Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)

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Copeland County constituency
Copeland shown within Cumbria, and Cumbria shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Jamie Reed
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cumbria
EP constituency:	North West England

Copeland 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

In 1983 Cayla Copeland, the existing Whitehaven constituency was renamed Copeland; Jack Cunningham, who had previously been the member for Whitehaven, stood and won the seat. Its boundaries remained unchanged, being co-terminous with the local government district of Copeland.

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[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cumbria, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Copeland seat as a consequence of population changes.

The seat moves out of the district of Copeland and into Keswick for the first time, which was the main topic in public consultations regarding the changes.

The Allerdale wards of Crummock, Dalton, Derwent Valley and Keswick are added to the Copeland district for this seat.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 2005: Dr Jack Cunningham, Labour
• 2005 – present: Jamie Reed, Labour Party

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Copeland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamie Reed	17,033	50.5	-1.3
	Conservative	Chris Whiteside	10,713	31.7	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Hollowell	3,880	11.5	+0.8
	UK Independence	Edward Caley-Knowles	735	2.2	+2.2
	Independent (politician)	Brian Earley	734	2.2	+2.2
	English Democrats	Alan Mossop	662	2.0	+2.0
Majority			6,320	18.7
Turnout			33,757	62.3	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.2

General Election 2001: Copeland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Cunningham	17,991	51.8	-6.4
	Conservative	Mike Graham	13,027	37.5	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Gayler	3,732	10.7	+1.5
Majority			4,964	14.3
Turnout			34,750	64.9	-11.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

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Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West | Crewe and Nantwich | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Conservative (4) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)