Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bournemouth West
Borough constituency

Bournemouth West shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England
Created: 1950
MP: John Butterfill
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Dorset
EP constituency: South West England

Bournemouth West is a 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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The constituency is based around the western portion of the town of Bournemouth.

In the 2005 election, the constituency was the Liberal Democrats 50th target seat. However, the seat has elected Conservatives at every election since its creation in 1950.

Year Member Party
1950 Viscount Cranborne Conservative
1954 John Eden Conservative
1983 John Butterfill Conservative

General Election 2005: Bournemouth West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Butterfill 14,057 41.4 −1.4
Liberal Democrat Richard Renaut 10,026 29.6 +4.4
Labour Dafydd Williams 7,824 23.1 −5.7
UK Independence Michael Maclaire-Hillier 2,017 5.9 +2.7
Majority 4,031 11.9
Turnout 33,924 53.3 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
General Election 2001: Bournemouth West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Butterfill 14,417 42.8 +1.2
Labour David Stokes 9,699 28.8 +4.3
Liberal Democrat Fiona Hornby 8,468 25.2 -2.6
UK Independence Cynthia Blake 1,064 3.2 +2.5
Majority 4,718 14.0
Turnout 33,648 53.2 -13.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1997: Bournemouth West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Butterfill 17,115 41.7
Liberal Democrat J Dover 11,405 27.8
Labour D Gritt 10,093 24.6
Referendum Party R Mills 1,910 4.7
UK Independence L Tooley 281 0.7
British National Party John Morse 165 0.4
Natural Law A Springham 103 0.3
Majority 5,710 13.9
Turnout 41,073 66.21
Conservative hold Swing -5.6

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Constituencies in South West England
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South West England European constituency

Conservative (3) • UKIP (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • Labour (1)


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