Bournemouth East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bournemouth East Borough constituency |
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| Bournemouth East shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Tobias Ellwood |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Dorset |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Bournemouth East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has elected Conservative MPs since its creation.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is based around the eastern portion of Bournemouth.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1974 — 1977: John Cordle, Conservative
- 1977 — 2005: David Atkinson, Conservative
- 2005 — present: Tobias Ellwood, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Bournemouth East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 16,925 | 45.0 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Garratt | 11,681 | 31.1 | −2.6 | |
| Labour | David Stokes | 7,191 | 19.1 | −0.8 | |
| UK Independence | Thomas Collier | 1,802 | 4.8 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 5,244 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 37,599 | 59.3 | +1.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Bournemouth East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Atkinson | 15,501 | 43.3 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Garratt | 12,067 | 33.7 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | Paul Nicholson | 7,107 | 19.9 | -1.3 | |
| UK Independence | George Chamberlaine | 1,124 | 3.1 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 3,434 | 9.6 | |||
| Turnout | 35,799 | 58.2 | -12.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in South West England | |
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| Conservative |
Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring |
| Liberal Democrat |
Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil |
| Labour |
Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke |
| South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1) | |
