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Weaver Vale 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: Weaver Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Hall	18,759	47.6	-4.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	11,904	30.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Griffiths	7,723	19.6	+5.2
	UKIP	Brenda Swinscoe	1,034	2.6	+1.2
Majority			6,855	17.4
Turnout			39,420	57.1	-0.5

General Election 2001: Weaver Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Hall	20,611	52.5	-3.9
	Conservative	Carl Cross	10,974	27.9	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Griffiths	5,643	14.4	+2.1
	Independent	Mike Cooksley	1,484	3.8	N/A
	UKIP	Jim Bradshaw	559	1.4	N/A
Majority			9,637	24.6
Turnout			39,271	57.6	-15.5
	Labour 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 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. ... Mike Hall can mean: Mike Hall, member of the British Parliament Mike Hall, rugby player Mike Hall, SportsCenter anchor This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 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. ... 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 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 social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Mike Hall can mean: Mike Hall, member of the British Parliament Mike Hall, rugby player Mike Hall, SportsCenter anchor This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 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. ... 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. ...

Politics and history of the constituency

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