North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)
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North Dorset | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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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] |
Major settlements | Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Sturminster Newton and Verwood |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Simon Hoare (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South West England |
North Dorset is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Simon Hoare, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Constituency profile
- 3 Boundaries
- 4 Members of Parliament
- 5 Elections
- 5.1 Elections in the 2010s
- 5.2 Elections in the 2000s
- 5.3 Elections in the 1990s
- 5.4 Elections in the 1980s
- 5.5 Elections in the 1970s
- 5.6 Elections in the 1960s
- 5.7 Elections in the 1950s
- 5.8 Elections in the 1940s
- 5.9 Elections in the 1930s
- 5.10 Elections in the 1920s
- 5.11 Elections in the 1910s
- 5.12 Elections in the 1900s
- 6 See also
- 7 Notes and references
History
This seat was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, since which it has been served at various times by candidates from only two parties. For 19 of the years between 1885 and 1950 it has been served by a Liberal and for the other years it has been served only by Conservatives.
Constituency profile
The constituency covers North Dorset local government district and most (geographically) of East Dorset. It is largely rural, with a lower than average proportion of social housing and five small towns shown in the infobox. The largest town is Verwood, and the most central is the market town of Blandford Forum, north of the port of Poole.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Shaftesbury, the Sessional Divisions of Blandford, Shaftesbury, and Sturminster, and part of the Sessional Division of Sherborne.
1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury, the Urban District of Sherborne, the Rural Districts of Blandford, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, and Sturminster, and the part of the Rural District of Wimborne and Cranborne which was not included in the Dorset East constituency.
1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury, the Urban District of Wimborne Minster, and the Rural Districts of Blandford, Shaftesbury, Sturminster, and Wimborne and Cranborne.
1983-1997: The District of North Dorset, the District of Wimborne wards of Colehill, Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, Corfe Mullen South, Crane, Holt, Sixpenny Handley, Sturminster Marshall, Vale of Allen, and Wimborne Minster, and the District of Purbeck wards of Lytchett Matravers and Lytchett Minster.
1997-2010: The District of North Dorset, and the District of East Dorset wards of Colehill, Crane, Holt, Longham, Sixpenny Handley, Stapehill, Sturminster Marshall, Vale of Allen, and Wimborne Minster.
2010–present: The District of North Dorset, and the District of East Dorset wards of Alderholt, Crane, Handley Vale, Holt, Stour, Three Cross and Potterne, Verwood Dewlands, Verwood Newtown, and Verwood Stephen’s Castle.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Hoare[4] | 30,227 | 56.6 | +5.6 | |
UKIP | Steve Unwin[5] | 9,109 | 17.1 | +11.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Hugo Miéville[6] | 6,226 | 11.7 | -25.3 | |
Labour | Kim Fendley[7] | 4,785 | 9.0 | +3.6 | |
Green | Richard Barrington [8] | 3,038 | 5.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 21,118 | 39.6 | +25.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,385 | 71.6 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 54,141 | 73.5 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | -1.9 | |||
Source BBC News, 2005 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | +1.4 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Walter | 23,294 | 44.30 | ||
Liberal Democrat | P Yates | 20,548 | 39.07 | ||
Labour | J Fitzmaurice | 5,380 | 10.23 | ||
Referendum | M Evans | 2,564 | 4.88 | ||
UKIP | D Wheeler | 801 | 1.52 | ||
Majority | 2,746 | 5.22 | |||
Turnout | 76.30 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Baker | 32,854 | 57.02 | ||
Liberal | Dr. Geoffrey W Tapper | 20,947 | 36.35 | ||
Labour | J Hanley | 3,819 | 6.63 | ||
Majority | 11,907 | 20.66 | |||
Turnout | 79.10 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Baker | 30,058 | 58.09 | ||
Liberal | Dr. Geoffrey W Tapper | 18,678 | 36.10 | ||
Labour | J Fox | 2,710 | 5.24 | ||
Wessex Regionalist | David Fox | 294 | 0.57 | ||
Majority | 11,380 | 21.99 | |||
Turnout | 76.62 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Brian Baker | 40,046 | 62.2 | ||
Liberal | G Court | 16,750 | 26.0 | ||
Labour | MC Rowlands | 7,543 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 23,296 | 36.2 | |||
Turnout | 79.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Pelham James | 28,891 | 51.15 | ||
Liberal | Philip George Watkins | 20,350 | 36.03 | ||
Labour | TG Jones | 7,245 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 8,541 | 15.1 | |||
Turnout | 79.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Pelham James | 30,288 | 50.7 | ||
Liberal | Philip George Watkins | 23,405 | 39.2 | ||
Labour | TG Smith | 6,032 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 6,883 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 84.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Pelham James | 28,471 | 57.9 | ||
Liberal | Philip George Watkins | 12,095 | 24.6 | ||
Labour | Haydn R White | 8,626 | 17.5 | ||
Majority | 16,376 | 33.3 | |||
Turnout | 78.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Hamilton Glyn | 20,520 | 48.2 | ||
Liberal | Richard A Lamb | 15,005 | 35.2 | ||
Labour | Jack R Rutland | 7,090 | 16.6 | ||
