Bournemouth East (UK Parliament constituency)
Bournemouth East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Bournemouth East in South West England | |
County | Dorset |
Population | 102,152 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 73,173 (2023)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Tom Hayes (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bournemouth East and Christchurch |
Bournemouth East is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Tom Hayes, of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Constituency profile
[edit]The seat covers the eastern suburbs of Bournemouth including Muscliff, Springbourne and Southbourne.[3] Residents' wealth is around average for the UK.[4]
Boundaries
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/BournemouthWest1974Constituency.svg/220px-BournemouthWest1974Constituency.svg.png)
The constituency is based on the eastern portion of Bournemouth, in Dorset, including the Southbourne district at the border of Christchurch, Boscombe, Throop, and Queen's Park. Bournemouth Town Centre was in this constituency from 1983 to 1997.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, King's Park, Moordown North, Moordown South, Queen's Park, Southbourne, and West Southbourne.
1983–1997: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, Central, East Cliff, Littledown, Moordown, Muscliff, Queen's Park, Southbourne, Strouden Park, and West Southbourne.
1997–2010: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, Littledown, Moordown, Muscliff, Queen's Park, Southbourne, Strouden Park, and West Southbourne.
2010–2024: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, East Cliff and Springbourne, East Southbourne and Tuckton, Littledown and Iford, Moordown, Queen's Park, Strouden Park, Throop and Muscliff, and West Southbourne.
For the 2010 general election, the western boundary of the constituency changed so that it aligned with ward boundaries (which had changed since the constituency boundary changes of the 1990s). The main changes saw East Cliff brought into the constituency with the loss of part of east Winton.
2024-present: The District of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole wards of Boscombe East & Pokesdown; Boscombe West; East Cliff & Springbourne; East Southbourne & Tuckton; Littledown & Ilford; Moordown; Muscliff & Strouden Park; Queen's Park; and West Southbourne.[5]
- Very small change following re-organisation of local authorities and wards in Dorset.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | John Cordle | Conservative | |
1977 by-election | David Atkinson | Conservative | |
2005 | Tobias Ellwood | Conservative | |
2022 | Independent | ||
2022 | Conservative | ||
2024 | Tom Hayes | Labour |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Hayes | 18,316 | 40.8 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 12,837 | 28.6 | −22.0 | |
Reform UK | Martin Houlden | 6,268 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Nicholas | 3,082 | 6.9 | −4.1 | |
Green | Joe Salmon | 2,790 | 6.2 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Kieron Wilson | 1,529 | 3.4 | N/A | |
SDP | Miles Penn | 88 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,479 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,910 | 61.2 | –5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 73,352 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 24,926 | 50.6 | –1.3 | |
Labour | Corrie Drew | 16,120 | 32.7 | –2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Dunn | 5,418 | 11.0 | +4.5 | |
Green | Alasdair Keddie | 2,049 | 4.2 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Ben Aston | 447 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Emma Johnson | 314 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,806 | 17.9 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,274 | 66.5 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 25,221 | 51.9 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Mel Semple | 17,284 | 35.6 | +19.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Nicholas | 3,168 | 6.5 | –1.9 | |
UKIP | David Hughes | 1,405 | 2.9 | –13.6 | |
Green | Alasdair Keddie | 1,236 | 2.5 | –4.8 | |
Independent | Kieron Wilson | 304 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,937 | 16.3 | –16.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,618 | 65.2 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood[12] | 22,060 | 49.0 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Peter Stokes | 7,448 | 16.6 | +3.3 | |
UKIP | David Hughes[12] | 7,401 | 16.5 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Nicholas | 3,752 | 8.4 | −22.5 | |
Green | Alasdair Keddie[13] | 3,263 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Independent | David Ross | 903 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,612 | 32.6 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,014 | 62.6 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 21,320 | 48.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Northover | 13,592 | 30.9 | −0.2 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 5,836 | 13.3 | −5.8 | |
UKIP | David Hughes | 3,027 | 6.9 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Steven Humphrey | 249 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,728 | 17.5 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,024 | 61.9 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 16,925 | 45.0 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Garratt | 11,681 | 31.1 | −2.6 | |
