Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bournemouth West Borough constituency
Bournemouth West shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	John Butterfill
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Dorset
EP constituency:	South West England

Bournemouth 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the western portion of the town of Bournemouth.

[edit] History

In the 2005 election, the constituency was the Liberal Democrats 50th target seat. However, the seat has elected Conservatives at every election since its creation in 1950.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1950	Viscount Cranborne	Conservative
	1954	John Eden	Conservative
	1983	John Butterfill	Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	14,057	41.4	−1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Renaut	10,026	29.6	+4.4
	Labour	Dafydd Williams	7,824	23.1	−5.7
	UK Independence	Michael Maclaire-Hillier	2,017	5.9	+2.7
Majority			4,031	11.9
Turnout			33,924	53.3	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

General Election 2001: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	14,417	42.8	+1.2
	Labour	David Stokes	9,699	28.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Hornby	8,468	25.2	-2.6
	UK Independence	Cynthia Blake	1,064	3.2	+2.5
Majority			4,718	14.0
Turnout			33,648	53.2	-13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	17,115	41.7
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Dover	11,405	27.8
	Labour	D Gritt	10,093	24.6
	Referendum Party	R Mills	1,910	4.7
	UK Independence	L Tooley	281	0.7
	British National Party	John Morse	165	0.4
	Natural Law	A Springham	103	0.3
Majority			5,710	13.9
Turnout			41,073	66.21
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.6

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset

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