Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

Christchurch
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Christchurch in South West England
County	1983–present: Dorset 1572–1918: Hampshire
Population	83,596 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate	71,598 (2023) [2]
Major settlements	Christchurch
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset, New Forest
1572–1918
Seats	1572–1832: Two 1832–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	New Forest and Christchurch and Bournemouth

Christchurch is a constituency ^{[n 1]} in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Christopher Chope of the Conservative Party. ^{[n 2]}

History

The original Christchurch constituency, a parliamentary borough, existed from 1572 until 1918. In 1918 the constituency was divided between New Forest and Christchurch and Bournemouth.

The constituency was re-created as a county constituency in 1983 from parts of the seats of Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset and New Forest. It has since 1983 seen strong Conservative majorities, with the exception of a 1993 by-election caused by the death of Robert Adley when it was won by Diana Maddock, a Liberal Democrat. The Conservatives regained the seat at the next general election in 1997, despite their landslide defeat nationally and Chris Chope has retained it ever since. As of 2017, it is the second strongest Conservative seat in terms of voteshare (69.7%) and strongest in terms of majority (49.6%) in the country, although 2017 also saw Labour come second in the seat for the first time in history, having historically been far weaker than the Liberal Democrats and, in 2015, UKIP.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Christchurch, and the District of Wimborne wards of Ameysford, Ferndown Central, Golf Links, Longham, St Leonards and St Ives East, St Leonards and St Ives South, St Leonards and St Ives West, Stapehill, Tricketts Cross, Verwood, West Moors North, West Moors South, and West Parley.

1997–2010: The Borough of Christchurch, and the District of East Dorset wards of Ameysford, Ferndown Central, Golf Links, St Leonards and St Ives East, St Leonards and St Ives South, St Leonards and St Ives West, Tricketts Cross, Verwood, West Moors North, West Moors South, and West Parley.

2010–2024: The Borough of Christchurch, and the District of East Dorset wards of Ameysford, Ferndown Central, Ferndown Links, Longham, Parley, St Leonards and St Ives East, St Leonards and St Ives West, Stapehill, and West Moors.

2024–present: The District of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole wards of: Burton and Grange, Christchurch Town, Commons, Highcliffe and Walkford, Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe, and the Dorset wards of: Ferndown North, Ferndown South, St. Leonards & St. Ives, West Moors & Three Legged Cross, West Parley. ^[3]

Minor changes following re-organisation of local authorities and wards in Dorset.

Constituency profile

The area is not as rural as the adjoining New Forest constituencies, nor as urban as Bournemouth and Poole, and contains a mixed assortment of coastal retirement havens, outlying Bournemouth suburbs and the town of Christchurch itself which has expanded to include dedicated villages of sheltered housing on its outskirts.

Consequently, the present Christchurch seat contains one of the most elderly electorates in the country – only Eastbourne and East Devon have an older average voter age and Christchurch has the highest proportion of over-60s of all UK seats. Having recovered from an early-1990s by-election loss, it is today a very safe Conservative seat, with MP Christopher Chope attaining 65% of the votes, a majority of 47%, at the last general election. It is the safest Tory seat in the South West and on most analyses is on the fringe of the area that usually qualifies as the South West, served by a station with direct links to the capital and closest to London.

Bournemouth Airport is located in the constituency.

Members of Parliament

Parliamentary borough (1572–1918)

MPs 1571–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1571	Andrew Rogers	John Hyett
Parliament of 1572–1581	Henry Knollys	Matthew Evans
Parliament of 1584–1585	Alexander Nevill
Parliament of 1586–1587	Henry Ashley
Parliament of 1588–1589	Justinian Champernoun	Sampson Lennard
Parliament of 1593	John Herbert	John Agmondesham [4]
Parliament of 1597–1598	Simon Willis	Andrew Rogers
Parliament of 1601		Henry Meere
Parliament of 1604–1611	Richard Martin	Nicholas Hyde
Addled Parliament (1614)	Sir Thomas Norton	Henry Breton
Parliament of 1621–1622	Sir George Hastings	Nathaniel Tomkins
Happy Parliament (1624–1625)	Sir George Astmyll
Useless Parliament (1625)	Sir Thomas Wilford
Parliament of 1625–1626	Robert Mason
Parliament of 1628–1629	Henry Croke
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

