Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kingswood Borough constituency
Kingswood shown within Avon (county), and Avon (county) shown within England
Created:	1974
MP:	Roger Berry
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Gloucestershire
EP constituency:	South West England

Kingswood 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.

At the 2005 General Election, Labour received more votes in this constituency than in any other. It should be noted though that the Conservatives received 18,616 votes - unusually high for a constituency with a large Labour vote (and majority).

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

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the eastern suburbs of Bristol outside of the city boundary, corresponding to the former borough of Kingswood.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb. 1974	Terence William Walker	Labour
	1979	Jack Aspinwall	Conservative
	1983	Robert Hayward	Conservative
	1992	Roger Berry	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Kingswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Berry	26,491	47.0	−7.9
	Conservative	Owen Inskip	18,618	33.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Geoff Brewer	9,089	16.1	+1.4
	UK Independence	John Knight	1,444	2.6	+0.5
	Independent	David Burnside	669	1.2	N/A
Majority			7,873	14.0
Turnout			56,311	66.7	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.3

General Election 2001: Kingswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Berry	28,903	54.9	+1.1
	Conservative	Robert Marven	14,941	28.4	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Greenfield	7,747	14.7	+1.9
	UK Independence	David Smith	1,085	2.1	N/A
Majority			13,962	26.5
Turnout			52,676	64.6	-13.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

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