Mid Dorset and North Poole (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 50°42′01″N 2°04′09″W / 50.7004°N 2.0693°W / 50.7004; -2.0693

Mid Dorset and North Poole County constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Annette Brooke
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Dorset
EP constituency:	South West England

Mid Dorset and North Poole is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of North Dorset, Bournemouth West, South Dorset and Poole. Its current boundaries take in parishes from three districts; namely Purbeck, Poole, and East Dorset. Main population centres include Merley, Broadstone, Corfe Mullen, Bere Regis, and Wareham.

Boundary changes in place for the 2010 general election see Wimborne Minster moved into the constituency from North Dorset with other boundary alterations to take into account any district ward changes.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Christopher Fraser	Conservative
	2001	Annette Brooke	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2010: Mid Dorset and North Poole [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Annette Brooke
	UKIP	Dave Evans
	Conservative	Nick King
	Labour	Chris Thompson

General Election 2005: Mid Dorset and North Poole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Annette Brooke	22,000	48.7	+6.7
	Conservative	Simon Hayes	16,518	36.6	−4.5
	Labour	Philip Murray	5,221	11.6	−3.9
	UKIP	Avril King	1,420	3.1	+1.7
Majority			5,482	12.1
Turnout			45,159	68.5	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+5.6

General Election 2001: Mid Dorset and North Poole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Annette Brooke	18,358	42.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Christopher Fraser	17,974	41.1	+0.4
	Labour	James Selby Bennett	6,765	15.5	-0.3
	UKIP	Jeff Mager	621	1.4	N/A
Majority			384	0.9
Turnout			43,718	65.6	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset

[edit] References

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