East Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
East Berkshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Berkshire |
Major settlements | Bracknell |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Bracknell |
Created from | Wokingham, Windsor & Maidenhead, and Beaconsfield |
East Berkshire was a county constituency in the county of Berkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History
This safe Conservative seat was represented for its entire existence by Andrew MacKay.
Boundaries
The District of Bracknell, and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead wards of Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Sunningdale and South Ascot, and Sunninghill.
The constituency was created from parts of the seats of Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Beaconsfield.
Its main settlement was Bracknell, and it also included Ascot, Sunningdale, Sunninghill, Datchet, Crowthorne, Sandhurst, and Old Windsor.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Andrew MacKay | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew MacKay | 33,967 | 56.8 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | Kevin Patrick O'Sullivan | 17,868 | 29.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Elizabeth Georgina Rogers | 7,953 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,099 | 26.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59,789 | 73.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew MacKay | 39,094 | 60.3 | +3.5 | |
Social Democratic | Mrs Linda Ann Murray | 16,468 | 25.4 | −4.5 | |
Labour | Robert John Emlyn Evans | 9,287 | 14.3 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 22,626 | 34.9 | |||
Turnout | 64,846 | 73.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew MacKay | 43,898 | 59.7 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs Linda Ann Murray | 15,218 | 20.7 | −4.7 | |
Labour | Keith Dibble | 14,458 | 19.7 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 28,680 | 39.0 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 73,574 | 81.4 | +7.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i02.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i02.htm
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.