Majority | 5,515 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 42,615 | 81.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Hamilton Glyn | 19,898 | 48.6 | ||
Liberal | Richard A Lamb | 14,768 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | JF Armstrong | 6,253 | 15.3 | ||
Majority | 5,130 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 40,919 | 81.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Hamilton Glyn | 20,255 | 52.8 | ||
Liberal | John Alun Emlyn-Jones | 11,604 | 30.2 | ||
Labour | H J Dutfield | 6,548 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 8,651 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,407 | 82.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Hamilton Glyn | 15,513 | 45.1 | -7.0 | |
Liberal | John Alun Emlyn-Jones | 12,411 | 36.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | H J Dutfield | 6,278 | 18.3 | +2.8 | |
Independent | H C Wright | 170 | 0.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,102 | 9.0 | -10.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Fisher Crouch | 18,906 | 52.1 | ||
Liberal | Hon. Michael Berkeley Portman | 11,747 | 32.4 | ||
Labour | H J Dutfield | 5,633 | 15.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 7,159 | ||||
Turnout | 82.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Fisher Crouch | 17,392 | 47.0 | ||
Liberal | Charles Frank Byers | 16,645 | 45.0 | ||
Labour | J. R. Tudor Griffith | 2,946 | 8.0 | ||
Majority | 747 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 86.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Fisher Crouch | 15,324 | 43.3 | ||
Liberal | Charles Frank Byers | 15,227 | 43.1 | ||
Labour | J. R. Tudor Griffith | 4,807 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 97 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 85.0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Frank Byers | 14,444 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Richard Hamilton Glyn | 12,479 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 1,965 | 7.30 | |||
Turnout | 75.04 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
The candidates for the aborted General Election due to take place in 1939/40 were: Angus Hambro, Frank Byers and CL Lander [Labour].
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Angus Valdemar Hambro | 12,247 | 51.1 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Hon. William Borthwick | 11,704 | 48.9 | +11.0 | |
Majority | 543 | 2.2 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,951 | 73.4 | -6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Cecil Hanbury | 13,055 | 50.1 | -9.1 | |
Liberal | Hon. William Borthwick | 9,871 | 37.9 | -2.9 | |
Agriculture | George Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers | 1,771 | 6.8 | n/a | |
Labour | Miss M M Whitehead | 1,360 | 5.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,184 | 12.2 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 79.7 | -2.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cecil Hanbury | 15,499 | 59.2 | +11.9 | |
Liberal | Hon. William Borthwick | 10,682 | 40.8 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 4,817 | 18.4 | +14.9 | ||
Turnout | 82.1 | +0.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Cecil Hanbury | 12,203 | 47.3 | -6.0 | |
Liberal | Hon. William Borthwick | 11,281 | 43.8 | -2.9 | |
Labour | Colin Grant Clark | 2,298 | 8.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 922 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 25,782 | 81.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Cecil Hanbury | 11,819 | 53.3 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones | 10,341 | 46.7 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 1,478 | 6.6 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 86.5 | +2.2 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones | 10,992 | 51.8 | -0.5 | |
Unionist | Cecil Hanbury | 10,211 | 48.2 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 781 | 3.6 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 84.3 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones | 10,805 | 52.3 | ||
Unionist | Cecil Hanbury | 9,869 | 47.7 | ||
Majority | 936 | 4.6 | |||
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Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Maj. William Philip Colfox | 7,532 | |||
Liberal | John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones | 7,320 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker | 3,919 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Walters Wills | 3,887 | 49.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,806 | 91.6 | |||
Majority | 32 | 0.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The Coalition 'coupon' was awarded to Philip Colfox.
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Arthur Walters Wills | 4,153 | 54.2 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker | 3,508 | 45.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 8.4 | -3.6 | |||
Turnout | 90.2 | -0.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Arthur Walters Wills | 4,239 | 56.0 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker | 3,330 | 44.0 | -9.9 | |
Majority | 12.0 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 90.8 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby | 3,705 | 53.9 | ||
Liberal | Hon. George Arthur Maurice Hamilton-Gordon | 3,165 | 46.1 | ||
Majority | 540 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 82.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county 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 five years.
- References
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- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 British parliamentary election results 1818-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig