Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)
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Saffron Walden
County constituency

Saffron Walden shown within Essex, and Essex shown within England
Created: 1885
MP: Alan Haselhurst
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Essex
EP constituency: East of England

Saffron Walden is a parliamentary 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.

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Boundaries

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The constituency is based around the town of Saffron Walden, in North-West Essex. Other major conurbations within the boundaries are Dunmow and Halstead. Occupying nearly 400 square miles, Saffron Walden is the largest constituency, by area, in Essex.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Herbert Gardner Liberal
1895 Charles Gold
1900 Armine Wodehouse Liberal
1901 Joseph Pease Liberal
Jan 1910 Douglas Proby
Dec 1910 Sir Cecil Beck Liberal
1922 Sir William Foot Mitchell Conservative
1929 Rab Butler Conservative
1965 Peter Michael Kirk Conservative
1977 Alan Haselhurst Conservative

Election results

General Election 2005: Saffron Walden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Haselhurst 27,263 51.4 +2.5
Liberal Democrat Elfreda Tealby-Watson 14,255 26.9 +2.0
Labour Swatantra Nandanwar 8,755 16.5 −6.1
UK Independence Raymond Tyler 1,412 2.7 −0.8
English Democrats Raymond Brown 860 1.6 N/A
Veritas Trevor Hackett 475 0.9 N/A
Majority 13,008 24.5
Turnout 53,020 68.3 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing +0.3
General Election 2001: Saffron Walden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Haselhurst 24,485 48.9 +3.6
Liberal Democrat Elfreda Tealby-Watson 12,481 24.9 -1.9
Labour Tania Rogers 11,305 22.6 +1.1
UK Independence Richard Glover 1,769 3.5 +2.4
Majority 12,004 24.0
Turnout 50,040 65.2 -11.7
Conservative hold Swing
Preceded by
Essex Western		 UK Parliament constituency
1885–		 Succeeded by
Current incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ "About the Constituency". www.siralanhaselhurst.net. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
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