 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 Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 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 Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


[[Category:UK Parliamentary constituencies]]


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Dartford (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (134 words)
Dartford 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.
The constituency covers the Borough of Dartford as well as Horton Kirby and South Dareth and Farningham in the District of Sevenoaks.
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