Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 50°43′01″N 1°54′47″W / 50.717°N 1.913°W / 50.717; -1.913

Bournemouth West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bournemouth West in Dorset.
Location of Dorset within England.
County	Dorset
Population	98,968 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	72,714 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	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

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–present: 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.

The constituency includes the western portion of Bournemouth, from the Kinson, 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 and is considered safe for them.

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.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party	Notes
1950	Viscount Cranborne	Conservative	Resigned 1954
1954 by-election	John Eden	Conservative
1983	John Butterfill	Conservative
2010	Conor Burns	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Bournemouth West
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 Democrat	Mike Plummer	3,281	7.9	-23.9
	Green	Elizabeth McManus	3,107	7.4	+7.4
	Patria	Dick Franklin	99	0.2	+0.2
Majority			12,410	29.7	+16.3
Turnout			41,767	58.0	-0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Bournemouth West^[4]
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^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	17,115	41.7
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Dover	11,405	27.8
	Labour	Dennis Gritt	10,093	24.6
	Referendum	Ronald Mills	1,910	4.7
	UKIP	Linda 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^[8]^[9]
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

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bournemouth West^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	30,117	55.16
	Social Democratic	PGM Craven	17,466	31.99
	Labour	RW Jones	7,018	12.85
Majority			12,651	23.17
Turnout				73.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Bournemouth West^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	28,466	56.90
	Liberal	M James	15,135	30.26
	Labour	K Horrocks	6,243	12.48
	BNP	JH Morse	180	0.36
Majority			13,331	26.65
Turnout				69.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Bournemouth West
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
Majority			16,626	38.45
Turnout				70.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Eden	21,294	50.67
	Labour	LF Bennett	10,566	25.14
	Liberal	Terence D. G. Richards	10,166	24.19
Majority			10,728	25.53
Turnout				68.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Eden	23,473	50.82
	Liberal	Terence D. G. Richards	12,655	27.40
	Labour	LF Bennett	10,062	21.78
Majority			10,818	23.42
Turnout				76.06
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Eden	28,714	56.17
	Labour	L. F. Bennett	14,099	27.58
	Liberal	John E. Mills	8,303	16.24
Majority			13,615	28.59
Turnout				69.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Eden	25,740	50.02
	Labour	L .F. Bennett	16,334	31.74
	Liberal	J. F. Mills	9,389	18.24
Majority			9,406	18.28
Turnout				73.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Eden	26,114	50.44
	Labour	GW Spicer	13,975	26.99
	Liberal	J. F. Mills	11,681	22.56
Majority			12,139	23.45
Turnout				73.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Eden	33,575	67.78
	Labour	GW Spicer	15,957	32.22
Majority			17,618	35.57
Turnout				72.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Eden	31,931	67.83
	Labour	C Ford	15,147	32.17
Majority			16,784	35.65
Turnout				71.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bournemouth West by-election, 1954
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Eden	20,695	69.68	+4.19
	Labour	H Brinton	9,006	30.32	-4.19
Majority			11,689	39.36	+8.38
Turnout			29,701
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Viscount Cranborne	33,269	65.49
	Labour	Judith Hart	17,532	34.51
Majority			15,737	30.98
Turnout				77.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Bournemouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Viscount Cranborne	28,548	53.62
	Labour	WA Boddy	15,476	29.07
	Liberal	John Creasey	9,216	17.31
Majority				13,072
Turnout				83.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

↑ "Bournemouth West: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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nomis Constituency Profile for Bournemouth West — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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