Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tewkesbury County constituency
Tewkesbury shown within Gloucestershire, and Gloucestershire shown within England
Created:	1610, 1997
MP:	Laurence Robertson
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Gloucestershire
EP constituency:	South West England

Tewkesbury 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 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1660-1868 2.2 MPs 1868-1918 2.3 MPs 1997-present 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1660-1868

• 1807 — 1812: Charles Hanbury-Tracy, Whig
• 1832 — 1837: Charles Hanbury-Tracy, Whig

[edit] MPs 1868-1918

Election		Member	Party
	1868	William Edwin Price
	1880	Richard Biddulph Martin
	1885	John Reginald Yorke
	1886	Sir John Edward Dorington
	1906	Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington from 1915
	1916	William Frederick Hicks-Beach
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1997-present

Election		Member	Party
1997		constituency re-established
	1997	Laurence Robertson	Conservative
	2001
	2005

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Tewkesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	22,339	49.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Cameron	12,447	27.4	+1.2
	Labour	Charles Mannan	9,179	20.2	−6.7
	Green	Robert Rendell	1,488	3.3	N/A
Majority			9,892	21.8
Turnout			45,453	63.0	−0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

General Election 2001: Tewkesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	20,830	46.1	+0.3
	Labour	Keir Dhillon	12,167	26.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Martin	11,863	26.2	-1.8
	Independent	Charles Vernall	335	0.7	N/A
Majority			8,663	19.2
Turnout			45,195	63.7	-12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

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