Wansdyke (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:UK constituency infobox Wansdyke 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.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the part of Bath and North East Somerset that is not in the Bath constituency. It also contains four wards or parts of wards from South Gloucestershire Council. It is named after the former Wansdyke district.

The constituency includes North East Somerset, which takes in the whole of the picturesque Chew Valley to the south of Bristol, Keynsham and Saltford in the north, Midsomer Norton and Radstock in the south, and numerous small villages to the south of Bath. The seat also covers parts of South Gloucestershire to the east of Bristol, including Bitton, Longwell Green and Oldland Common.

At the next general election 2009/2010 much of this constituency will change to North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1983	Jack Aspinwall	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Dan Norris	Labour

Election results

General Election 2005: Wansdyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Norris	20,686	40.6	−6.2
	Conservative	Chris Watt	18,847	37.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Coleshill	10,050	19.7	+5.3
	UKIP	Peter Sandell	1,129	2.2	+0.9
	Independent	Geoffrey Parkes	221	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,839	3.6
Turnout			50,933	72.4	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.8

General Election 2001: Wansdyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Norris	23,206	46.8	+2.8
	Conservative	Chris Watt	17,593	35.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Coleshill	7,135	14.4	−2.4
	Green	Francis Hayden	958	1.9	N/A
	UKIP	Peter Sandell	655	1.3	+0.5
Majority			5,613	11.3
Turnout			49,547	69.9	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Wansdyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Norris	24,117	44.1	0
	Conservative	Mark Prisk	19,318	35.3	0
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Manning	9,205	16.8	0
	Referendum	K. Clinton	1327	2.4	0
	Independent	T. Hunt	438	0.8	0
	Monster Raving Loony	P. House	225	0.4	0
	Natural Law	S. Lincoln	92	0.2	0
Majority			4,799	8.7
Turnout			54,722	79.3	0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon