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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE70,257 voters
AREA148 sq. miles


Witham is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Priti Patel of the Conservative party.

The Witham constituency has a total population of 88,797, of which 70,257 are eligible (18+) to vote (79.1%).

Witham ranks 151th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 454th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Priti Patel

Priti Patel

Priti Patel MP (born 29 March 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Witham constituency in Essex since 2010.

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

MP DETAILS
AddressPriti Patel MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addresspriti@working4witham.com
ConstituencyWitham
GenderFemale
Date of Birth29/03/1972
TwitterTwitter Profile
Party PageWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
57.5%
15.8%
6.1%
4.3 %
16.0%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Witham constituency in 2015 was 70.30%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Doreen ScrimshawChristian Peoples AllianceFemale12 November 1939 (85)--
Garry CockrillUK Independence PartyMale--http://www.ukipwitham.uk/
James AbbottGreenMale---
Jo HayesLiberal DemocratFemale--http://johayes.mycouncillor.org.uk/about/#page-content
John ClarkeLabourMale26 May 1960 (64)--
Priti PatelConservativeFemale29 March 1972 (52)--

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
52.2%
18.48%
19.75%
%
%
3.03%
%
6.53%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Conservative
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 Conservative24,44852.2%
 Green1,4193%
 Labour8,65618.5%
 Liberal-Democrat9,25219.8%
 UK-Independence-Party3,0606.5%
TOTALS
Electorate66,969
Votes46,835
Turnout70.2%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativePatel, Priti
LabourSpademan, John
Liberal DemocratPhelps, Margaret
GreenAbbott, James
UKIPHodges, David
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Witham constituency in 2010 was 70.2%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

This graph shows the results from 38 people in the Witham constituency who have taken our quiz, displaying which party best matches their opinions of the series of questions we ask.

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