New Forest West (UK Parliament constituency)
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New Forest West | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of New Forest West in Hampshire.
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Location of Hampshire within England.
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County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 68,987 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Fordingbridge, Ringwood, New Milton and Lymington. |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Desmond Swayne (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | New Forest |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
New Forest West is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Desmond Swayne, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
Boundaries
This constituency covers the part of the New Forest which is not covered by its other constituency[n 3] and southern settlements next to the coast just outside its boundaries. Largest settlements are Fordingbridge and Ringwood which are inland and coastal New Milton and Lymington.
This seat has electoral wards:
Barton; Bashley; Becton; Bransgore and Burley; Buckland; Downlands and Forest; Fernhill; Fordingbridge; Forest North West; Hordle; Lymington Town; Milford; Milton; Pennington; Ringwood East and Sopley; Ringwood North and Ringwood South in the New Forest District.
History
This constituency was created when the old New Forest constituency was divided for the 1997 general election, since its creation results suggest a Conservative safe seat.
Constituency profile
For all areas the relevant local authority has a higher than average proportion of retired people, and a lower than national average extent of social housing and rented housing.[2] Housing types include far above average detached and semi-detached properties.[2] Bournemouth's eastern borders plus coast and forest are contained in this area.[3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1997 | Desmond Swayne | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 28,420 | 59.9 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Paul Bailey[6] | 7,816 | 16.5 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Lena Samuels[7] | 5,133 | 10.8 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Imogen Shepherd-DuBey | 3,293 | 6.9 | −16.4 | |
Green | Janet Richards | 2,748 | 5.8 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 20,604 | 43.5 | |||
Turnout | 69.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 27,980 | 58.8 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mike Plummer | 11,084 | 23.3 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Janice Hurne | 4,666 | 9.8 | −6.7 | |
UKIP | Martin Lyon | 2,783 | 5.9 | +1.7 | |
Green | Janet Richards | 1,059 | 2.2 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 16,896 | 35.5 | |||
Turnout | 47,572 | 69.6 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 26,004 | 56.4 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Murari Kaushik | 8,719 | 18.9 | −6.9 | |
Labour | Janice Hurne | 7,590 | 16.5 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | Brian Lawrence | 1,917 | 4.2 | +0.5 | |
Green | Janet Richards | 1,837 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,285 | 37.5 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,067 | 66.5 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 24,575 | 55.7 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Graham Bignell | 11,384 | 25.8 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Mrs. Crada N. Onuegbu | 6,481 | 14.7 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Michael John Clark | 1,647 | 3.7 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 13,191 | 29.9 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,087 | 65.0 | −9.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 25,149 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert C.H. Hale | 13,817 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Labour | David R. Griffiths | 7,092 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Referendum | Mrs. Maureen A. Elliott | 2,150 | 4.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | Michael J. Holmes | 1,542 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,332 | 22.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,750 | 74.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ↑ New Forest East
- References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2011 census interactive maps
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/newforestwest/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/new-forest-west-2015.html
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Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)