The ceremonial county of Dorset (which comprises the two unitary authorities of Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies: 3 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Bournemouth East BC 74,125 8,806   Tobias Ellwood†   Corrie Drew‡
Bournemouth West BC 74,205 10,150   Conor Burns†   David Stokes‡
Christchurch CC 71,520 24,617   Christopher Chope†   Mike Cox¤
Mid Dorset and North Poole CC 65,427 14,898   Michael Tomlinson†   Vikki Slade¤
North Dorset CC 76,765 24,301   Simon Hoare†   David Chadwick¤
Poole BC 73,989 19,116   Robert Syms†   Sue Aitkenhead‡
South Dorset CC 73,809 17,153   Richard Drax†   Carralyn Parkes‡
West Dorset CC 81,897 14,106   Chris Loder†   Edward Morello¤

2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Dorset's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

NameBoundaries 1997-2010Boundaries 2010–present
  1. Bournemouth East BC
  2. Bournemouth West BC
  3. Christchurch CC
  4. Mid Dorset and North Poole CC
  5. North Dorset CC
  6. Poole BC
  7. South Dorset CC
  8. West Dorset CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset
Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset
Proposed Revision
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final recommendations were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed retaining the eight current constituencies in Dorset, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries following the reorganisation of local government authorities within the county.[4]

Containing electoral wards from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Containing electoral wards from Dorset (unitary authority)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Dorset in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 241,835 58.3% Decrease0.4% 8 0
Liberal Democrats 78,414 18.9% Increase6.1% 0 0
Labour 76,310 18.4% Decrease6.8% 0 0
Greens 16,020 3.9% Increase1.3% 0 0
Others 2,094 0.5% Decrease0.2% 0 0
Total 414,673 100.0 8

Percentage votes

Note that before 1983 Dorset did not include the Bournemouth and Christchurch areas (see below).

Election year 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974(F) 1974(O) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 39.1 51.7 60.1 46.2 56.8 54.0 45.2 47.6 52.2 53.9 52.4 46.6 47.3 54.2 48.1 48.0 58.4 58.6 57.8 54.5 41.8 45.3 44.1 48.3 51.7 58.7 58.3
Labour 21.4 19.4 18.0 17.0 12.3 16.0 30.8 37.9 32.0 32.6 28.7 29.8 32.5 28.8 21.0 23.6 20.4 10.2 11.3 13.4 18.8 21.1 18.3 12.2 13.0 25.2 18.4
Liberal Democrat1 18.0 28.9 21.9 36.8 16.3 28.7 24.0 14.5 15.8 13.6 18.9 23.6 20.2 17.0 30.9 28.4 20.9 29.7 30.8 31.2 34.1 31.5 32.8 32.8 12.9 12.8 18.9
Green Party - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * * * 0.5 5.3 2.6 3.9
UKIP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * 5.6 16.2 0.3 *
Other 21.5 - - - 14.6 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - 0.3 1.4 0.1 0.9 5.3 2.1 4.7 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.5

11950-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Accurate vote percentages are not applicable for the 1918 election because one candidate stood unopposed.

Seats

Election year 1950-1979 1983-1992 1997 2001-2005 2010 2015-2019
Conservative 4 7 8 6 7 8
Labour 0 0 0 1 0 0
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Total 4 7 8 8 8 8

11950-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

Before 1885

Constituency Established Abolished
Bridport 1295 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Corfe Castle 1572 Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832
Dorchester 1295 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Dorset 1290 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Lyme Regis 1572 Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832
Poole 1362 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Shaftesbury 1295 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1572 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Wareham 1302 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

1885 to 1950

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Conservative   Liberal

Constituency 1885 1886 91 1892 95 1895 1900 04 05 1906 Jan 10 Dec 10 1918 1922 23 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 37 41 1945
Dorset East Glyn Bond Napier Sturt Lyell H. Guest1 F. Guest → Caine → Glassey Caine Wheatley
Dorset North Portman Wingfield-Digby Wills Baker Colfox Emlyn-Jones Hanbury A. Hambro Byers
Dorset South Sturgis C. Hambro Brymer Scarisbrick A. Hambro Yerburgh Gascoyne-Cecil Montagu
Dorset West Farquharson Williams Colfox Digby

1original candidate, F. Guest (Lib), disqualified; fresh by-election held June 1910

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 57 1959 62 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Dorset North Crouch Glyn James Baker
Dorset South Montagu Barnett King Gascoyne-Cecil
Dorset West Digby Spicer
Poole Wheatley Pilkington Murton Ward

1983 to present (7, then 8 MPs)

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 93 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 19 2019
Bournemouth East Atkinson Ellwood
Bournemouth West Butterfill Burns
Christchurch Adley Maddock Chope
Mid Dorset and North Poole Fraser Brooke Tomlinson
North Dorset Baker Walter Hoare
Poole Ward Syms
South Dorset Gascoyne-Cecil Bruce Knight Drax
West Dorset Spicer Letwin → Loder

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. ↑ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1179-1203. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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