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.

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

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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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Notes and references

1. ^ ^{a b} Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
2. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.