Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carshalton and Wallington Borough constituency
Carshalton and Wallington shown within Greater London
Created:	1974
MP:	Tom Brake
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Carshalton and Wallington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created as Sutton Carshalton at the 1974 General Election and was renamed Carshalton and Wallington at the1983 General Election, it retained the same boundaries. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal seat between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1974	Robert Carr	Conservative
	1976	Nigel Forman	Conservative
	1997	Tom Brake	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Carshalton and Wallington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	17,357	40.3	−4.7
	Conservative	Ken Andrew	16,289	37.8	+4.0
	Labour	Andrew Theobald	7,396	17.2	−1.2
	UK Independence	Francis Day	1,111	2.6	+1.4
	Green	Bob Steel	908	2.1	+0.6
Majority			1,068	2.5
Turnout			43,061	63.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−4.4

General Election 2001: Carshalton and Wallington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Brake	18,289	45.0	+6.8
	Conservative	Ken Andrew	13,742	33.8	+0.3
	Labour	Maggie Cooper	7,466	18.4	-5.5
	Green	Simon Dixon	614	1.5	+0.7
	UK Independence	Martin Haley	501	1.2	+0.8
Majority			4,547	11.2
Turnout			40,612	60.3	-13.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

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