Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bournemouth West Borough constituency

Bournemouth West shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	John Butterfill
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Dorset
EP constituency:	South West England

Bournemouth West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the western portion of the town of Bournemouth.

[edit] History

In the 2005 election, the constituency was the Liberal Democrats 50th target seat. However, the seat has elected Conservatives at every election since its creation in 1950.

[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1950	Viscount Cranborne	Conservative
1954	John Eden	Conservative
1983	John Butterfill	Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Bournemouth West
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	11.9
Turnout			33,924	53.3	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

General Election 2001: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	14,417	42.8	+1.2
	Labour	David Stokes	9,699	28.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Hornby	8,468	25.2	-2.6
	UKIP	Cynthia Blake	1,064	3.2	+2.5
Majority			4,718	14.0
Turnout			33,648	53.2	-13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	17,115	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	J Dover	11,405	27.8
	Labour	D Gritt	10,093	24.6
	Referendum Party	R Mills	1,910	4.7
	UKIP	L Tooley	281	0.7
	British National	John Morse	165	0.4
	Natural Law	A Springham	103	0.3
Majority			5,710	13.9
Turnout			41,073	66.21
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.6

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset

Constituencies in South West England
Conservative	Bournemouth East \| Bournemouth West \| Bridgwater \| Christchurch \| Cotswold \| Devizes \| East Devon \| Forest of Dean \| North Dorset \| North Wiltshire \| Poole \| Salisbury \| South West Devon \| Tewkesbury \| Tiverton and Honiton \| Torridge and West Devon \| Totnes \| Wells \| West Dorset \| Westbury \| Weston-super-Mare \| Woodspring
Liberal Democrat	Bath \| Bristol West \| Cheltenham \| Falmouth and Camborne \| Mid Dorset and North Poole \| North Cornwall \| North Devon \| Northavon \| Somerton and Frome \| South East Cornwall \| St Ives \| Taunton \| Teignbridge \| Torbay \| Truro and St Austell \| Yeovil
Labour	Bristol East \| Bristol North West \| Bristol South \| Exeter \| Gloucester \| Kingswood \| North Swindon \| Plymouth Devonport \| Plymouth Sutton \| South Dorset \| South Swindon \| Stroud \| Wansdyke
South West European constituency: Conservative (3) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| Labour (1)