Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 50°43′01″N 1°54′47″W / 50.717°N 1.913°W
Bournemouth West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Bournemouth West in Dorset. | |
Location of Dorset within England. | |
County | Dorset |
Population | 98,968 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 72,714 (December 2010)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of parliament | Conor Burns (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Bournemouth West is a borough 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.
Boundaries
1950-1974: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Kinson, Moordown North, Moordown South, Redhill Park, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Kinson North, Kinson South, Redhill Park, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton.
1983-1997: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Ensbury Park, Kinson, Redhill Park, Talbot Woods, Wallisdown, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton; and the Borough of Poole wards of Alderney, Bourne Valley, and Canford Magna.
1997-2010: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Ensbury Park, Kinson, Redhill Park, Talbot Woods, Wallisdowne, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton.
2010-present: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, Kinson North, Kinson South, Redhill and Northbourne, Talbot and Branksome Woods, Wallisdown and Winton West, Westbourne and West Cliff, and Winton East; and the Borough of Poole wards of Alderney and Branksome East.
The constituency includes the western portion of Bournemouth, from the Kinson, Winton, and Talbot Woods areas down towards the town centre and the West Cliff. Following a boundary change for the 2010 General Election, the constituency gained the Branksome area from Poole whilst losing East Cliff to the neighbouring Bournemouth East constituency.
With the exception of the period 1983-1997, Bournemouth town centre has been in this constituency since its formation in 1950.
History
In the 2005 election, the constituency was the Liberal Democrats 50th target seat. It contains Labour's best ward in Bournemouth in the district of Kinson, but the seat has elected Conservatives at every election since its creation in 1950 and is considered safe for them.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1950 | Viscount Cranborne | Conservative | |
1954 by-election | John Eden | Conservative | |
1983 | Sir John Butterfill | Conservative | |
2010 | Conor Burns | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Bournemouth West[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Conor Burns [5] | ||||
Patria | Dick Franklin[6] | ||||
Greens | Elizabeth McManus [7] | ||||
UKIP | Martin Houlden [8] | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Mike Plummer | ||||
Labour | David Stokes [9] | ||||
General Election 2010: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Conor Burns | 18,808 | 45.1 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alasdair Murray | 13,225 | 31.7 | -0.2 | |
Labour | Sharon Carr-Brown | 6,171 | 14.8 | -8.1 | |
UKIP | Philip Glover | 2,999 | 7.2 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Harvey Taylor | 456 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 5,583 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 41,659 | 58.1 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Bournemouth West | |||||
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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 | |
UKIP | 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 | |||||
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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 | |
UKIP | Cynthia Blake | 1,064 | 3.2 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 4,718 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 33,648 | 53.2 | -13.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Butterfill | 17,115 | 41.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Janet Dover | 11,405 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | Dennis Gritt | 10,093 | 24.6 | ||
Referendum Party | Ronald Mills | 1,910 | 4.7 | ||
UKIP | Linda Tooley | 281 | 0.7 | ||
BNP | John Morse | 165 | 0.4 | ||
Natural Law | Alexander Springham | 103 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 5,710 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,073 | 66.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
General Election 1992: Bournemouth West[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Butterfill | 29,820 | 52.7 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Janet Dover | 17,117 | 30.2 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Ben Grower | 9,423 | 16.7 | +3.8 | |
Natural Law | Alexander Springham | 232 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 12,703 | 22.4 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 56,592 | 75.7 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Butterfill | 30,117 | 55.16 | ||
Social Democratic | PGM Craven | 17,466 | 31.99 | ||
Labour | RW Jones | 7,018 | 12.85 | ||
Majority | 12,651 | 23.17 | |||
Turnout | 73.35 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Butterfill | 28,466 | 56.90 | ||
Liberal | M James | 15,135 | 30.26 | ||
Labour | K Horrocks | 6,243 | 12.48 | ||
BNP | JH Morse | 180 | 0.36 | ||
Majority | 13,331 | 26.65 | |||
Turnout | 69.19 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Eden | 25,873 | 59.84 | ||
Labour | Peter J. Brushett | 9,247 | 21.39 | ||
Liberal | Terence D. G. Richards | 7,677 | 17.76 | ||
National Front | G Hubbard | 438 | 1.01 | ||
Majority | 16,626 | 38.45 | |||
Turnout | 70.46 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Eden | 21,294 | 50.67 | ||
Labour | LF Bennett | 10,566 | 25.14 | ||
Liberal | Terence D. G. Richards | 10,166 | 24.19 | ||
Majority | 10,728 | 25.53 | |||
Turnout | 68.66 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Eden | 23,473 | 50.82 | ||
Liberal | Terence D. G. Richards | 12,655 | 27.40 | ||
Labour | LF Bennett | 10,062 | 21.78 | ||
Majority | 10,818 | 23.42 | |||
Turnout | 76.06 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1970: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Eden | 28,714 | 56.17 | ||
Labour | L. F. Bennett | 14,099 | 27.58 | ||
Liberal | John E. Mills | 8,303 | 16.24 | ||
Majority | 13,615 | 28.59 | |||
Turnout | 69.28 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Eden | 25,740 | 50.02 | ||
Labour | L .F. Bennett | 16,334 | 31.74 | ||
Liberal | J. F. Mills | 9,389 | 18.24 | ||
Majority | 9,406 | 18.28 | |||
Turnout | 73.37 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1964: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Eden | 26,114 | 50.44 | ||
Labour | GW Spicer | 13,975 | 26.99 | ||
Liberal | J. F. Mills | 11,681 | 22.56 | ||
Majority | 12,139 | 23.45 | |||
Turnout | 73.71 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Eden | 33,575 | 67.78 | ||
Labour | GW Spicer | 15,957 | 32.22 | ||
Majority | 17,618 | 35.57 | |||
Turnout | 72.62 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Eden | 31,931 | 67.83 | ||
Labour | C Ford | 15,147 | 32.17 | ||
Majority | 16,784 | 35.65 | |||
Turnout | 71.71 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Bournemouth West by-election, 1954 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Eden | 20,695 | |||
Labour | H Brinton | 9,006 | |||
Majority | 11,689 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Viscount Cranborne | 33,269 | 65.49 | ||
Labour | Judith Hart | 17,532 | 34.51 | ||
Majority | 15,737 | 30.98 | |||
Turnout | 77.71 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1950: Bournemouth West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Viscount Cranborne | 28,548 | 53.62 | ||
Labour | WA Boddy | 15,476 | 29.07 | ||
Liberal | John Creasey | 9,216 | 17.31 | ||
Majority | 13,072 | ||||
Turnout | 83.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Bournemouth West: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bournemouth-west-2015.html
- ↑ http://www.patria-uk.org/patria-chooses-its-candidate-for-bournemouth-west
- ↑ http://southwest.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2015/02/10/dorset-greens-make-history/
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bournemouth-west-2015.html
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bournemouth-west-2015.html
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
External Links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Bournemouth West — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.