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== Boundaries == | == Boundaries == |
Revision as of 19:14, 26 April 2006
Template:UK constituency infobox Hemsworth 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. The seat has consistently elected Labour MPs with large majorities, and in the February 1974 UK general election was the safest seat for any party, anywhere in the UK.
Boundaries
This constituency covers the town of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire.
Members of Parliament
- 1945 — 1946: G Griffiths, Labour
- 1946 — 1959: Horace Holmes, Labour
- 1959 — 1974: A Beaney, Labour
- 1974 — 1987: Alec Woodall, Labour
- 1987 — 1991: George Buckley: Labour
- 1991 — 1995: Derek Enright, Labour
- 1996 — present: Jon Trickett, Labour
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Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon Trickett | 21,630 | 58.8 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Mortimer | 8,149 | 22.1 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hall-Matthews | 5,766 | 15.7 | +4.4 | |
Veritas | John Burdon | 1,247 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,481 | 36.6 | |||
Turnout | 36,792 | 54.6 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon Trickett | 23,036 | 65.4 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Truss | 7,400 | 21.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Waller | 3,990 | 11.3 | +2.5 | |
Socialist Labour | Paul Turek | 801 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,636 | 44.4 | |||
Turnout | 35,227 | 51.8 | −16.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
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