East_Berkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

East Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom 1983-1997

East Berkshire was a county constituency in the county of Berkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

This safe Conservative seat was represented for its entire existence by Andrew MacKay.

Boundaries

1983-1997

  • The District of Bracknell; and
  • The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead wards of Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Sunningdale and South Ascot, and Sunninghill.[1]

The constituency largely comprised the District of Bracknell (formerly the Rural District of Easthampstead), which had been part of Wokingham. It also included those parts of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead which had formerly made up the Rural District of Windsor (transferred from Windsor and Maidenhead), and those parishes in the former Rural District of Eton in Buckinghamshire which had been transferred to Berkshire by the Local Government Act 1972 (previously part of Beaconsfield).

Its main settlement was Bracknell, and it also included Ascot, Sunningdale, Sunninghill, Datchet, Crowthorne, Sandhurst, and Old Windsor.

The seat was abolished for the 1997 general election with the majority being absorbed into the new constituency of Bracknell. Eastern areas, comprising the parts of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and also including Ascot, were transferred to the re-established constituency of Windsor.

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Elections in the 1980s

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Elections in the 1990s

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See also

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
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    "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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    "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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    "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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    "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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