Taunton Deane (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Taunton Deane
Map1 = TauntonDeane2007
Map2 = Somerset
Type = County
Year = 1295
Entity = Somerset
County = Somerset
EP = South West England
MP =
Party =

Taunton Deane will be 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.

Following the review of parliamentary representation in Somerset, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Taunton constituency with the name change Taunton Deane, to reflect the district name.

Boundaries

It is based on the town of Taunton, Somerset but extending to include Wellington, many small villages and parts of Exmoor.

History

In the 2005 general election, the victorious Liberal Democrats candidate in Taunton required the smallest percentage swing from the Conservative MP for them to take the seat.

Members of Parliament

See: Taunton constituency

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Browne
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Formosa
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Bill Lukins
votes =
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Browne
votes = 25,764
percentage = 43.3
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Flook
votes = 25,191
percentage = 42.3
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Govier
votes = 7,132
percentage = 12.0
change = -2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Helen Miles
votes = 1,441
percentage = 2.4
change = +0.3Election box majority
votes = 573
percentage = 1.0
change = +0.6Election box turnout
votes = 59,528
percentage = 69.7
change = +2.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -0.7

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Flook
votes = 23,033
percentage = 41.7
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jackie Ballard
votes = 22,798
percentage = 41.3
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Govier
votes = 8,254
percentage = 14.9
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Michael Canton
votes = 1,140
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 235
percentage = 0.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 55,225
percentage = 67.6
change = -8.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jackie Ballard
votes = 26,064
percentage = 42.7
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Nicholson
votes = 23,621
percentage = 38.7
change = -7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Lisgo
votes = 8,248
percentage = 13.5
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = B. Ahern
votes = 2,760
percentage = 4.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = L. Andrews
votes = 318
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,443
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.5
change = -5.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Nicholson
votes = 29,576
percentage = 46.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jackie Ballard
votes = 26,240
percentage = 40.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Hole
votes = 8,151
percentage = 12.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = P. Leavey
votes = 279
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,336
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 82.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset
*Constituencies in the next United Kingdom General election

References

External links

* [http://www.election-maps.co.uk UK Constituency Maps]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/571.stm BBC Vote 2001]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/571.stm BBC Election 2005]