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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE76,103 voters
AREA66 sq. miles


Charnwood is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Edward Argar of the Conservative party.

The Charnwood constituency has a total population of 95,924, of which 76,103 are eligible (18+) to vote (79.3%).

Charnwood ranks 255th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 330th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Edward Argar

Edward Argar

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MP DETAILS
AddressEdward Argar MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressoffice@edwardargar.org.uk
ConstituencyCharnwood
GenderMale
Date of Birth
Party PageWebsite
Wikipedia PageVisit Wiki

2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
54.3%
21.9%
6.9 %
0%
15.9%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Charnwood constituency in 2015 was 67.60%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Cathy DuffyBritish National PartyFemale08 October 1958 (66)--
Edward ArgarConservativeMale---
Lynton YatesUK Independence PartyMale--http://politics.leics.gov.uk/mgMiniSite.aspx?UID=2313
Sean Kelly-WalshLabourMale---
Simon SansomeLiberal DemocratMale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
49.61%
19.68%
21.54%
%
%
%
5.82%
3.36%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Conservative
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP3,1165.8%
 Conservative26,56049.6%
 Labour10,53619.7%
 Liberal-Democrat11,53121.5%
 UK-Independence-Party1,7993.4%
TOTALS
Electorate74,473
Votes53,542
Turnout71.9%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeDorrell, Stephen
LabourGoodyer, Eric
Liberal DemocratWebber-Jones, Robin
BNPDuffy, Cathy
UKIPStorier, Miles
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Charnwood constituency in 2010 was 71.9%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

This graph shows the results from 84 people in the Charnwood constituency who have taken our quiz, displaying which party best matches their opinions of the series of questions we ask.

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