Labour | David Stokes | 7,191 | 19.1 | −0.8 | |
UKIP | Thomas Collier | 1,802 | 4.8 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 5,244 | 13.9 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,599 | 59.3 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 15,501 | 43.3 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Garratt | 12,067 | 33.7 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Paul Nicholson | 7,107 | 19.9 | −1.3 | |
UKIP | George Chamberlaine | 1,124 | 3.1 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 3,434 | 9.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,799 | 58.2 | −12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 17,997 | 41.4 | −14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Eyre | 13,655 | 31.4 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Jessica Stevens | 9,181 | 21.2 | +8.3 | |
Referendum | Alan Musgrave-Scott | 1,808 | 4.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Kenneth Benney | 791 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,346 | 10.01 | −14.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,432 | 70.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 30,820 | 56.4 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Russell | 15,998 | 29.3 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Peter Brushett | 7,541 | 13.8 | +2.7 | |
Natural Law | Susan Holmes | 329 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,822 | 27.1 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 54,688 | 72.8 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 30,925 | 58.3 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | John Millward | 16,242 | 30.6 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Ian Taylor | 5,885 | 11.1 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 14,683 | 27.7 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 53,052 | 70.5 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 25,176 | 53.5 | −9.2 | |
Liberal | John Millward | 13,760 | 29.2 | +12.7 | |
Labour | Michael Shutler | 4,026 | 8.5 | −9.9 | |
Ind. Conservative | Phyllis Hogarth | 3,644 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Ecology | Trevor Dykes | 273 | 0.6 | −0.7 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Jeremy Stooks | 225 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,416 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 47,104 | 66.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −11.0 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 25,808 | 62.6 | +10.8 | |
Labour | Joseph Goodwin | 7,553 | 18.3 | −2.7 | |
Liberal | Donald Matthew | 6,738 | 16.4 | −8.8 | |
New Britain | John Philip Pratt | 581 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Ecology | Jacqueline Mary Dempsey | 523 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,255 | 44.3 | +17.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,203 | 73.1 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Atkinson | 15,235 | 62.1 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Joseph Goodwin | 3,684 | 15.0 | −6.0 | |
Liberal | Donald Matthew | 3,212 | 13.1 | −12.1 | |
New Britain | John Philip Pratt | 1,127 | 4.6 | N/A | |
National Front | Kenneth Roderick McKilliam | 725 | 3.0 | +0.9 | |
International Marxist | Brian Heron | 494 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 42 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,551 | 47.1 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,519 | 24.5 | −46.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cordle | 20,790 | 51.8 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | George Hamilton Musgrave | 10,129 | 25.2 | −4.1 | |
Labour | Desmond Earle Lock | 8,422 | 21.0 | +4.3 | |
National Front | Michael John Hayes | 828 | 2.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 10,661 | 26.6 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,149 | 70.5 | −8.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cordle | 22,319 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal | George Hamilton Musgrave | 13,005 | 29.3 | ||
Labour | Desmond Earle Lock | 7,423 | 16.7 | ||
National Front | Michael John Hayes | 875 | 2.0 | ||
Anti-EEC | Alan Stanley Reynolds | 834 | 1.9 | ||
Majority | 9,314 | 20.95 | |||
Turnout | 44,456 | 78.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every 5 years.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bournemouth East: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ UK Polling Report http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/bournemoutheast/
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Bournemouth+East
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- ^ https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/Assets/Elections-and-voting/2024-General/SoPN-and-NoP-Bournemouth-East.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ a b "BOURNEMOUTH EAST 2015". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
- ^ "Dorset Greens Make History". sedorset.greenparty.org.uk.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. 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.
External links
[edit]- nomis Constituency Profile for Bournemouth East — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Bournemouth East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Bournemouth East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK