Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)
Bournemouth West is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Conor Burns, a Conservative.
Bournemouth West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Bournemouth West in Dorset | |
![]() Location of Dorset within England | |
County | Dorset |
Population | 98,968 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 71,920 (2018)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Conor Burns (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bournemouth |
Constituency profile
The seat covers Bournemouth Town Centre and the northern suburbs.
Residents are younger and slightly less wealthy than in neighbouring Bournemouth East.[3]
Boundaries
1950–1974: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Kinson, Moordown North, Moordown South, Redhill Park, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton.
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1974–1983: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Kinson North, Kinson South, Redhill Park, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton.
1983–1997: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Ensbury Park, Kinson, Redhill Park, Talbot Woods, Wallisdown, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton, and the Borough of Poole wards of Alderney, Bourne Valley, and Canford Magna.
1997–2010: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Ensbury Park, Kinson, Redhill Park, Talbot Woods, Wallisdown, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton.
2010–2019: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, Kinson North, Kinson South, Redhill and Northbourne, Talbot and Branksome Woods, Wallisdown and Winton West, Westbourne and West Cliff, and Winton East, and the Borough of Poole wards of Alderney and Branksome East.
2019–present: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole wards of Alderney and Bourne Valley, Bournemouth Central, Kinson, Redhill and Northbourne, Talbot and Branksome Woods, Wallisdown and Winton West, Westbourne and West Cliff, Winton East[4]
The constituency includes the western portion of Bournemouth, from the Kinson, Ensbury Park, Alder Hills, Winton and Talbot Woods areas down towards the town centre and the West Cliff. Following a boundary change for the 2010 general election, the constituency gained the Branksome area from Poole whilst losing East Cliff to the neighbouring Bournemouth East constituency.
The constituency contains Labour's best ward in Bournemouth in the district of Kinson, but the seat has elected Conservatives at every election since its creation in 1950; therefore it is considered a Conservative safe seat.
With the exception of the period 1983–1997 (when it was in Bournemouth East), Bournemouth Town Centre has been in this constituency since its creation in 1950.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
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1950 | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Conservative | |
1954 by-election | John Eden | Conservative | |
1983 | John Butterfill | Conservative | |
2010 | Conor Burns | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jessica Toale[6] |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Conor Burns | 24,550 | 53.4 | ―0.1 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 14,400 | 31.3 | ―4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Nicholas | 4,931 | 10.7 | +4.1 | |
Green | Simon Bull | 2,096 | 4.6 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 10,150 | 22.1 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,977 | 62.0 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Conor Burns | 23,812 | 53.5 | +5.3 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 16,101 | 36.2 | +18.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phil Dunn | 2,929 | 6.6 | ―1.3 | |
Green | Simon Bull | 1,247 | 2.8 | ―4.6 | |
Pirate | Jason Halsey | 418 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,711 | 17.3 | ―12.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,507 | 60.8 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―6.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Conor Burns | 20,155 | 48.2 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | Martin Houlden | 7,745 | 18.5 | +11.3 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 7,386 | 17.7 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Plummer | 3,281 | 7.9 | ―23.8 | |
Green | Elizabeth McManus | 3,107 | 7.4 | New | |
Patria | Dick Franklin | 99 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 12,410 | 29.7 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,767 | 58.0 | ―0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Conor Burns | 18,808 | 45.1 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Murray | 13,225 | 31.7 | -0.2 | |
Labour | Sharon Carr-Brown | 6,171 | 14.8 | -8.1 | |
UKIP | Philip Glover | 2,999 | 7.2 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Harvey Taylor | 456 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 5,583 | 13.4 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,659 | 58.1 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 14,057 | 41.4 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Renaut | 10,026 | 29.6 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Dafydd Williams | 7,824 | 23.1 | −5.7 | |
