Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)

Bournemouth West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bournemouth West in Dorset.
Location of Dorset within England.
County	Dorset
Electorate	72,714 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament	Conor Burns (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Bournemouth West is a borough 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.

Boundaries

The current boundaries take in the western portion of Bournemouth, from Kinson, Winton, and Talbot Woods areas down towards the town centre and the West Cliff. In a boundary change for the 2010 General Election, the constituency has gained the Branksome area from Poole whilst losing East Cliff to the neighbouring Bournemouth East constituency.

History

In the 2005 election, the constituency was the Liberal Democrats 50th target seat. It contains Labour's best ward in Bournemouth in the district of Kinson, but the seat has elected Conservatives at every election since its creation in 1950 and is considered safe for them.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Viscount Cranborne	Conservative
	1954 by-election	John Eden	Conservative
	1983	Sir John Butterfill	Conservative
	2010	Conor Burns	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Conor Burns	18,808	45.1	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Alasdair Murray	13,225	31.7	-0.2
	Labour	Sharon Carr-Brown	6,171	14.8	-8.1
	UKIP	Philip Glover	2,999	7.2	+1.6
	Independent	Harvey Taylor	456	1.1
Majority			5,583	13.4
Turnout			41,659	58.1	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	14,057	41.4	−1.4
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	17,115	41.7
	Liberal Democrat	Janet 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
	BNP	John Morse	165	0.4
	Natural Law	Alexander Springham	103	0.3
Majority			5,710	13.9
Turnout			41,073	66.21
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.6

General Election 1992: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	29,820	52.7	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Dover	17,117	30.2	-1.7
	Labour	Ben Grower	9,423	16.7	+3.8
	Natural Law	Alexander Springham	232	0.4	+0.4
Majority			12,703	22.4	-0.7
Turnout			56,592	75.7	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.4

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset