Newbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Newbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency consisting of Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford and a large part of the surrounding area of West Berkshire. To the east, parts of West Berkshire have been incorporated into the Wokingham or Reading West constituencies. It is part of the South East region of England.
It is currently represented by the Conservative Richard Benyon, who won the seat in the 2005 general election from David Rendel of the Liberal Democrats.
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