Bournemouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bournemouth
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Created from Christchurch
Replaced by Bournemouth East and Christchurch and Bournemouth West

Bournemouth was a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. The seat was created in 1918 and existed until it was abolished and split into two new seats in 1950. During the constituency's existence it was the most south-westerly seat in Hampshire (although the county boundary between Dorset and Hampshire was redrawn in 1974 so the town was transferred to Dorset).

Contents

Boundaries

Before 1918 the County Borough of Bournemouth formed part of the then parliamentary borough of Christchurch. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 Bournemouth gained its own constituency, with the same boundaries as the then county borough.

The seat was bordered to the west by the constituency of Dorset East, while to the north was New Forest and Christchurch. The rest of the constituency bordered the English Channel.

In the 1950 redistribution, the Representation of the People Act 1948 provided for the division of Bournemouth (with the addition of the neighbouring town of Christchurch) into Bournemouth East and Christchurch & Bournemouth West.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1918 Henry Croft National
1921 Conservative Resigned May 1940 on being raised to the peerage
1940 by-election Leonard Lyle Conservative Resigned October 1945 on being raised to the peerage
1945 by-election Brendan Bracken Conservative
1950 constituency abolished: see Bournemouth East and Christchurch & Bournemouth West

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Bournemouth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Henry Page Croft 14,048 66.3
Labour Frederick Jesse Hopkins 5,30225.0
Liberal Thomas Dove Keighley1,8548.7
Majority8,74641.3
Turnout 21,20464.1
National win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

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C.B. Dallow
General election 1922: Bournemouth [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Henry Page Croft 15,690 52.3 -14.0
Liberal Cyril Berkeley Dallow10,18133.9+25.2
Lloyd George ConservativeHarry Keen Hargreaves4,13413.8New
Majority5,50918.4N/A
Turnout 30,00579.8+15.7
Registered electors 37,598
Unionist gain from National Swing N/A
General election 1923: Bournemouth [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Henry Page Croft 15,506 50.4 −1.9
Liberal Cyril Berkeley Dallow9,25630.1−3.8
Labour Minnie Pallister 5,98619.5New
Majority6,25020.3+1.9
Turnout 30,74879.0−0.8
Registered electors 38,913
Unionist hold Swing +1.0
General election 1924: Bournemouth [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Henry Page Croft 20,620 72.7 +22.3
Labour Minnie Pallister 7,73527.3+7.8
Majority12,88545.4+25.1
Turnout 28,35569.1−9.9
Registered electors 41,038
Unionist hold Swing +7.25
General election 1929: Bournemouth [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Henry Page Croft 25,945 52.2 −20.5
Liberal Arthur Mortimer15,89031.9New
Labour Maurice Spencer 7,90015.9−11.4
Majority10,05520.3−25.1
Turnout 49,73574.4+5.3
Registered electors 66,812
Unionist hold Swing −26.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Bournemouth [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Page Croft 39,85980.03
Labour JH Collingbourne9,94319.97
Majority29,91660.06
Turnout 49,80270.28
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Bournemouth [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Page Croft 32,64571.08
Labour Maurice Solomon Davidson13,27928.92
Majority19,36642.16
Turnout 45,92462.62
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1940 Bournemouth by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leonard Lyle Unopposed N/AN/A
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1945: Bournemouth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leonard Lyle 34,54455.45
Liberal Basil Wigoder 14,23222.85New
Labour Robert Spence Watson Pollard13,52221.71
Majority20,31232.60
Turnout 62,29871.32
Conservative hold Swing
1945 Bournemouth by-election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brendan Bracken 22,98046.85-8.60
Labour Edward Shackleton 16,52633.69+11.98
Liberal Basil Wigoder 9,54819.46-3.39
Majority6,45413.16-19.44
Turnout 49,05456.5
Conservative hold Swing

See also

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References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ "1945 by Elections". by-elections.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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