North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 51°00′21″N 2°11′51″W / 51.0058°N 2.1976°W
| North Dorset | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of North Dorset in Dorset. |
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 Location of Dorset within England. |
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| County | Dorset |
| Electorate | 73,010 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 |
| Member of Parliament | Robert Walter (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South West England |
North Dorset is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency covers North Dorset local government district and most (geographically) of East Dorset. It is largely rural, with four small market towns: Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, and Sturminster Newton.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: North Dorset | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Walter | 27,640 | 51.1 | +4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Emily Gasson | 20,015 | 37.0 | -0.9 | |
| Labour | Mike Bunney | 2,910 | 5.4 | -4.2 | |
| UKIP | Jeremy Nieboer | 2,812 | 5.2 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Anna Hayball | 546 | 1.0 | -1.3 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Roger Monksummers | 218 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 7,625 | 14.1 | |||
| Turnout | 54,141 | 73.5 | +4.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: North Dorset | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Walter | 23,714 | 44.9 | -1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Emily Gasson | 21,470 | 40.7 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | John Yarwood | 4,596 | 8.7 | -2.5 | |
| UKIP | Richard Frampton Hobbs | 1,918 | 3.6 | +1.5 | |
| Green | Ralph Arliss | 1,117 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 2,244 | 4.2 | -3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 52,815 | 71.1 | +4.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Source BBC News, 2005 | |||||
| General Election 2001: North Dorset | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Walter | 22,314 | 46.7 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Emily Gasson | 18,517 | 38.7 | -0.4 | |
| Labour | Mark Wareham | 5,334 | 11.2 | +0.9 | |
| UKIP | Peter Jenkins | 1,019 | 2.1 | +0.6 | |
| Lower Excise Duty Party | Joseph Duthie | 391 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Cora Bone | 246 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,797 | 8.0 | |||
| Turnout | 47,821 | 66.3 | -10.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: North Dorset[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Baker | 34,234 | 54.6 | −2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs LE Siegle | 24,154 | 38.5 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | JF Fitzmaurice | 4,360 | 6.9 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 10,080 | 16.1 | −4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 62,748 | 81.8 | +2.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
[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 "D" (part 2)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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