forest of dean Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE69,840 voters
AREA239 sq. miles


Forest of Dean is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Mark Harper of the Conservative party.

The Forest of Dean constituency has a total population of 86,913, of which 69,840 are eligible (18+) to vote (80.4%).

Forest of Dean ranks 105th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 488th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Mark Harper

Mark Harper

Mark James Harper (born 26 February 1970) is a British politician and self-employed accountant (non-practising). He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean, a former Minister of State for Immigration, and the current Minister of State for Disabled People.

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

MP DETAILS
AddressMark Harper MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressfod@gloucestershireconservatives.com
ConstituencyForest of Dean
GenderMale
Date of Birth26/02/1970
WebsiteWebsite
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Party PageWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
46.8%
24.6%
5.3%
5.5 %
17.8%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Forest Of Dean constituency in 2015 was 70.90%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Chris ColemanLiberal DemocratMale---
James GreenwoodGreenMale--https://fodgreenparty.wordpress.com/
Mark HarperConservativeMale26 February 1970 (54)-http://www.markharper.org/
Steve StanburyUK Independence PartyMale---
Steven Parry-HearnLabourMale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
46.87%
24.18%
21.89%
%
%
1.89%
%
5.17%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Conservative
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 Conservative22,85346.9%
 Green9231.9%
 Labour11,78924.2%
 Liberal-Democrat10,67621.9%
 UK-Independence-Party2,5225.2%
TOTALS
Electorate68,419
Votes48,763
Turnout71.3%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeHarper, Mark
LabourHogan, Bruce
Liberal DemocratColeman, Chris
GreenGreenwood, James
UKIPCongdon, Tim
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Forest Of Dean constituency in 2010 was 71.3%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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