New Forest West (UK Parliament constituency)
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| New Forest West County constituency |
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| New Forest West shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Desmond Swayne |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hampshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
New Forest West 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the part of the New Forest which is not covered by its other constituency, New Forest East. Settlements include Fordingbridge, New Milton and Ringwood.
[edit] History
This constituency was created when the old New Forest constituency was divided prior to the 1997 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1997)
- 1997 — present: Desmond Swayne, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: New Forest West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 26,004 | 56.4 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Murari Kaushik | 8,719 | 18.9 | −6.9 | |
| Labour | Janice Hurne | 7,590 | 16.5 | +1.8 | |
| UK Independence | Brian Lawrence | 1,917 | 4.2 | +0.5 | |
| Green | Janet Richards | 1,837 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,285 | 37.5 | |||
| Turnout | 46,067 | 66.5 | +1.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: New Forest West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 24,575 | 55.7 | +5.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Bignell | 11,384 | 25.8 | -2.0 | |
| Labour | Crada Onuegbu | 6,481 | 14.7 | +0.4 | |
| UK Independence | Michael Clark | 1,647 | 3.7 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 13,191 | 29.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,087 | 65.1 | -9.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: New Forest West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 25,149 | 50.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Hale | 13,817 | 27.8 | ||
| Labour | David Griffiths | 7,092 | 14.3 | ||
| Referendum Party | Maureen Elliott | 2,150 | 4.3 | ||
| UK Independence | M. Holmes | 1,542 | 3.1 | ||
| Majority | 11,332 | ||||
| Turnout | 74.8 | ||||
[edit] Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)
