Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 50°43′01″N 1°54′47″W / 50.717°N 1.913°W
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| Bournemouth West | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Bournemouth West in Dorset. |
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 Location of Dorset within England. |
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| County | Dorset |
| Electorate | 72,714 (December 2010)[1] |
| 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The current boundaries take in the western portion of Bournemouth, from Kinson, Winton, and Talbot Woods areas down towards the town centre and the West Cliff. In a boundary change for the 2010 General Election, the constituency has gained the Branksome area from Poole whilst losing East Cliff to the neighbouring Bournemouth East constituency.
[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
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Viscount Cranborne | Conservative | |
| 1954 by-election | John Eden | Conservative | |
| 1983 | Sir John Butterfill | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Conor Burns | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Bournemouth West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| 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 | ||
| UKIP | L Tooley | 281 | 0.7 | ||
| BNP | 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 | |||
| General Election 1992: Bournemouth West[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Butterfill | 29,820 | 52.7 | -2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs JT Dover | 17,117 | 30.2 | -1.7 | |
| Labour | BB Grower | 9,423 | 16.7 | +3.8 | |
| Natural Law | AR 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 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
