New Forest (UK Parliament constituency)

New Forest
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Hampshire
Major settlements Ringwood, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst, Fordingbridge
1950–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by New Forest West, New Forest East
Created from New Forest and Christchurch
1885–1918
Number of members One
Replaced by New Forest and Christchurch

New Forest was a county constituency in Hampshire which elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was first created under the Redistribution of Seats Act for the 1885 general election, and was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was partially replaced by the New Forest and Christchurch constituency.

The New Forest constituency was re-established for the 1950 general election, and existed until its abolition for the 1997 general election, when the New Forest East and New Forest West constituencies were created.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Lymington and Ringwood, part of the Sessional Division of Romsey, the Municipal Borough of Romsey, and the parishes of Chilworth and North Shoreham.

1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of Lymington, and the Rural Districts of New Forest, and Ringwood and Fordingbridge.

1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Lymington, the Rural District of Ringwood and Fordingbridge, and part of the Rural District of New Forest.

1974-1983: The Rural Districts of New Forest, and Ringwood and Fordingbridge.

1983-1997: The District of New Forest wards of Barton, Bashley, Becton, Boldre, Bransgore and Sopley, Brockenhurst, Copythorne South, Downlands, Fordingbridge, Forest North, Forest North West, Forest South, Forest West, Hordle, Lymington Town, Lyndhurst, Milford, Milton, Pennington, Ringwood North, Ringwood South, and Sway.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Event Member[1] Party
1885 Francis Compton Conservative
1892 John Douglas-Scott-Montagu Conservative
1905 by-election Henry Francis Compton Conservative
1906 Robert Hobart Liberal
1910 (Jan) Walter Perkins Conservative
1918 constituency abolished: see New Forest & Christchurch

MPs 1950–1997

Event Member[1] Party
1950 Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre Conservative
1968 by-election Patrick McNair-Wilson Conservative
1997 constituency abolished; see New Forest East and New Forest West

Elections

Elections in the 1890s

General Election January 1892: New Forest [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hon. John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu 4,481 54.6 n/a
Liberal Joseph King 3,726 45.4 n/a
Turnout 8,207 81.0 n/a
Majority 755 9.2 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1900s

New Forest by-election, 1905[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Francis Compton 4,539 51.1 n/a
Liberal Sir Robert Henry Hobart 4,340 48.9 n/a
Turnout 8,879 82.1 n/a
Majority 199 2.2 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election January 1906: New Forest [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Robert Henry Hobart 4,949 50.2 +1.3
Conservative Henry Francis Compton 4,901 49.8 -1.3
Turnout 9,850 89.3 +7.2
Majority 48 0.4 2.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre 28,427 55.97
Labour Aubrey W White 15,986 31.47
Liberal Howard Levett Fry 6,380 12.56
Majority 12,441 24.49
Turnout 81.58
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre 31,574 64.29
Labour Aubrey W White 17,537 35.71
Majority 8,717 13.99
Turnout 86.30
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre 27,027 68.75
Labour Hallam J Barnes 12,285 31.25
Majority 14,742 37.50
Turnout 73.17
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1959: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre 29,949 68.67
Labour Richard Charles Mitchell 13,667 31.33
Majority 16,282 37.33
Turnout 73.98
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre 27,884 53.31
Labour C Bernard Kissen 12,924 24.71
Liberal George Nicholas D Locock 11,497 21.98
Majority 14,960 28.60
Turnout 75.84
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1966: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre 27,292 51.20
Labour Michael H Jones 14,260 26.75
Liberal George Nicholas D Locock 11,757 22.05
Majority 13,032 24.45
Turnout 53,309 74.16
Conservative hold Swing
New Forest by-election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson 28,025 66.27 +15.07
Liberal George Nicholas D Locock 8,430 19.93 -2.12
Labour Alan Reynard 5,836 13.80 -12.95
Turnout 42,291
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson 36,041 60.13
Labour David Malcolm Offenbach 13,576 22.65
Liberal Peter Johnson 10,322 17.22
Majority 22,465 37.48
Turnout 71.85
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson 30,567 48.92
Liberal A Hayes 19,185 30.70
Labour MVC Bailey 12,737 20.38
Majority 11,382 18.21
Turnout 80.70
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson 28,778 49.65
Liberal A Hayes 15,355 26.49
Labour PJ Brushett 13,825 23.85
Majority 13,423 23.16
Turnout 74.20
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1979: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson 39,124 59.51
Liberal M Kyrle 13,674 20.80
Labour Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead 12,950 19.70
Majority 25,450 38.71
Turnout 77.23
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson 34,157 66.37
SDP–Liberal Alliance R Harrison 13,232 25.71
Labour DT James 4,075 7.92
Majority 8,509 21.93
Turnout 62.10
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1987: New Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson 37,188 64.67
SDP–Liberal Alliance R Karn 15,456 26.88
Labour JI Hampton 4,856 8.45
Majority 21,732 37.79
Turnout 76.58
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: New Forest[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson 37,986 62.4 -2.3
Liberal Democrat Mrs JK Vernon-Jackson 17,581 28.9 +2.0
Labour MJ Shutler 4,989 8.2 -0.3
Natural Law Ms. FA Carter 350 0.6 +0.6
Majority 20,405 33.5 -4.3
Turnout 60,906 80.8 +4.2
Conservative hold Swing -2.1

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  2. 1 2 3 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
  3. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
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