New Forest (UK Parliament constituency)

New Forest (UK Parliament constituency)
New Forest
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Hampshire
Major settlements Ringwood, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst, Fordingbridge
1950 (1950)1997 (1997)
Number of members One
Replaced by New Forest West, New Forest East
Created from New Forest and Christchurch
1885 (1885)1918 (1918)
Number of members One
Replaced by New Forest and Christchurch

New Forest was a county constituency in Hampshire which elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was first created under the Redistribution of Seats Act for the 1885 general election, and was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was partially replaced by the recreated New Forest constituency.

The New Forest constituency was re-established for the 1950 general election, and existed until its abolition for the 1997 general election, when the New Forest East and New Forest West constituencies were created.

Contents

Boundaries

History

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Event Member[1] Party
1885 Francis Compton Conservative
1892 John Douglas-Scott-Montagu Conservative
1905 by-election Henry Francis Compton Conservative
1906 Robert Hobart Liberal
1910 (Jan) Walter Perkins Conservative
1918 constituency abolished: see New Forest & Christchurch

MPs 1950–1997

Event Member[1] Party
1950 Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre Conservative
1968 by-election Patrick McNair-Wilson Conservative
1997 constituency abolished; see New Forest East and New Forest West

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: New Forest[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson 37,986 62.4 -2.3
Liberal Democrat Mrs JK Vernon-Jackson 17,581 28.9 +2.0
Labour MJ Shutler 4,989 8.2 -0.3
Natural Law Ms. FA Carter 350 0.6 +0.6
Majority 20,405 33.5 -4.3
Turnout 60,906 80.8 +4.2
Conservative hold Swing -2.1

See also

Notes and references


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