weston super mare Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE83,648 voters
AREA61 sq. miles


Weston-Super-Mare is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by John Penrose of the Conservative party.

The Weston-Super-Mare constituency has a total population of 105,302, of which 83,648 are eligible (18+) to vote (79.4%).

Weston-Super-Mare ranks 265th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 153th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

John Penrose

John Penrose

John David Penrose (born 22 June 1964) is the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 2010 to 2012, with focus upon heritage and tourism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Penrose
MP DETAILS
AddressJohn Penrose MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressjohn@johnpenrose.org
ConstituencyWeston-Super-Mare
GenderMale
Date of Birth22/06/1964
WebsiteWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
48.0%
18.3%
10.4%
4.9 %
17.8%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Weston Super Mare constituency in 2015 was 66.10%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Clive LavelleEnglish DemocratsMale---
Ernie WarrenderUK Independence PartyMale---
John MunroLiberal DemocratMale30 August 1983 (41)-http://www.johnmunro.org.uk/
John PenroseConservativeMale22 June 1964 (60)-http://johnpenrose.org/
Richard LawsonGreenMale20 July 1946 (78)https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3946469&trk=hp-identity-namehttp://greenerblog.blogspot.com/
Tim TaylorLabourMale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
44.31%
10.95%
39.2%
%
%
%
2.08%
2.67%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Conservative
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP1,0982.1%
 Conservative23,35644.3%
 ED2750.5%
 Ind11440.3%
 Labour5,77210.9%
 Liberal-Democrat20,66539.2%
 UK-Independence-Party1,4062.7%
TOTALS
Electorate78,487
Votes52,716
Turnout67.2%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativePenrose, John
LabourBradley, David
Liberal DemocratBell, Mike
BNPParsons, Peryn
UKIPSpencer, Paul
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Weston Super Mare constituency in 2010 was 67.2%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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