Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

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Christchurch
County constituency

Christchurch shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England
Created: 1561, 1983
MP: Christopher Chope
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Dorset
EP constituency: South West England

Christchurch is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Centred on the town of Christchurch in Dorset, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

It has generally been a strongly Conservative seat, with the exception of a 1993 by-election when it was won by the Liberal Democrats.

Contents

The current (2007) boundary includes Verwood and Three Legged Cross, West Moors, St Leonards and St Ives, Ferndown and West Parley, as well as the Borough of Christchurch.

The Boundary Commission for England's Fifth Report, laid before Parliament on 26 February 2007, proposes that Verwood and Three Legged Cross be transferred to the North Dorset constituency, and that Longham and Stapehill be transferred from North Dorset into the Christchurch constituency.

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Year Member Party
1832 Sir George William Tapps-Gervis, Bt Conservative
1837 Rt Hon. Sir George Henry Rose Conservative
1844 Hon. Edward Alfred John Harris Conservative
1837 John Edward Walcott Conservative
1868 Edmund Haviland Burke Liberal
1874 Sir Henry Drummond Wolff Conservative
1880 Horace Davey, later The Baron Davey Liberal
1885 Charles Edward Baring Young Conservative
1892 Abel Henry Smith Conservative
1900 Kenneth Robert Balfour Conservative
1906 Arthur Acland Allen Liberal
1910 Henry Page Croft, later The 1st Baron Croft Conservative
1917 National
1918 constituency abolished - see the Bournemouth, and New Forest and Christchurch constituencies

Year Member Party
1983 Robert James Adley Conservative
1993 Diana Margaret Maddock, later The Baroness Maddock Liberal Democrat
1997 Christopher Robert Chope Conservative

General Election 2005: Christchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Chope 28,208 54.7 −0.4
Liberal Democrat Leslie Coman 12,649 24.5 −3.3
Labour Jim King 8,051 15.6 +0.5
UK Independence David Hughes 2,657 5.2 +3.2
Majority 15,559 30.2
Turnout 51,565 69.6 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
General Election 2001: Christchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Chope 27,306 55.1 +8.7
Liberal Democrat Dorothy Webb 13,762 27.8 -14.8
Labour Judith Begg 7,506 15.1 +8.2
UK Independence Margaret Strange 993 2.0 +0.9
Majority 13,544 27.3
Turnout 49,567 67.5 -11.0
Conservative hold Swing

  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
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