Mid Dorset and North Poole (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Dorset and North Poole
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Mid Dorset and North Poole in Dorset.
Location of Dorset within England.
County	Dorset
Electorate	64,705 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament 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. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

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, Wareham, and Wimborne Minster.

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Mid Dorset and North Poole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Annette Brooke	21,100	45.1	-4.9
	Conservative	Nick King	20,831	44.5	+7.7
	Labour	Darren Brown	2,748	5.9	-4.2
	UKIP	Dave Evans	2,109	4.5	+1.4
Majority			269	0.6
Turnout			46,788	64.4	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-6.3

Elections in the 2000s

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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Mid Dorset and North Poole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Fraser	20,632	40.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Leaman	19,951	39.3	N/A
	Labour	David Collis	8,014	15.8	N/A
	Referendum Party	D Nabarro	2,136	4.2	N/A
Majority			681	1.3	N/A
Turnout			50,733	75.7	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset