Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)

Sittingbourne and Sheppey
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Sittingbourne and Sheppey in Kent.

Outline map

Location of Kent within England.
County Kent
Electorate 74,796 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of parliament Gordon Henderson (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Faversham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South East England

Sittingbourne and Sheppey is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK parliament since 2010 by Gordon Henderson, a Conservative.[n 2]

Boundaries

1997-2010: The Borough of Swale wards of Borden, Eastern, Grove, Hartlip and Upchurch, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Kemsley, Milton Regis, Minster Cliffs, Murston, Newington, Queenborough and Halfway, Roman, Sheerness East, Sheerness West, Sheppey Central, West Downs, and Woodstock.

2010-present: The Borough of Swale wards of Borden, Chalkwell, Grove, Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Kemsley, Leysdown and Warden, Milton Regis, Minster Cliffs, Murston, Queenborough and Halfway, Roman, St Michael's, Sheerness East, Sheerness West, Sheppey Central, Teynham and Lynsted, West Downs, and Woodstock.

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of Faversham. It covers some of the district of Swale, including Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey.[2] (On Sheppey is Queenborough which was a borough constituency until abolition as a rotten borough in 1832.)

Constituency profile

The constituency has been a bellwether of the national result since its 1997 creation. Unemployment claimant levels in November 2012 were close to the national average (3.8%) at 4.5%, in line with Cleethorpes, Thurrock, Hammersmith and Meriden.[3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[4] Party
1997 Derek Wyatt Labour
2010 Gordon Henderson Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Sittingbourne and Sheppey[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Gordon Henderson 24,425 49.5 -0.6
UKIP Richard Palmer[6] 12,257 24.8 +19.4
Labour Guy Nicholson 9,673 19.6 -5.0
Liberal Democrat Keith Nevols 1,563 3.2 -13.2
Green Gary Miller 1,185 2.4 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Mad Mike Young 275 0.6 -0.1
Majority 12,168 24.6 -0.9
Turnout 49,378 65.0 +0.5
Conservative hold Swing -10.1
General Election 2010: Sittingbourne and Sheppey[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Gordon Henderson 24,313 50.0 +8.3
Labour Angela Harrison 11,930 24.6 -17.1
Liberal Democrat Keith Nevols 7,943 16.4 +3.6
UKIP Ian Davison 2,610 5.4 +3.1
BNP Lawrence Tames 1,305 2.7 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Mad Mike Young 319 0.7 N/A
Independent David Cassidy 158 0.3 N/A
Majority 12,383 25.5
Turnout 48,578 64.5 +10.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Sittingbourne and Sheppey[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Derek Wyatt 17,051 41.8 -4.0
Conservative Gordon Henderson 16,972 41.6 +5.1
Liberal Democrat Jane Nelson 5,183 12.7 -1.4
UKIP Stephen Dean 926 2.3 +0.6
Rock 'n' Roll Loony Mad Mike Young 479 1.2 -0.6
Veritas David Cassidy 192 0.5 +0.5
Majority 79 0.2
Turnout 40,803 53.7 -3.8
Labour hold Swing -4.6
General Election 2001: Sittingbourne and Sheppey[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Derek Wyatt 17,340 45.8 +5.2
Conservative Adrian Lee 13,831 36.5 +0.2
Liberal Democrat Elvina Lowe 5,353 14.1 -4.2
Rock 'n' Roll Loony Mad Mike Young 673 1.8 N/A
UKIP Robert Oakley 661 1.7 +0.7
Majority 3,509 9.3
Turnout 37,858 57.5 -14.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Sittingbourne and Sheppey[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Derek Wyatt 18,723 40.6
Conservative Roger Moate 16,794 36.4
Liberal Democrat Roger Truelove 8,447 18.3
Referendum Peter Moull 1,082 2.3
Monster Raving Loony Chris Driver 644 1.4
UKIP N. Risi 472 1.0
Majority 1,929 4.2
Turnout 46,162 72.3

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
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
  3. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  5. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/sittingbourneandsheppey/
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 51°21′N 0°47′E / 51.350°N 0.783°E / 51.350; 0.783

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