UKIP | Michael Maclaire-Hillier | 2,017 | 5.9 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 4,031 | 11.8 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,924 | 53.3 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Butterfill | 14,417 | 42.8 | +1.1 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 9,699 | 28.8 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hornby | 8,468 | 25.2 | −2.6 | |
UKIP | Cynthia Blake | 1,064 | 3.2 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 4,718 | 14.0 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,648 | 53.2 | -13.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Butterfill | 17,115 | 41.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Dover | 11,405 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | Dennis Gritt | 10,093 | 24.6 | ||
Referendum | Ronald Mills | 1,910 | 4.7 | New | |
UKIP | Linda Tooley | 281 | 0.7 | New | |
BNP | John Morse | 165 | 0.4 | New | |
Natural Law | Alexander Springham | 103 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 5,710 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,073 | 66.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 29,820 | 52.7 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Dover | 17,117 | 30.2 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Ben Grower | 9,423 | 16.7 | +3.9 | |
Natural Law | Alexander Springham | 232 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 12,703 | 22.5 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 56,592 | 75.7 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 30,117 | 55.2 | -1.7 | |
SDP | Peter Craven | 17,466 | 32.0 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Ronald Jones | 7,018 | 12.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 12,651 | 23.2 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 54,601 | 73.4 | -4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 28,466 | 56.9 | ||
Liberal | M James | 15,135 | 30.3 | ||
Labour | K Horrocks | 6,243 | 12.5 | ||
BNP | John Morse | 180 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 13,331 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 50,024 | 69.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Eden | 25,873 | 59.84 | ||
Labour | Peter J. Brushett | 9,247 | 21.39 | ||
Liberal | Terence D. G. Richards | 7,677 | 17.76 | ||
National Front | G Hubbard | 438 | 1.01 | New | |
Majority | 16,626 | 38.45 | |||
Turnout | 43,235 | 70.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 21,294 | 50.67 | ||
Labour | LF Bennett | 10,566 | 25.14 | ||
Liberal | Terence D. G. Richards | 10,166 | 24.19 | ||
Majority | 10,728 | 25.53 | |||
Turnout | 42,026 | 68.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 23,473 | 50.82 | ||
Liberal | Terence D. G. Richards | 12,655 | 27.40 | ||
Labour | LF Bennett | 10,062 | 21.78 | ||
Majority | 10,818 | 23.42 | |||
Turnout | 46,190 | 76.06 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 28,714 | 56.17 | ||
Labour | L. F. Bennett | 14,099 | 27.58 | ||
Liberal | John Fuller Mills | 8,303 | 16.24 | ||
Majority | 13,615 | 28.59 | |||
Turnout | 51,116 | 69.28 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 25,740 | 50.02 | ||
Labour | Lionel F Bennett | 16,334 | 31.74 | ||
Liberal | John F Mills | 9,389 | 18.24 | ||
Majority | 9,406 | 18.28 | |||
Turnout | 51,463 | 73.37 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 26,114 | 50.44 | ||
Labour | George W Spicer | 13,975 | 26.99 | ||
Liberal | John F Mills | 11,681 | 22.56 | New | |
Majority | 12,139 | 23.45 | |||
Turnout | 51,770 | 73.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 33,575 | 67.78 | ||
Labour | George W Spicer | 15,957 | 32.22 | ||
Majority | 17,618 | 35.56 | |||
Turnout | 49,532 | 72.62 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 31,931 | 67.83 | ||
Labour | Charles Ford | 15,147 | 32.17 | ||
Majority | 16,784 | 35.66 | |||
Turnout | 47,078 | 71.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 20,695 | 69.68 | +4.19 | |
Labour | Henry Brinton | 9,006 | 30.32 | -4.19 | |
Majority | 11,689 | 39.36 | +8.38 | ||
Turnout | 29,701 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | 33,269 | 65.49 | ||
Labour | Judith Hart | 17,532 | 34.51 | ||
Majority | 15,737 | 30.98 | |||
Turnout | 50,801 | 77.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | 28,548 | 53.62 | ||
Labour | WA Boddy | 15,476 | 29.07 | ||
Liberal | John Creasey | 9,216 | 17.31 | ||
Majority | 13,072 | 23.55 | |||
Turnout | 53,240 | 83.95 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Notes
- A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
References
- "Bournemouth West: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- "England Parliamentary electorates 2010–2018". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Bournemouth+West
- "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South West region | Boundary Commission for England | Page 7". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- South West, Labour (11 March 2023). "Congratulations Jessica Toale selected as Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for Bournemouth West today". Twitter. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).
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- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Bournemouth West — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.