| Kingswood Borough constituency |
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| Kingswood shown within Avon (county), and Avon (county) shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Roger Berry |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Gloucestershire |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Kingswood 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. At the 2005 General Election, Labour received more votes in this constituency than in any other. It should be noted though that the Conservatives received 18,616 votes - unusually high for a constituency with a large Labour vote (and majority).
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Boundaries
The constituency covers the eastern suburbs of Bristol outside of the city boundary, corresponding to the former borough of Kingswood.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| Feb. 1974 | Terence William Walker | Labour | |
| 1979 | Jack Aspinwall | Conservative | |
| 1983 | Robert Hayward | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Roger Berry | Labour | |
Election results
| General Election 2005: Kingswood | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Roger Berry | 26,491 | 47.0 | −7.9 | |
| Conservative | Owen Inskip | 18,618 | 33.1 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Geoff Brewer | 9,089 | 16.1 | +1.4 | |
| UK Independence | John Knight | 1,444 | 2.6 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | David Burnside | 669 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,873 | 14.0 | |||
| Turnout | 56,311 | 66.7 | +2.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Kingswood | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Roger Berry | 28,903 | 54.9 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | Robert Marven | 14,941 | 28.4 | -1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Greenfield | 7,747 | 14.7 | +1.9 | |
| UK Independence | David Smith | 1,085 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,962 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 52,676 | 64.6 | -13.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
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| Conservative |
Bournemouth East • Bournemouth West • Bridgwater • Christchurch • Cotswold • Devizes • East Devon • Forest of Dean • North Dorset • North Wiltshire • Poole • Salisbury • South West Devon • Tewkesbury • Tiverton and Honiton • Torridge and West Devon • Totnes • Wells • West Dorset • Westbury • Weston-super-Mare • Woodspring |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| Labour |
Bristol East • Bristol North West • Bristol South • Exeter • Gloucester • Kingswood • North Swindon • Plymouth Devonport • Plymouth Sutton • South Dorset • South Swindon • Stroud • Wansdyke |
| South West England European constituency |
Conservative (3) • UKIP (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • Labour (1) |
