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**Bexhill and Battle**
Bexhill and Battle; County constituency
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	Bexhill and Battle shown within East Sussex, and East Sussex shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Gregory Barker
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Sussex
EP constituency:	South East England

Coordinates: 50°53′10″N 0°28′12″E / 50.886°N 0.470°E / 50.886; 0.470

Bexhill and Battle 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.

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The constituency is based around the district of Rother in East Sussex. The main towns in the constituency, from which the seat takes its name, are Battle and the coastal resort of Bexhill-on-Sea.

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This safe Conservative constituency was created in 1983, mostly from the former seat of Rye. Its first MP, Charles Wardle, served as a junior Home Office minister in the government of John Major. It has been represented by Gregory Barker since 2001.

	Member	Party
1983	Charles Wardle	Conservative
2001	Charles Wardle	Independent
2001	Gregory Barker	Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gregory Barker	24,629	52.6	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Varrall	11,180	23.9	-0.8
	Labour	Michael Jones	8,457	18.1	-1.3
	UKIP	Anthony Smith	2,568	5.5	-2.3
Majority			13,449	28.7
Turnout			46,834	67.2	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

General Election 2001: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gregory Barker	21,555	48.1	0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Hardy	11,052	24.7	-0.8
	Labour	Anne Moore-Williams	8,702	19.4	+1.3
	UKIP	Nigel Farage	3,474	7.8	+6.2
Majority			10,503	23.4
Turnout			44,783	64.9	-9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

General Election 1997: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wardle	23,570	48.1	-12.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Field	12,470	25.5	-3.4
	Labour	Robert Beckwith	8,866	18.1	+8.7
	Referendum Party	Vanessa Thompson	3,302	6.7
	UKIP	J Pankhurst	786	1.6
Majority			11,100	22.6
Turnout			48,994	74.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.4

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1992: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wardle	31,330	60.2	-6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Prochak	15,023	28.9	+3.1
	Labour	Frank Taylor	4,883	9.4	+1.7
	Green	J L Prus	594	1.1	N/A
	Common Sense Party	M F Smith	190	0.4	N/A
Majority			16,307	31.5
Turnout			52,020	79.0	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.7

General Election 1987: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wardle	33,570	66.5	-0.8
	Social Democrat	R Kiernan	13,051	25.8	+2.3
	Labour	D K Watts	3,903	7.7	-0.3
Majority			20,519	40.7
Turnout			50,524	77.4	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.6

General Election 1983: Bexhill and Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wardle	30,329	67.3
	Liberal	P R Smith	10,583	23.5
	Labour	I P Pearson	3,587	8.0
	Ecology	A Rix	538	1.2
Majority			19,746	43.8
Turnout			45,037	72.9

[edit] Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon) (Result is incorrect for 1992)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex

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