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The County
Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, King's Park, Queen's Park, Southbourne, and West Southbourne, and the Borough of Christchurch.
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262:
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It was held by the
Conservative Party for the entirety of its existence, with the party gaining more than half of the votes cast at each election.
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1566:
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298:
206:
199:
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179:, Bournemouth became a single-member constituency, with the same boundaries as the then county borough. Christchurch became part of the new
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172:
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363:
245:
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176:
123:
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1340:
1195:
1055:
910:
768:
463:
329:
281:
240:
131:
64:
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145:, which were united for parliamentary purposes in 1950. The constituency was in the south west of the historic county of
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116:
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52:
255:
Previously MP for
Bournemouth from by-election in 1945. Resigned January 1952 on being raised to the peerage
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358:
291:
272:
250:
191:
142:
38:
8:
127:
1411:
1266:
1126:
981:
841:
675:
534:
402:
286:
1391:
1246:
1106:
961:
819:
654:
514:
380:
1531:
Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
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1322:
1182:
1037:
897:
755:
590:
1515:, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
205:
In the 1974 redistribution, this constituency disappeared. The two new seats of
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267:
164:
113:
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974
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1442:
1297:
1157:
1012:
872:
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565:
433:
1521:, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
824:
119:
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
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622:
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349:
1374:
1229:
1089:
944:
168:
138:
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385:
146:
57:
137:
The seat was based upon the eastern part of the seaside resort of
1525:
Who's Who of
British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979
1504:
British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
1527:, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
1486:
List of former United
Kingdom Parliament constituencies
186:
In the 1950 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the
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Parliamentary constituencies in
Hampshire (historic)
1513:
604:1952 Bournemouth East and Christchurch by-election
1720:Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset (historic)
171:formed part of the then parliamentary borough of
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1519:British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973
134:until the constituency was abolished in 1974.
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190:provided for the division of Bournemouth and
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1544:
1565:
1334:
1049:
323:
216:
297:
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1202:
1156:
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1011:
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871:
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730:
609:
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188:Representation of the People Act 1948
177:Representation of the People Act 1918
1343:: Bournemouth East and Christchurch
1198:: Bournemouth East and Christchurch
1058:: Bournemouth East and Christchurch
913:: Bournemouth East and Christchurch
466:: Bournemouth East and Christchurch
332:: Bournemouth East and Christchurch
132:1950 United Kingdom general election
771::Bournemouth East and Christchurch
24:
25:
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1692:Bournemouth East and Christchurch
196:Bournemouth East and Christchurch
110:Bournemouth East and Christchurch
32:Bournemouth East and Christchurch
18:Bournemouth East and Christchurch
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13:
1:
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141:and the neighbouring town of
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304:constituency abolished: see
102:Christchurch & Lymington
7:
1668:Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
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181:New Forest and Christchurch
88:New Forest and Christchurch
10:
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1698:Christchurch and Lymington
1596:Mid Dorset and North Poole
1271:Alastair Campbell McLeish
1131:Alastair Campbell McLeish
310:Christchurch and Lymington
213:then came into existence.
211:Christchurch and Lymington
130:electoral system from the
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149:in South East England.
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1050:Elections in the 1960s
680:James Charles Holland
539:James Charles Holland
407:James Charles Holland
324:Elections in the 1950s
1567:Dorset constituencies
1341:General election 1970
1196:General election 1966
1056:General election 1964
911:General election 1959
846:Brian Patrick Molony
769:General election 1955
464:General election 1951
330:General election 1950
217:Members of Parliament
124:Member of Parliament
39:borough constituency
1416:George K. Musgrave
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128:first past the post
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16:(Redirected from
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1611:South Dorset
1601:North Dorset
1591:Christchurch
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1370:Conservative
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1225:Conservative
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1085:Conservative
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825:David Buckle
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175:. Under the
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126:, using the
120:constituency
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80:Created from
26:
1700:(1974–1983)
1694:(1950–1974)
1688:(1918–1950)
1686:Bournemouth
1682:(1885–1950)
1680:East Dorset
1676:(1572–1832)
1670:(1570–1885)
1664:(1302–1885)
1658:(1295–1885)
1656:Shaftesbury
1652:(1295–1868)
1646:(1295–1885)
1640:(1295–1885)
1634:(1290–1885)
1616:West Dorset
1375:John Cordle
1230:John Cordle
1090:John Cordle
945:John Cordle
701:S. Kermode
697:Independent
659:R. D. Rees
456:(new seat)
287:John Cordle
169:Bournemouth
139:Bournemouth
94:Replaced by
84:Bournemouth
1714:Categories
1650:Lyme Regis
1644:Dorchester
1492:References
1351:Candidate
1206:Candidate
1066:Candidate
921:Candidate
779:Candidate
613:Candidate
474:Candidate
340:Candidate
156:Boundaries
1429:Majority
1284:Majority
1144:Majority
999:Majority
859:Majority
717:Majority
552:Majority
420:Majority
386:Dodo Lees
319:Elections
147:Hampshire
58:Hampshire
1638:Bridport
1625:Historic
1480:See also
299:Feb 1974
224:Election
43:for the
1662:Wareham
1574:Current
1447:49,880
1443:Turnout
1432:20,510
1412:Liberal
1399:10,594
1379:31,104
1302:48,343
1298:Turnout
1287:14,449
1267:Liberal
1254:12,598
1234:27,047
1162:47,603
1158:Turnout
1147:16,405
1134:10,304
1127:Liberal
1114:10,447
1094:26,852
1017:46,544
1013:Turnout
1002:19,792
982:Liberal
949:29,014
877:43,867
873:Turnout
862:18,498
842:Liberal
829:10,259
807:28,757
736:36,334
732:Turnout
720:13,982
676:Liberal
641:22,480
570:46,026
566:Turnout
555:17,588
535:Liberal
522:11,550
502:29,138
438:47,061
434:Turnout
423:14,887
403:Liberal
390:12,790
368:27,677
37:Former
1632:Dorset
1450:70.80
1435:41.12
1422:16.40
1419:8,182
1402:21.24
1392:Labour
1382:62.36
1354:Votes
1348:Party
1305:74.71
1290:29.89
1277:17.99
1274:8,698
1257:26.06
1247:Labour
1237:55.95
1209:Votes
1203:Party
1165:74.67
1150:34.46
1137:21.65
1117:21.95
1107:Labour
1097:56.41
1069:Votes
1063:Party
1020:76.73
1005:42.53
992:17.85
989:8,308
972:19.81
969:9,222
962:Labour
952:62.34
924:Votes
918:Party
880:75.51
865:42.16
852:11.06
849:4,851
832:23.39
820:Labour
810:65.55
782:Votes
776:Party
726:+0.25
723:38.47
704:1,693
689:−1.49
686:10.11
683:3,673
668:−1.71
665:23.38
662:8,498
655:Labour
647:−1.46
644:61.85
616:Votes
610:Party
573:80.84
558:38.22
545:11.60
542:5,338
525:25.09
515:Labour
505:63.31
477:Votes
471:Party
441:84.98
426:31.63
413:14.01
410:6,594
393:27.18
381:Labour
371:58.81
343:Votes
337:Party
308:&
233:Notes
227:Member
209:&
86:, and
53:County
1606:Poole
1468:Swing
1323:Swing
1183:Swing
1038:Swing
898:Swing
756:Swing
707:4.66
591:Swing
230:Party
194:into
72:Seats
1463:hold
1318:hold
1178:hold
1033:hold
893:hold
751:hold
586:hold
282:1959
241:1950
198:and
100:and
65:1950
711:New
454:win
167:of
75:One
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