New Forest West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 50°48′22″N 1°37′44″W / 50.806°N 1.629°W
| New Forest West | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of New Forest West in Hampshire. |
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 Location of Hampshire within England. |
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| County | Hampshire |
| Electorate | 68,987 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Desmond Swayne (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | New Forest |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
New Forest West 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the part of the New Forest which is not covered by its other constituency, New Forest East. Settlements include Lymington, Fordingbridge, New Milton and Ringwood.
[edit] History
This constituency was created when the old New Forest constituency was divided for the 1997 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Desmond Swayne | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: New Forest West[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 27,980 | 58.8 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Plummer | 11,084 | 23.3 | +4.1 | |
| Labour | Janice Hurne | 4,666 | 9.8 | -6.7 | |
| UKIP | Martin Lyon | 2,783 | 5.9 | +1.7 | |
| Green | Janet Richards | 1,059 | 2.2 | *1.9 | |
| Majority | 16,896 | 35.5 | |||
| Turnout | 47,572 | 69.6 | +3.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: New Forest West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 26,004 | 56.4 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Murari Kaushik | 8,719 | 18.9 | -6.9 | |
| Labour | Janice Hurne | 7,590 | 16.5 | +1.8 | |
| UKIP | Brian Lawrence | 1,917 | 4.2 | +0.5 | |
| Green | Janet Richards | 1,837 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,285 | 37.5 | +7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 46,067 | 66.5 | +1.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: New Forest West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 24,575 | 55.7 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Bignell | 11,384 | 25.8 | -2.0 | |
| Labour | Crada Onuegbu | 6,481 | 14.7 | +0.4 | |
| UKIP | Michael Clark | 1,647 | 3.7 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 13,191 | 29.9 | +7.1 | ||
| Turnout | 44,087 | 65.0 | -9.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: New Forest West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 25,149 | 50.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bob Hale | 13,817 | 27.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Dave Griffiths | 7,092 | 14.3 | N/A | |
| Referendum Party | Maureen Elliott | 2,150 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Michael Holmes | 1,542 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,332 | 22.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 49,750 | 74.7 | N/A | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[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 "N" (part 1)
- ^ "New Forest West". YourNextMP. http://www.yournextmp.com/seats/new_forest_west. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
[edit] Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)
