Bexhill and Battle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bexhill and Battle
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Bexhill and Battle in East Sussex.
Outline map
Location of East Sussex within England.
County East Sussex
Population 100,727 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 78,602 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of parliament Huw Merriman (Conservative)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South East England

Bexhill and Battle /ˈbɛks.hɪl ænd ˈbætəl/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Huw Merriman of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

Boundaries

The constituency is based around the district of Rother in East Sussex.

Constituency profile

The main towns in the constituency, from which it takes its name, are the seaside resort of Bexhill-on-Sea and the historic town of Battle, location of the 1066 Battle of Hastings.

History

The seat's first MP, Charles Wardle, served as a junior Home Office minister in the government of John Major; Wardle had the Conservative whip removed shortly before the 2001 election. The seat was held by Gregory Barker from 2001 until 2015; Barker was a junior minister at the Department for Energy and Climate Change between the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition after the 2010 general election and the major government reshuffle of July 2014, when he resigned and announced his intention to retire from Parliament at the next general election.[3] In the 2015 election new MP, Huw Merriman was elected.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[4] Party
1983 Charles Wardle Conservative
2001 Independent
2001 Gregory Barker Conservative
2015 Huw Merriman Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Bexhill and Battle[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Huw Merriman [6] 30,245 54.8 3.2
UKIP Geoffrey Bastin [7] 10,170 18.4 N/A
Labour Michelle Thew [8] 7,797 14.1 2.1
Liberal Democrat Rachel Sadler [9] 4,199 7.6 −20.4
Green Jonathan Kent 2,807 5.1 N/A
Majority 20,075 36.4 +12.8
Turnout 55,218 70.1 +1.1
Conservative hold Swing −6.0
General Election 2010: Bexhill and Battle[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gregory Barker 28,147 51.6 −2.6
Liberal Democrat Mary Varrall 15,267 28.0 +5.3
Labour James Royston 6,524 12.0 −5.9
Trust Stuart Wheeler 2,699 4.9 N/A
BNP Neil Jackson 1,950 3.6 N/A
Majority 12,880 23.6 −7.9
Turnout 54,587 68.9 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing −4.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bexhill and Battle[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gregory Barker 24,629 52.6 +4.5
Liberal Democrat Mary Varrall 11,180 23.9 −0.8
Labour Michael Jones 8,457 18.1 −1.3
UKIP Anthony Smith 2,568 5.5 -2.3
Majority 13,449 28.7
Turnout 46,834 67.2 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing +2.7
General Election 2001: Bexhill and Battle[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gregory Barker 21,555 48.1 0.0
Liberal Democrat Stephen Philip Hardy 11,052 24.7 −0.8
Labour Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Moore-Williams 8,702 19.4 +1.3
UKIP Nigel Paul Farage 3,474 7.8 +6.2
Majority 10,503 23.4
Turnout 44,783 64.9 −9.6
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bexhill and Battle[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Frederick Wardle 23,570 48.1 −12.2
Liberal Democrat Mrs. Kathryn M. Field 12,470 25.5 −3.4
Labour Robert D. Beckwith 8,866 18.1 +8.7
Referendum Mrs. Vanessa Thompson 3,302 6.7 N/A
UKIP J.D. Pankhurst 786 1.6 N/A
Majority 11,100 22.6
Turnout 48,994 74.5
Conservative hold Swing −4.4

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1992: Bexhill and Battle[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Frederick Wardle 31,380 60.3 −6.2
Liberal Democrat Ms. Susan M. Prochak 15,023 28.9 +3.0
Labour Frank W. Taylor 4,883 9.4 +1.7
Green Jonathan L. Prus 594 1.1 N/A
Independent Mrs Mary F. Smith 190 0.4 N/A
Majority 16,357 31.4 −9.2
Turnout 52,070 79.1 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing −4.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bexhill and Battle[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Frederick Wardle 33,570 66.5 −0.8
Social Democratic Robert Kiernan 13,051 25.8 +2.3
Labour Derek Keith Watts 3,903 7.7 −0.3
Majority 20,519 40.7
Turnout 50,524 77.4 +4.5
Conservative hold Swing −1.6
General Election 1983: Bexhill and Battle[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Frederick Wardle 30,329 67.3 N/A
Liberal P.R. Smith 10,583 23.5 N/A
Labour Ian Pearson 3,587 8.0 N/A
Ecology Miss A. Rix 538 1.2 N/A
Majority 19,746 43.8 N/A
Turnout 45,037 72.9 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
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  3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28303750
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
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  6. ↑ http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2014/11/cllr-huw-merriman-is-selected-for-bexhill-and-battle.htmll
  7. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bexhill-battle-2015.html
  8. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bexhill-battle-2015.html
  9. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bexhill-battle-2015.html
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  11. ↑ BBC - Election 2010 - Bexhill & Battle
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Sources

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