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Poole
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Poole in Dorset
Outline map
Location of Dorset within England
CountyDorset
Electorate72,773 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsPoole
Current constituency
Created1950
Member of ParliamentRobert Syms (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromEast Dorset
1455–1885
SeatsTwo (1455–1868), One (1868–1885)

Poole is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Robert Syms, a Conservative.[n 2]

History

The first version of the Poole constituency existed from 1455 until 1885. During this period its exact status was a parliamentary borough, sending two burgesses to Westminster per year, except during its last 17 years when its representation was reduced to one member.

During its abeyance most of Poole was in the East Dorset seat and since its recreation in 1950 its area has been reduced as the harbour town's population has increased.

Boundaries

1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Poole.

1983–1997: The Borough of Poole wards of Broadstone, Canford Cliffs, Canford Heath, Creekmoor, Hamworthy, Harbour, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, and Penn Hill.

1997–2010: The Borough of Poole wards of Bourne Valley, Canford Cliffs, Hamworthy, Harbour, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, and Penn Hill.

2010-present: The Borough of Poole wards of Branksome West, Canford Cliffs, Creekmoor, Hamworthy East, Hamworthy West, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, Penn Hill, and Poole Town.

Constituency profile

The borough is an economically very diverse borough. In the centre and north are a significant minority of Output Areas which in 2001 had high rankings in the Index of Multiple Deprivation, contributing in 2012 with the remainder to producing for Poole the highest unemployment of the constituencies in the county.[2][3] However, Canford Cliffs is epitomised by one sub-neighbourhood, Sandbanks with its multimillion-pound properties, the coastline area has been dubbed as "Britain's Palm Beach" by the national media.[4] Alongside oil extraction, insurance, care, retail and customer service industries choosing the town as their base tourism contributes to overall a higher income than the national average, however the divergence is not statistically significant and the size of homes varies extensively.[3][5]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1455–1629

  • Borough established 1455, returning two members
Parliament First member Second member
1510 No names known[6]
1512 Richard Phelips Ralph Worsley[6]
1515 Richard Phelips ?[6]
1523 ?
1529 William Thornhill William Biddlecombe[6]
1536 ?William Biddlecombe ?[6]
1539 ?William Biddlecombe ?[6]
1542 Oliver Lawrence John Carew[6]
1545 Oliver Lawrence John Harward[6]
1547 John Hannam John Harward[6]
1553 (Mar) William Newman Thomas White[6]
1553 (Oct) Anthony Dillington John Scryvin
Parliament of 1554 William Wightman Richard Shaw
Parliament of 1554–1555 Anthony Dillington Andrew Hourde
Parliament of 1555 Robert Whitt John Phelips
Parliament of 1558 Thomas Goodwin Thomas Phelips
Parliament of 1559 Walter Haddon Humphrey Mitchel
Parliament of 1563–1567 William Green
Parliament of 1571 George Carleton William Newman
Parliament of 1572–1581 William Green John Hastings
Parliament of 1584–1585 Francis Mills Thomas Vincent
Parliament of 1586–1587 William Fleetwood, junior
Parliament of 1588–1589 Henry Ashley Edward Man
Parliament of 1593 James Orrenge
Parliament of 1597–1598 Roger Mawdeley
Parliament of 1601 Robert Miller Thomas Billet
Parliament of 1604–1611 Thomas Robarts Edward Man
Addled Parliament (1614) Sir Walter Erle Sir Thomas Walsingham, junior
Parliament of 1621–1622 Sir George Horsey
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) Edward Pitt
Useless Parliament (1625) John Pyne Sir John Cooper
Parliament of 1625–1626 Christopher Erle
Parliament of 1628–1629 Sir John Cooper
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

