New Forest East (UK Parliament constituency)

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New Forest East County constituency

New Forest East shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Julian Lewis
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hampshire
EP constituency:	South East England

New Forest East 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
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 Sources
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the eastern half of the New Forest in Hampshire, including the central forest villages of Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and Beaulieu, as well as the waterside settlements (Totton, Marchwood, Hythe and Fawley) and Lymington.

[edit] Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Hampshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing New Forest East constituency. This modified seat will be fought for the first time at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election. It is formed from the following electoral wards

Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh, Boldre and Sway, Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead, Brockenhurst and Forest South East, Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu, Dibden and Hythe East, Fawley, Blackfield and Langley, Furzedown and Hardley, Holbury and North Blackfield, Hythe West and Langdown, Lyndhurst, Marchwood, Totton Central, Totton East, Totton North, Totton South, Totton West

[edit] History

This constituency was created when the old New Forest constituency was divided for the 1997 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1997)
1997 — present: Dr Julian Lewis, Conservative (http://www.julianlewis.net)

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: New Forest East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Lewis	21,975	48.6	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dash	15,424	34.1	+0.7
	Labour	Stephen Roberts	5,492	12.1	-9.6
	UKIP	Katy Davies	2,344	5.2	+2.7
Majority			6,551	14.5
Turnout			45,235	65.9	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

General Election 2001: New Forest East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Lewis	17,902	42.4	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dash	14,073	33.4	+1.1
	Labour	Alan Goodfellow	9,141	21.7	-3.1
	UKIP	William Howe	1,062	2.5	N/A
Majority			3,829	9.0
Turnout			42,178	63.2	-11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: New Forest East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Lewis	21,053	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	George Dawson	15,838	32.3
	Labour	Alan Goodfellow	12,161	24.8
Majority			5,215	10.6
Turnout			49,052	74.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot \| Arundel and South Downs \| Ashford \| Aylesbury \| Banbury \| Basingstoke \| Beaconsfield \| Bexhill and Battle \| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton \| Bracknell \| Buckingham \| Canterbury \| Chesham and Amersham \| Chichester \| East Hampshire \| East Surrey \| East Worthing and Shoreham \| Eastbourne \| Epsom and Ewell \| Esher and Walton \| Fareham \| Faversham and Mid Kent \| Folkestone and Hythe \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Havant \| Henley \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Maidenhead \| Maidstone and The Weald \| Mid Sussex \| Mole Valley \| New Forest East \| New Forest West \| Newbury \| North East Hampshire \| North East Milton Keynes \| North Thanet \| North West Hampshire \| Reading East \| Reigate \| Runnymede and Weybridge \| Sevenoaks \| South West Surrey \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Wantage \| Wealden \| Windsor \| Witney \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing West \| Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown \| Brighton Pavilion \| Chatham and Aylesford \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Gillingham \| Hastings and Rye \| Hove \| Medway \| Milton Keynes South West \| Oxford East \| Portsmouth North \| Reading West \| Sittingbourne and Sheppey \| Slough \| Southampton Itchen \| Southampton Test \| South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh \| Lewes \| Oxford West and Abingdon \| Portsmouth South \| Romsey \| Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| Labour (1) \| Green (1)