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Encyclopedia > Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)

Sittingbourne and Sheppey 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

  • Derek Wyatt, Labour (1997 - present)
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Derek Murray Wyatt (4 December 1949) is a United Kingdom politician, and is Labour Party member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey in Kent. ... 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. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Wyatt 17,051 41.8 -4.0
Conservative Gordon Henderson 16,972 41.6 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Jane Nelson 5,183 12.7 -1.4
UKIP Stephen Dean 926 2.3 +0.6
Rock 'N' Roll Loony Party Mad Mike Young 479 1.2 -0.6
Veritas David Cassidy 192 0.5 +0.5
Majority 79 0.2
Turnout 40,803 53.7 -3.8
Labour hold Swing -4.6
General Election 2001: Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Wyatt 17,340 45.8 +5.2
Conservative Adrian Lee 13,831 36.5 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Elvina Lowe 5,353 14.1 -4.2
Rock ’N Roll Loony Party Mad Mike Young 673 1.8 N/A
UKIP Robert Oakley 661 1.7 +0.7
Majority 3,509 9.3
Turnout 37,858 57.5 -14.7
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. ... Derek Murray Wyatt (4 December 1949) is a United Kingdom politician, and is Labour Party member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey in Kent. ... 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 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. ... Veritas is a United Kingdom political party, formed in 2005 as a split from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). ... 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. ... Derek Murray Wyatt (4 December 1949) is a United Kingdom politician, and is Labour Party member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey in Kent. ... 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 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 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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