MPs 1640–1868

Year First member[7] First party Second member[7] Second party
April 1640 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Roundhead/meta/color" | John Pyne Parliamentarian rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | William Constantine Royalist
November 1640
September 1642 Constantine disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Skutt
December 1648 Skutt excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653 Poole was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper[8] Poole had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Boteler
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Colonel John Fitzjames[9] style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Bond
May 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Pyne One seat vacant
April 1660 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Cooper style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Walter Erle
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Fitzjames rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | (Sir) John Morton[10]
1670 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Trenchard
February 1673 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Cooper
March 1673 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Strangways
1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Trenchard rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Chafin
1685 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Ettrick
1689 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Trenchard rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Nathaniel Napier
1690 style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Sir John Trenchard Whig
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lord Ashley
1698 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Joliffe rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Phippard
1705 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Weston
1708 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Lewen rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Ridge[11]
1710 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Phippard
1711 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Lewen
1713 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Trenchard
1722 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Ridge
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Denis Bond[12]
1732 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Wyndham
1741 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joseph Gulston style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Missing
1747 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Trenchard
1754 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Colonel Sir Richard Lyttelton[13]
1761 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Calcraft
1765 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joseph Gulston
1768 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joshua Mauger
1774 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Major-General Sir Eyre Coote
1780 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joseph Gulston rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Morton Pitt
1784 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Michael Angelo Taylor
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Colonel Hon. Charles Stuart[14] rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Benjamin Lester
1791 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Michael Angelo Taylor
1796 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Colonel Hon. Charles Stuart rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Jeffery
1801 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Garland
1808 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Richard Bickerton
1809 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Benjamin Lester Lester Whig
1812 style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Michael Angelo Taylor Whig
1818 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Dent
1826 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. William Ponsonby
1831 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Sir John Byng Whig
January 1835 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Charles Augustus Tulk Whig
May 1835 style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Hon. George Stephens Byng Whig
1837 style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Hon. Charles Ponsonby Whig rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | George Richard Philips Whig
1847 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | George Richard Robinson Conservative
1850 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Henry Danby Seymour Whig
1852 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | George Woodroffe Franklyn Conservative
1859 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal
1865 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Charles Waring Liberal
1868 Representation reduced to one Member

MPs 1868–1885

Election Member[7] Party
1868 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arthur Guest Conservative
1874 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Charles Waring Liberal
May 1874 by-election style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hon. Evelyn Ashley Liberal
1880 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Charles Schreiber Conservative
1884 by-election style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | William James Harris Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1950

