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Wealden
County constituency

Wealden shown within East Sussex, and East Sussex shown within England
Created: 1983
MP: Charles Hendry
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: East Sussex
EP constituency: South East England

Wealden is a constituency covering the Wealden district in East Sussex. It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency covers much of the Wealden district of East Sussex. However, some of the district in the south falls into the constituencies of Lewes, Bexhill and Battle and Eastbourne.

Members of Parliament

Election results

General Election 2005: Wealden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Hendry 28,975 52.1 +2.3
Liberal Democrat Christopher Wigley 13,054 23.5 -0.2
Labour Dudley Rose 9,360 16.8 -3.5
Green Julian Salmon 2,150 3.9 +1.5
UK Independence Keith Riddle 2,114 3.8 +0.9
Majority 15,921 28.6
Turnout 55,653 67.7 4.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.3
General Election 2001: Wealden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Hendry 26,279 49.8 0.0
Liberal Democrat Steve Murphy 12,507 23.7 -2.0
Labour Kathy Fordham 10,705 20.3 +3.1
UK Independence Keith Riddle 1,538 2.9 +2.0
Green Julian Salmon 1,273 2.4 N/A
Pensioner Coalition Cyril Thornton 453 0.9 N/A
Majority 13,772 26.1
Turnout 52,756 63.5 -10.2
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1997: Wealden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Johnson Smith 29,417 49.8 -12.0
Liberal Democrat Michael Skinner 15,213 25.7 -1.3
Labour Nicholas Levine 10,185 17.2 +8.0
Referendum Party Barry Taplin 3,527 6.0 N/A
UK Independence M J English 569 0.9 N/A
Natural Law Paul Cragg 188 0.3
Majority 14,204 24.0
Turnout 59,099 73.7
Conservative hold Swing

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: Wealden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Johnson Smith 37,263 61.7 -2.5
Liberal Democrat Michael Skinner 16,332 27.1 -0.4
Labour Steve Billcliffe 5,579 9.2 +0.9
Green Ian Guy-Moore 1,002 1.7 N/A
Natural Law R F Graham 182 0.3 N/A
Majority 20,931 34.6
Turnout 60,358 81.0 +6.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1987: Wealden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Johnson Smith 35,154 64.2 0.0
Social Democrat D A Sinclair 15,044 27.5 -2.1
Labour C E Ward 4,563 8.3 +2.1
Majority 20,110 36.7
Turnout 54,761 75.0 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Wealden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Johnson Smith 31,926 64.2
Social Democrat D E Pace 14,741 29.6
Labour P F L Knight 3,060 6.2
Majority 17,185 34.6
Turnout 49,727 71.8

Sources

See also

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