New Forest East (UK Parliament constituency)

New Forest East
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of New Forest East in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	73,542 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Julian Lewis (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Romsey and Waterside, New Forest
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

New Forest East is a county 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

The constituency covers the eastern half of the New Forest in Hampshire, including the central forest villages of Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and Beaulieu, as well as the waterside settlements (Totton, Marchwood, Hythe and Fawley).

Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Hampshire, the Boundary Commission for England made minor alterations to the New Forest East constituency. This modified seat was fought for the first time at the 2010 UK general election. It is formed from the following electoral wards

• Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh, Boldre and Sway, Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead, Brockenhurst and Forest South East, Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu, Dibden and Hythe East, Fawley, Blackfield and Langley, Furzedown and Hardley, Holbury and North Blackfield, Hythe West and Langdown, Lyndhurst, Marchwood, Totton Central, Totton East, Totton North, Totton South, Totton West

History

This constituency was created when the old New Forest constituency was divided for the 1997 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Julian Lewis	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: New Forest East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Lewis	26,443	52.8	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Scriven	15,136	30.3	-3.0
	Labour	Peter Sopowski	4,915	9.8	-2.4
	UKIP	Peter Day	2,518	5.0	-0.1
	Green	Beverley Golden	1,024	2.0	+2.0
Majority			11,307	22.6
Turnout			50,036	68.7	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: New Forest East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Lewis	21,975	48.6	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Dash	15,424	34.1	+0.7
	Labour	Stephen Roberts	5,492	12.1	-9.6
	UKIP	Katy Davies	2,344	5.2	+2.7
Majority			6,551	14.5
Turnout			45,235	65.9	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

General Election 2001: New Forest East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Lewis	17,902	42.4	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Dash	14,073	33.4	+1.1
	Labour	Alan Goodfellow	9,141	21.7	-3.1
	UKIP	William Howe	1,062	2.5	N/A
Majority			3,829	9.0
Turnout			42,178	63.2	-11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: New Forest East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Lewis	21,053	42.9
	Liberal Democrat	George Dawson	15,838	32.3
	Labour	Alan Goodfellow	12,161	24.8
Majority			5,215	10.6
Turnout			49,052	74.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)