Election Member[7] Party Notes
1950 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mervyn Wheatley Conservative
1951 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Richard Pilkington Conservative
1964 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Oscar Murton Conservative Chairman of Ways and Means 1976–79
1979 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Ward Conservative
1997 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Syms Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Syms 28,888 57.9 +7.8
Labour Katie Taylor 14,679 29.4 +16.6
Liberal Democrats Mike Plummer 4,433 8.9 −2.9
Green Adrian Oliver 1,299 2.6 −2.0
Demos Direct Initiative Marty Caine 551 1.1 N/A
Majority 14,209 28.5
Turnout 49,850 67.5 +2.2
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 2015: Poole[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Syms 23,745 50.1 +2.6
UKIP David Young[16] 7,956 16.8 +11.5
Labour Helen Rosser 6,102 12.9 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Eades 5,572 11.8 -19.8
Green Adrian Oliver[17] 2,198 4.6 +4.6
The Party for Poole People Ltd.[18] Mark Howell[19] 1,766 3.7 +3.7
Independent Ian Northover 54 0.1 +0.1
Majority 15,789 33.3
Turnout 47,393 65.3 -8.1
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 2010: Poole[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Syms 22,532 47.5 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Phillip Eades 14,991 31.6 +2.5
Labour Jason Sanderson 6,041 12.7 −10.0
UKIP Nick Wellstead 2,507 5.3 +1.8
BNP David Holmes 1,188 2.5 +1.2
Independent Ian Northover 177 0.4
Majority 7,541 15.9
Turnout 47,436 73.4 +9.4
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Poole[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Syms 17,571 43.4 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Mike Plummer 11,583 28.6 +3.1
Labour Darren Brown 9,376 23.1 −3.8
UKIP John Barnes 1,436 3.5 +1.0
BNP Peter Pirnie 547 1.4 N/A
Majority 5,988 14.8
Turnout 40,513 63.1 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing −2.4
General Election 2001: Poole[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Syms 17,710 45.1 +3.0
Labour David Watt 10,544 26.9 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Nick Westbrook 10,011 25.5 −5.3
UKIP John Bass 968 2.5 +1.4
Majority 7,166 18.2
Turnout 39,233 60.7 −10.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Poole[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Syms 19,726 42.14
Liberal Democrats Alan Tetlow 14,428 30.82
Labour Haydn R White 10,100 21.58
Referendum John Riddington 1,932 4.13
UKIP P Tyler 487 1.04
Natural Law Jennifer Rosta 137 0.29
Majority 5,298 11.32
Turnout 71.00
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1992: Poole[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ward 33,445 53.2 −4.3
Liberal Democrats BR Clements 20,614 32.8 +0.2
Labour Haydn R White 6,912 11.0 +1.1
Ind. Conservative M Steen 1,620 2.6 N/A
Natural Law AL Bailey 303 0.5 N/A
Majority 12,831 20.4 −4.5
Turnout 62,894 79.4 +1.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Poole[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ward 34,159 57.50
SDP Dr. Robert James Whitley 19,351 32.57
Labour Michael John Shutler 5,901 9.93
Majority 14,808 24.92
Turnout 77.49
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Poole[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ward 30,358 58.31
Liberal B Clements 15,929 30.60
Labour MV Castle 5,595 10.75
Servicemen & Citizen Association A Foster 177 0.34
Majority 14,429 27.72
Turnout 73.60
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ward 38,846 57.01
Labour DA Bell 15,291 22.44
Liberal B Sutton 14,001 20.55
Majority 23,555 34.57
Turnout 78.13
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 28,982 46.15
Liberal Geoffrey Goode 17,557 27.96
Labour GW Hobbs 16,262 25.89
Majority 11,425 18.19
Turnout 75.30
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 31,156 46.04
Liberal Geoffrey Goode 21,088 31.16
Labour GW Hobbs 15,434 22.81
Majority 10,068 14.88
Turnout 81.88
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 31,100 53.11
Labour Ian S Campbell 17,610 30.07
Liberal Geoffrey Goode 9,846 16.81
Majority 13,490 23.04
Turnout 75.06
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 25,451 47.59
Labour David A Sutton 19,630 36.71
Liberal Brian S Sherriff 8,394 15.70
Majority 5,821 10.89
Turnout 79.00
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 24,440 46.26
Labour Henry Toch 16,158 30.58
Liberal Herbert Charles Richard Ballam 12,234 23.16
Majority 8,282 15.68
Turnout 80.05
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Pilkington 26,956 52.84
Labour Alan Williams 15,325 30.04
Liberal John C Holland 8,735 17.12
Majority 11,631 22.80
Turnout 80.27
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Pilkington 26,594 53.86
Labour Frederick Charles Reeves 17,032 34.49
Liberal John C Holland 5,750 11.65
Majority 9,562 19.37
Turnout 80.94
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Pilkington 26,998 53.60
Labour Leonard Joseph Matchan 18,346 36.42
Liberal William Ridgway 5,029 9.98
Majority 8,652 17.18
Turnout 84.97
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Poole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mervyn Wheatley 24,344 49.37
Labour Evelyn King 17,831 36.16
Liberal William Ridgway 7,130 14.46
Majority 6,513 13.21
Turnout 87.10
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  3. ^ a b "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 17 (help)
  4. ^ Morris, Steven. "£3m for modest bungalow needing TLC", The Guardian November 2, 2005.
  5. ^ "2011 census interactive maps".
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
  8. ^ Browne Willis and Cobbett both list Cooper as Poole's MP. Cooper was also elected for Wiltshire, and seems to have been regarded as its Member, but there appears no record of another Member having been elected for Poole in his place
  9. ^ Cobbett again lists Cooper (elected for Wiltshire) as Poole's MP together with Bond, but Browne Willis gives Fitzjames as the second member
  10. ^ Succeeded to baronetcy, February 1662
  11. ^ Expelled from the House of Commons, 15 February 1711, for "great Frauds and Abuses in his Contract for furnishing the Navy with Beer"
  12. ^ Expelled from the House of Commons, 30 March 1732, for his role in the fraudulent sale of the Earl of Derwentwater's estate
  13. ^ Major-General from 1758
  14. ^ On petition, Stuart was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Taylor, was declared elected in his place
  15. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  16. ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  17. ^ "Green Party to field candidates in every constituency in Dorset for the first time". Bournemouth Echo.
  18. ^ "View registration – The Electoral Commission". search.electoralcommission.org.uk.
  19. ^ http://www.poolepeople.org.uk/index.php/general-election/
  20. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  21. ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Poole". BBC News.
  22. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  24. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  26. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  27. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  28. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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