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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE71,946 voters
AREA38 sq. miles


Hartlepool is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Iain Wright of the Labour party.

The Hartlepool constituency has a total population of 92,238, of which 71,946 are eligible (18+) to vote (78%).

Hartlepool ranks 325th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 398th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Iain Wright

Iain Wright

Iain David Wright (born 9 May 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool since 2004, and is currently the Shadow Minister for Industry. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for apprenticeships and 14-19 reform in the Department for Children, Schools and Families until 11 May 2010.

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

MP DETAILS
AddressIain Wright MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addressiainwright-proudofhartlepool@hotmail.com
ConstituencyHartlepool
GenderMale
Date of Birth09/05/1972
WebsiteWebsite
TwitterTwitter Profile
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
20.9%
35.6%
0%
3.4 %
28.0 %
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Hartlepool constituency in 2015 was 56.80%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Hilary AllenLiberal DemocratFemale---
Iain WrightLabourMale09 May 1972 (52)-http://www.iainwrightmp.org.uk/
John Neville HobbsIndependentMale---
Michael HoltGreenMale22 January 1989 (35)--
Phillip BroughtonUK Independence PartyMale--https://phillipbroughton.wordpress.com/
Richard RoyalConservativeMale--http://www.richardroyal.com/
Sandra AllisonSave Hartlepool HospitalFemale---
Stephen PictonIndependentMale--http://www.stephenpicton.co.uk/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
28.13%
42.54%
17.08%
%
%
%
5.24%
7.01%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP2,0025.2%
 Conservative10,75828.1%
 Labour16,26742.5%
 Liberal-Democrat6,53317.1%
 UK-Independence-Party2,6827%
TOTALS
Electorate68,927
Votes38,242
Turnout55.5%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeWright, Alan
LabourWright, Iain
Liberal DemocratClark, Reg
BNPBage, Ronnie
UKIPAllison, Stephen
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Hartlepool constituency in 2010 was 55.5%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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