Mid Dorset and North Poole (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mid Dorset and North Poole
County constituency

Mid Dorset and North Poole shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England
Created: 1997
MP: Annette Brooke
Party: Liberal Democrat
Type: House of Commons
County: Dorset
EP constituency: South West England

Mid Dorset and North Poole is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the north of Poole in the east, and extends into rural Dorset in the west. A surprise gain for the Liberal Democrats in 2001, it swung strongly in their favour in 2005.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Mid Dorset and North Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Annette Brooke 22,000 48.7 +6.7
Conservative Simon Hayes 16,518 36.6 −4.5
Labour Philip Murray 5,221 11.6 −3.9
UK Independence Avril King 1,420 3.1 +1.7
Majority 5,482 12.1
Turnout 45,159 68.5 +2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.6
General Election 2001: Mid Dorset and North Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Annette Brooke 18,358 42.0 +2.7
Conservative Christopher Fraser 17,974 41.1 +0.4
Labour James Selby Bennett 6,765 15.5 -0.3
UK Independence Jeff Mager 621 1.4 N/A
Majority 384 0.9
Turnout 43,718 65.6 -9.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing


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Constituencies in South West England
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)