Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:UK constituency infobox Bournemouth West is a 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 Green areas down towards the city centre and onto the coast. In time for the next United Kingdom election, the seat takes the Branksome areas from Poole whilst losing the East Cliffe areas to the neighbouring Bournemouth East constituency.

History

In the 2005 election, the constituency was the Liberal Democrats 50th target seat. However, the seat has elected Conservatives at every election since its creation in 1950.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1950	Viscount Cranborne	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1954 by-election	John Eden	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1983	Sir John Butterfill	Conservative

Election results

Confirmed next candidates for the United Kingdom general election, 2010: Bournemouth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Conor Burns
	Labour	Sharon Carr-Brown
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Murray
	UKIP	Phillip Glover

General Election 2005: Bournemouth West

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	11.9
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 Democrats	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

General Election 1997: Bournemouth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butterfill	17,115	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dover	11,405	27.8
	Labour	D Gritt	10,093	24.6
	Referendum	R Mills	1,910	4.7
	UKIP	L Tooley	281	0.7
	BNP	John Morse	165	0.4
	Natural Law	A Springham	103	0.3
Majority			5,710	13.9
Turnout			41,073	66.21
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.6

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset