Bournemouth East (UK Parliament constituency)
Bournemouth East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Bournemouth East in Dorset | |
![]() Location of Dorset within England | |
County | Dorset |
Population | 102,152 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 73,805 (2018)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bournemouth East and Christchurch |
Bournemouth East is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Tobias Ellwood, a Conservative.[n 2]
Constituency profile
The seat is mostly home to White British people[3] and covers the eastern suburbs of Bournemouth including Muscliff, Springbourne and Southbourne. Residents' wealth is around average for the UK.[4]
Boundaries
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1974–1983: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, King's Park, Moordown North, Moordown South, Queen's Park, Southbourne, and West Southbourne.
1983–1997: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, Central, East Cliff, Littledown, Moordown, Muscliff, Queen's Park, Southbourne, Strouden Park, and West Southbourne.
1997–2010: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, Littledown, Moordown, Muscliff, Queen's Park, Southbourne, Strouden Park, and West Southbourne.
2010–present: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, East Cliff and Springbourne, East Southbourne and Tuckton, Littledown and Iford, Moordown, Queen's Park, Strouden Park, Throop and Muscliff, and West Southbourne.
The constituency is based on the eastern portion of Bournemouth, in Dorset, including the Southbourne district at the border of Christchurch, Boscombe, Throop, and Queen's Park.
Following boundary changes enacted at the 2010 general election, the western boundary of the constituency changed so that it aligned with ward boundaries (which had changed since the constituency boundary changes of the 1990s). The main changes saw Eastcliff brought into the constituency with the loss of part of east Winton.
Bournemouth Town Centre was in this constituency from 1983 to 1997.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | Notes | |
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Feb 1974 | John Cordle | Conservative | Resigned October 1977 as a result of the John Poulson scandal | |
1977 by-election | David Atkinson | Conservative | ||
2005 | Tobias Ellwood | Conservative | Served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, Africa and Counter Terrorism (2014–2017); Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans (2017–2019); Chair of the Defence Select Committee (2020–present). Whip removed on 19 July 2022 after Ellwood failed to support the government in the vote of confidence the previous day. Whip restored on 15 October 2022. | |
2022 | Independent |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Hayes |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 24,926 | 50.6 | ―1.3 | |
Labour | Corrie Drew | 16,120 | 32.7 | ―2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Dunn | 5,418 | 11.0 | +4.5 | |
Green | Alasdair Keddie | 2,049 | 4.2 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Ben Aston | 447 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Emma Johnson | 314 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,806 | 17.9 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,274 | 66.5 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 25,221 | 51.9 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Mel Semple | 17,284 | 35.6 | +19.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Nicholas | 3,168 | 6.5 | ―1.9 | |
UKIP | David Hughes | 1,405 | 2.9 | ―13.6 | |
Green | Alasdair Keddie | 1,236 | 2.5 | ―4.8 | |
Independent | Kieron Wilson | 304 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,937 | 16.3 | ―16.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,618 | 65.2 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood[10] | 22,060 | 49.0 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Peter Stokes | 7,448 | 16.6 | +3.3 | |
UKIP | David Hughes[10] | 7,401 | 16.5 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Nicholas | 3,752 | 8.4 | −22.5 | |
Green | Alasdair Keddie[11] | 3,263 | 7.3 | New | |
Independent | David Ross | 903 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 14,612 | 32.6 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,014 | 62.6 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 21,320 | 48.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Northover | 13,592 | 30.9 | −0.2 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 5,836 | 13.3 | −5.8 | |
UKIP | David Hughes | 3,027 | 6.9 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Steven Humphrey | 249 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,728 | 17.5 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,024 | 61.9 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 16,925 | 45.0 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Garratt | 11,681 | 31.1 | −2.6 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 7,191 | 19.1 | −0.8 | |
UKIP | Thomas Collier | 1,802 | 4.8 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 5,244 | 13.9 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,599 | 59.3 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 15,501 | 43.3 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Garratt | 12,067 | 33.7 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Paul Nicholson | 7,107 | 19.9 | −1.3 | |
UKIP | George Chamberlaine | 1,124 | 3.1 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 3,434 | 9.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,799 | 58.2 | −12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 17,997 | 41.4 | −14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Eyre | 13,655 | 31.4 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Jessica Stevens | 9,181 | 21.2 | +8.3 | |
Referendum | Alan Musgrave-Scott | 1,808 | 4.2 | New | |
UKIP | Kenneth Benney | 791 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,346 | 10.01 | −14.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,432 | 70.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 30,820 | 56.4 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Russell | 15,998 | 29.3 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Peter Brushett | 7,541 | 13.8 | +2.7 | |
Natural Law | Susan Holmes | 329 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 14,822 | 27.1 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 54,688 | 72.8 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 30,925 | 58.3 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | John Millward | 16,242 | 30.6 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Ian Taylor | 5,885 | 11.1 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 14,683 | 27.7 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 53,052 | 70.5 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 25,176 | 53.5 | −9.2 | |
Liberal | John Millward | 13,760 | 29.2 | +12.7 | |
Labour | Michael Shutler | 4,026 | 8.5 | −9.9 | |
Ind. Conservative | Phyllis Hogarth | 3,644 | 7.7 | New | |
Ecology | Trevor Dykes | 273 | 0.6 | −0.7 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Jeremy Stooks | 225 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,416 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 47,104 | 66.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −11.0 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 25,808 | 62.6 | +10.8 | |
Labour | Joseph Goodwin | 7,553 | 18.3 | −2.7 | |
Liberal | Donald Matthew | 6,738 | 16.4 | −8.8 | |
New Britain | John Philip Pratt | 581 | 1.4 | New | |
Ecology | Jacqueline Mary Dempsey | 523 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 18,255 | 44.3 | +17.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,203 | 73.1 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 15,235 | 62.1 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Joseph Goodwin | 3,684 | 15.0 | −6.0 | |
Liberal | Donald Matthew | 3,212 | 13.1 | −12.1 | |
New Britain | John Philip Pratt | 1,127 | 4.6 | New | |
National Front | Kenneth Roderick McKilliam | 725 | 3.0 | +0.9 | |
International Marxist | Brian Heron | 494 | 1.4 | New | |
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 42 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 11,551 | 47.1 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,519 | 24.5 | −46.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cordle | 20,790 | 51.8 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | George Hamilton Musgrave | 10,129 | 25.2 | −4.1 | |
Labour | Desmond Earle Lock | 8,422 | 21.0 | +4.3 | |
National Front | Michael John Hayes | 828 | 2.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 10,661 | 26.6 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,149 | 70.5 | −8.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cordle | 22,319 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal | George Hamilton Musgrave | 13,005 | 29.3 | ||
Labour | Desmond Earle Lock | 7,423 | 16.7 | ||
National Front | Michael John Hayes | 875 | 2.0 | ||
Anti-EEC | Alan Stanley Reynolds | 834 | 1.9 | ||
Majority | 9,314 | 20.95 | |||
Turnout | 44,456 | 78.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every 5 years.
References
- ^ "Bournemouth East: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "England Parliamentary electorates 2010–2018". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ UK Polling Report http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/bournemoutheast/
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Bournemouth+East
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ a b "BOURNEMOUTH EAST 2015". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
- ^ "Dorset Greens Make History". sedorset.greenparty.org.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Bournemouth East — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.