Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Twickenham 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.

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1970	Toby Jessel	Conservative
1997	Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrat

Election results

General Election 2005: Twickenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Cable	26,696	51.6	+2.9
	Conservative	Paul Maynard	16,731	32.4	−1.0
	Labour	Brian Whitington	5,868	11.4	−2.4
	Green	Henry Gower	1,445	2.8	0.0
	UKIP	Douglas Orchard	766	1.5	+0.3
	Independent	Brian Gibert	117	0.2	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	George Weiss	64	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,965	19.3
Turnout			51,687	71.8	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election 2001: Twickenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Cable	24,344	48.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Nick Longworth	16,689	33.4	−4.3
	Labour	Dean Rogers	6,903	13.8	−1.8
	Green	Judy Maciejowska	1,423	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Ray Hollebone	579	1.2	N/A
Majority			7,655	15.3
Turnout			49,938	66.4	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London