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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE75,002 voters
AREA18 sq. miles


Chesterfield is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Toby Perkins of the Labour party.

The Chesterfield constituency has a total population of 93,345, of which 75,002 are eligible (18+) to vote (80.3%).

Chesterfield ranks 418th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 383th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Toby Perkins

Toby Perkins

Matthew Toby Perkins (born 12 August 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesterfield since 2010, winning the seat from Liberal Democrat Paul Holmes. Before taking the seat, he was a councillor in the town.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Perkins

MP DETAILS
AddressToby Perkins MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addresstoby.2015@gmail.com
ConstituencyChesterfield
GenderMale
Date of Birth12/08/1970
WebsiteWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
18.1%
47.9%
13.8%
3.0 %
16.5%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Chesterfield constituency in 2015 was 63.20%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Julia CambridgeLiberal DemocratFemale---
Mark VivisConservativeMale--http://www.markvivis.co.uk/
Matt GennGreenMale13 December 1991 (33)-http://derbyshiregreenparty.org.uk/
Matt WhaleTrade Unionist and Socialist CoalitionMale---
Stuart YeowartUK Independence PartyMale---
Toby PerkinsLabourMale12 August 1970 (54)https://www.linkedin.com/pub/toby-perkins-mp/43/643/92ahttp://www.tobyperkins.org.uk/
Tommy HolgateThe Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, EnvironmentMale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
15.74%
39.03%
37.83%
%
%
1.31%
%
3.12%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Lib-Dem
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 Conservative7,21415.7%
 ED1,2132.6%
 Green6001.3%
 Ind11470.3%
 Labour17,89139%
 Liberal-Democrat17,34237.8%
 UK-Independence-Party1,4323.1%
TOTALS
Electorate71,878
Votes45,839
Turnout63.8%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeAbbott, Carolyn
LabourPerkins, Toby
Liberal DemocratHolmes, Paul
GreenKerr, Duncan
UKIPPhillips, David
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Chesterfield constituency in 2010 was 63.8%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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