rossendale and darwen Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE75,544 voters
AREA83 sq. miles


Rossendale and Darwen is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Jake Berry of the Conservative party.

The Rossendale and Darwen constituency has a total population of 96,745, of which 75,544 are eligible (18+) to vote (78.1%).

Rossendale and Darwen ranks 219th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 314th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Jake Berry

Jake Berry

James Jacob "Jake" Gilchrist Berry (born 29 December 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rossendale and Darwen, having won the seat at the 2010 UK General Election, defeating the sitting Labour Party MP Janet Anderson by a majority of 4,493 votes.

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

MP DETAILS
AddressJake Berry MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressjake.berry@jakeberry.org
ConstituencyRossendale and Darwen
GenderMale
Date of Birth29/12/1978
WebsiteWebsite
TwitterTwitter Profile
Party PageWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
46.6%
35.1%
1.6%
2.1 %
14.0%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Rossendale And Darwen constituency in 2015 was 58.40%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Afzal AnwarLiberal DemocratMale01 October 1974 (50)--
Clive BalchinUK Independence PartyMale22 July 1954 (70)--
Jake BerryConservativeMale29 December 1978 (46)-http://www.jakeberry.org/
Karen Pollard-RylanceGreenFemale01 January 1968 (56)-https://www.facebook.com/GPBurnleyPendleRossendale
Kevin Malcolm ScranageIndependentMale---
Shaun HargreavesThe Northern PartyMale--https://mancunianspring.wordpress.com/
Simon ThomasTrade Unionist and Socialist CoalitionMale21 May 1905 (119)--
Will StrawLabourMale--http://www.willstraw.org/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
41.78%
32.25%
18.12%
%
%
%
%
3.43%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
TOTALS
Turnout64.6%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeBerry, Jake
LabourAnderson, Janet
Liberal DemocratSheffield, Robert
UKIPDuthie, David
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Rossendale And Darwen constituency in 2010 was 64.6%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

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