List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset

The ceremonial county of Dorset (which includes the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole) is divided into 8 Parliamentary constituencies - 3 Borough constituencies and 5 County constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat


Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Bournemouth East BC 74,591 7,937   Tobias Ellwood   Mel Semple
Bournemouth West BC 73,195 7,711   Conor Burns   David Stokes
Christchurch CC 70,309 25,171   Christopher Chope   Patrick Canavan
Mid Dorset and North Poole CC 65,050 15,339   Michael Tomlinson   Vikki Slade
North Dorset CC 76,324 25,777   Simon Hoare   Pat Osborne
Poole BC 73,796 14,209   Robert Syms   Katie Taylor
South Dorset CC 72,323 11,695   Richard Drax   Tashi Warr
West Dorset CC 82,277 19,091   Oliver Letwin   Andy Canning

Boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Dorset's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

NameCurrent boundariesProposed revision
  1. Bournemouth East BC
  2. Bournemouth West BC
  3. Christchurch CC
  4. Mid Dorset and North Poole CC
  5. North Dorset CC
  6. Poole BC
  7. South Dorset CC
  8. West Dorset CC

Results

1997 2001 2005 2010 2015
2017

Historical representation by party

1885 to 1950

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Conservative   Liberal

Constituency 1885 1886 91 1892 95 1895 1900 04 05 1906 Jan 10 Dec 10 1918 1922 23 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 37 41 1945
Dorset East Glyn Bond Napier Sturt Lyell H. Guest1 F. Guest --> Caine --> Glassey Caine Wheatley
Dorset North Portman Wingfield-Digby Wills Baker Colfox Emlyn-Jones Hanbury A. Hambro Byers
Dorset South Sturgis C. Hambro Brymer Scarisbrick A. Hambro Yerburgh Gascoyne-Cecil Montagu
Dorset West Farquharson Williams Colfox Digby

1original candidate, F. Guest (Lib), disqualified; fresh by-election held June 1910

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 57 1959 62 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Dorset North Crouch Glyn James Baker
Dorset South Montagu Barnett King Gascoyne-Cecil
Dorset West Digby Spicer
Poole Wheatley Pilkington Murton Ward

1983 to present (7, then 8 MPs)

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 93 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017
Bournemouth East Atkinson Ellwood
Bournemouth West Butterfill Burns
Christchurch Adley Maddock Chope
Mid Dorset and North Poole Fraser Brooke Tomlinson
North Dorset Baker Walter Hoare
Poole Ward Syms
South Dorset Gascoyne-Cecil Bruce Knight Drax
West Dorset Spicer Letwin

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

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