West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)
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| West Dorset County constituency |
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| West Dorset shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Oliver Letwin |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Dorset |
| EP 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 the same geographical area as the West Dorset district.
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[edit] Boundaries
The West Dorset constituency covers 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1922 — 1941: Sir (William) Philip Colfox, Conservative
- 1941 — 1974: Simon Wingfield-Digby, Conservative
- 1974 — 1997: James Spicer, Conservative
- 1997 — present: Oliver Letwin, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: West Dorset | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Oliver Letwin | 24,763 | 46.5 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Justine McGuinness | 22,302 | 41.9 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | Dave Roberts | 4,124 | 7.7 | −5.9 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Oliver Letwin | 22,126 | 44.6 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in South West England | |
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| 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) | |
