Bournemouth West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Dorset |
Population | 98,968 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 71,920 (2018)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Conor Burns (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bournemouth |
Bournemouth West is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Conor Burns, a Conservative.
The seat covers Bournemouth Town Centre and the northern suburbs.
Residents are younger and slightly less wealthy than in neighbouring Bournemouth East.[3]
1950–1974: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Kinson, Moordown North, Moordown South, Redhill Park, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Kinson North, Kinson South, Redhill Park, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton.
1983–1997: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Ensbury Park, Kinson, Redhill Park, Talbot Woods, Wallisdown, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton, and the Borough of Poole wards of Alderney, Bourne Valley, and Canford Magna.
1997–2010: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Ensbury Park, Kinson, Redhill Park, Talbot Woods, Wallisdown, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton.
2010–2019: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, Kinson North, Kinson South, Redhill and Northbourne, Talbot and Branksome Woods, Wallisdown and Winton West, Westbourne and West Cliff, and Winton East, and the Borough of Poole wards of Alderney and Branksome East.
2019–present: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole wards of Alderney and Bourne Valley, Bournemouth Central, Kinson, Redhill and Northbourne, Talbot and Branksome Woods, Wallisdown and Winton West, Westbourne and West Cliff, Winton East[4]
The constituency includes the western portion of Bournemouth, from the Kinson, Ensbury Park, Alder Hills, Winton and Talbot Woods areas down towards the town centre and the West Cliff. Following a boundary change for the 2010 general election, the constituency gained the Branksome area from Poole whilst losing East Cliff to the neighbouring Bournemouth East constituency.
The constituency 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; therefore it is considered a Conservative safe seat.
With the exception of the period 1983–1997 (when it was in Bournemouth East), Bournemouth Town Centre has been in this constituency since its creation in 1950.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Minor changes following re-organisation of local authorities and wards in Dorset.
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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1950 | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Conservative | |
1954 by-election | John Eden | Conservative | |
1983 | John Butterfill | Conservative | |
2010 | Conor Burns | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Conor Burns[7] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Hanna[8] | ||||
Green | Darren Jones[9] | ||||
Reform UK | Peter Storms[10] | ||||
Labour | Jessica Toale[11] | ||||
SDP | David Warden[12] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Conor Burns | 24,550 | 53.4 | ―0.1 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 14,400 | 31.3 | ―4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Nicholas | 4,931 | 10.7 | +4.1 | |
Green | Simon Bull | 2,096 | 4.6 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 10,150 | 22.1 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,977 | 62.0 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Conor Burns | 23,812 | 53.5 | +5.3 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 16,101 | 36.2 | +18.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phil Dunn | 2,929 | 6.6 | ―1.3 | |
Green | Simon Bull | 1,247 | 2.8 | ―4.6 | |
Pirate | Jason Halsey | 418 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,711 | 17.3 | ―12.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,507 | 60.8 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Conor Burns | 20,155 | 48.2 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | Martin Houlden | 7,745 | 18.5 | +11.3 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 7,386 | 17.7 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Plummer | 3,281 | 7.9 | ―23.8 | |
Green | Elizabeth McManus | 3,107 | 7.4 | New | |
Patria | Dick Franklin | 99 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 12,410 | 29.7 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,767 | 58.0 | ―0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Conor Burns | 18,808 | 45.1 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | New | |
Majority | 5,583 | 13.4 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,659 | 58.1 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 14,057 | 41.4 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | 11.8 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,924 | 53.3 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 14,417 | 42.8 | +1.1 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 9,699 | 28.8 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hornby | 8,468 | 25.2 | −2.6 | |
UKIP | Cynthia Blake | 1,064 | 3.2 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 4,718 | 14.0 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,648 | 53.2 | -13.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 17,115 | 41.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Dover | 11,405 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | Dennis Gritt | 10,093 | 24.6 | ||
Referendum | Ronald Mills | 1,910 | 4.7 | New | |
UKIP | Linda Tooley | 281 | 0.7 | New | |
BNP | John Morse | 165 | 0.4 | New | |
Natural Law | Alexander Springham | 103 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 5,710 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,073 | 66.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 29,820 | 52.7 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Dover | 17,117 | 30.2 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Ben Grower | 9,423 | 16.7 | +3.9 | |
Natural Law | Alexander Springham | 232 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 12,703 | 22.5 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 56,592 | 75.7 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 30,117 | 55.2 | -1.7 | |
SDP | Peter Craven | 17,466 | 32.0 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Ronald Jones | 7,018 | 12.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 12,651 | 23.2 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 54,601 | 73.4 | -4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Butterfill | 28,466 | 56.9 | ||
Liberal | Michael James | 15,135 | 30.3 | ||
Labour | Kelvin Horrocks | 6,243 | 12.5 | ||
BNP | John Morse | 180 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 13,331 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 50,024 | 69.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 25,873 | 59.84 | ||
Labour | Peter J. Brushett | 9,247 | 21.39 | ||
Liberal | Terence D. G. Richards | 7,677 | 17.76 | ||
National Front | G Hubbard | 438 | 1.01 | New | |
Majority | 16,626 | 38.45 | |||
Turnout | 43,235 | 70.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 21,294 | 50.67 | ||
Labour | Lionel F Bennett | 10,566 | 25.14 | ||
Liberal | Terence D. G. Richards | 10,166 | 24.19 | ||
Majority | 10,728 | 25.53 | |||
Turnout | 42,026 | 68.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 23,473 | 50.82 | ||
Liberal | Terence D. G. Richards | 12,655 | 27.40 | ||
Labour | Lionel F Bennett | 10,062 | 21.78 | ||
Majority | 10,818 | 23.42 | |||
Turnout | 46,190 | 76.06 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 28,714 | 56.17 | ||
Labour | Lionel F Bennett | 14,099 | 27.58 | ||
Liberal | John Fuller Mills | 8,303 | 16.24 | ||
Majority | 13,615 | 28.59 | |||
Turnout | 51,116 | 69.28 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 25,740 | 50.02 | ||
Labour | Lionel F Bennett | 16,334 | 31.74 | ||
Liberal | John F Mills | 9,389 | 18.24 | ||
Majority | 9,406 | 18.28 | |||
Turnout | 51,463 | 73.37 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 26,114 | 50.44 | ||
Labour | George W Spicer | 13,975 | 26.99 | ||
Liberal | John F Mills | 11,681 | 22.56 | New | |
Majority | 12,139 | 23.45 | |||
Turnout | 51,770 | 73.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 33,575 | 67.78 | ||
Labour | George W Spicer | 15,957 | 32.22 | ||
Majority | 17,618 | 35.56 | |||
Turnout | 49,532 | 72.62 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 31,931 | 67.83 | ||
Labour | Charles Ford | 15,147 | 32.17 | ||
Majority | 16,784 | 35.66 | |||
Turnout | 47,078 | 71.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eden | 20,695 | 69.68 | +4.19 | |
Labour | Henry Brinton | 9,006 | 30.32 | -4.19 | |
Majority | 11,689 | 39.36 | +8.38 | ||
Turnout | 29,701 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | 33,269 | 65.49 | ||
Labour | Judith Hart | 17,532 | 34.51 | ||
Majority | 15,737 | 30.98 | |||
Turnout | 50,801 | 77.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | 28,548 | 53.62 | ||
Labour | WA Boddy | 15,476 | 29.07 | ||
Liberal | John Creasey | 9,216 | 17.31 | ||
Majority | 13,072 | 23.55 | |||
Turnout | 53,240 | 83.95 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |