- West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 50°47′20″N 2°35′53″W / 50.7889°N 2.5980°W
West Dorset County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of West Dorset in Dorset.
Location of Dorset within England.County Dorset Electorate 76,779 (December 2010)[1] Current constituency Created 1885 Member of Parliament Oliver Letwin (Conservative) Number of members One Overlaps European Parliament constituency South West England West Dorset is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which covers almost the same geographical area as the West Dorset district. In the 2005 general election it had the highest turnout of any UK constituency. The current MP is Oliver Letwin of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 1997 general election.
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Boundaries
The West Dorset constituency covers most of the West Dorset administrative district of Dorset County Council and includes the towns of Dorchester, the county town of Dorset; Bridport, Lyme Regis and Beaminster to the west and Sherborne to the north. The constituency is mainly rural and its coastline forms part of the Jurassic Coast, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Members of Parliament
Election Member[2] Party 1885 Henry Richard Farquharson Conservative 1895 by-election Sir Robert Williams Conservative 1922 Sir (William) Philip Colfox Conservative 1941 by-election Simon Wingfield-Digby Conservative Feb 1974 Sir Jim Spicer Conservative 1997 Oliver Letwin Conservative Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2010: West Dorset Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Oliver Letwin 27,287 47.6 +1.1 Liberal Democrat Sue Farrant 23,364 40.7 -1.2 Labour Steve Bick 3,815 6.7 -1.1 UKIP Oliver Chisholm 2,196 3.8 +1.8 Green Susan Greene 675 1.2 -0.6 Majority 3,923 6.8 Turnout 57,337 74.6 -1.8 Conservative hold Swing +1.1 Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: West Dorset Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Oliver Letwin 24,763 46.5 +1.9 Liberal Democrat Justine McGuinness 22,302 41.9 +0.1 Labour Dave Roberts 4,124 7.7 −5.9 UKIP Linda Guest 1,084 2.0 N/A Green Susan Greene 952 1.8 N/A Majority 2,461 4.6 Turnout 53,225 76.3 +6.8 Conservative hold Swing +0.9 General Election 2001: West Dorset Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Oliver Letwin 22,126 44.6 +3.5 Liberal Democrat Simon Green 20,712 41.8 +4.1 Labour Richard Hyde 6,733 13.6 -4.1 Majority 1,414 2.8 Turnout 49,571 69.5 -6.6 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: West Dorset Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Oliver Letwin 22,036 41.1 Liberal Democrat Robin Legg 20,196 37.7 Labour Robert Bygraves 9,491 17.7 UKIP P. Jenkins 1,590 3.0 Natural Law M. Griffiths 239 0.4 Majority 1,840 Turnout 76.1 Conservative hold Swing General Election 1992: Dorset West[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir Jim Spicer 27,766 50.8 −5.3 Liberal Democrat RAS Legg 19,756 36.2 +4.5 Labour JPB Mann 7,082 13.0 +0.8 Majority 8,010 14.7 −9.9 Turnout 54,604 81.2 +2.9 Conservative hold Swing −4.9 See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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