MPs 1640–1832

Year		First member [5]	First party		Second member [5]	Second party
April 1640		Arnold Herbert			Henry Tulse
November 1640		Matthew Davies	Royalist
1642				Tulse died September(?) 1642 – seat left vacant
March 1643	Davies disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645		Richard Edwards	Parliamentarian		John Kempe	Parliamentarian
December 1648				Kempe not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653	Christchurch was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659		John Bulkeley			Henry Tulse
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
March 1660		John Hildesley			Henry Tulse
1661		Humphrey Weld
February 1679		Sir Thomas Clarges
August 1679					George Fulford
1685					Anthony Ettrick
1689		Francis Gwyn			William Ettrick
1695		Viscount Cornbury
1701		Francis Gwyn
1710		(Sir) Peter Mews [6]
1717					Francis Gwyn [7]
1724 by-election					Edward Prideaux Gwyn
1726 by-election		Jacob Banks
1727		Joseph Hinxman			Charles Wither
1732 by-election					Philip Lloyd
1734					Edward Hooper
1740 by-election		(Sir) Charles Armand Powlett [8]
1748 by-election					Sir Thomas Robinson
1751 by-election		Harry Powlett
1754		Hon. John Mordaunt
1761		Hon. Thomas Robinson			James Harris	Whig
November 1770 by-election		James Harris (junior)	Whig
1774		Hon. Thomas Villiers [9]	Tory
1780		Sir James Harris	Whig
1781 by-election					(Sir) John Frederick [10]
1788 by-election		Hans Sloane	Tory [11]
1790					George Rose	Tory [11]
1796		William Stewart Rose	Tory [11]
May 1800 by-election		William Chamberlayne
1802		William Sturges Bourne	Tory [11]
1812		William Edward Tomline	Tory [11]
March 1818 by-election					Sir George Henry Rose	Tory [11]
June 1818		William Sturges Bourne	Tory [11]
1826		George Pitt Rose	Tory [11]
1832	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1832–1918

Year		Member [12] [5]	Party
	1832	Sir George Tapps-Gervis	Conservative
	1837	Sir George Henry Rose	Conservative
	1844	Hon. Edward Harris	Conservative
	1852	John Edward Walcott	Conservative
	1868	Edmund Haviland-Burke	Liberal
	1874	Sir Henry Drummond Wolff	Conservative
	1880	Horace Davey	Liberal
	1885	Charles Young	Conservative
	1892	Abel Henry Smith	Conservative
	1900	Kenneth Balfour	Conservative
	1906	Arthur Acland Allen	Liberal
	1910	Henry Page Croft	Conservative
	1917		National
	1918	constituency abolished

County constituency

MPs since 1983

Election		Member [13] [5]	Party
	1983	Robert Adley	Conservative
	1993 by-election	Diana Maddock	Liberal Democrat
	1997	Sir Christopher Chope	Conservative

Elections 1983–present

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Christchurch ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	16,941	35.8	–29.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cox	9,486	20.0	+2.6
	Reform UK	Robin Adamson	8,961	18.9	N/A
	Labour	Joanna Howard	7,762	16.4	+3.5
	Green	Susan Graham	1,900	4.0	–0.2
	Independent	Simon McCormack	1,728	3.7	N/A
	Animal Welfare	Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi	335	0.7	N/A
	UKIP	Steve Unwin	163	0.3	N/A
	SDP	Trevor Parsons	59	0.1	N/A
Majority			7,455	15.8	–31.5
Turnout			47,335	66.6	–5.9
Registered electors			71,064
	Conservative hold		Swing	–16.2

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [15]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	34,037	65.6
	Liberal Democrats	9,003	17.4
	Labour	6,676	12.9
	Green	2,174	4.2
Turnout		51,890	72.5
Electorate		71,598

General election 2019: Christchurch ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	33,894	65.2	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cox	9,277	17.9	+10.0
	Labour	Andrew Dunne	6,568	12.6	−7.3
	Green	Chris Rigby	2,212	4.3	+1.7
Majority			24,617	47.3	−2.4
Turnout			51,951	72.6	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.2

General election 2017: Christchurch ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	35,230	69.6	+11.5
	Labour	Patrick Canavan	10,059	19.9	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cox	4,020	7.9	+1.3
	Green	Chris Rigby	1,324	2.6	−1.7
Majority			25,171	49.7	+13.1
Turnout			50,633	72.0	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.6

General election 2015: Christchurch ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	28,887	58.1	+1.7
	UKIP	Robin Grey	10,663	21.5	+13.0
	Labour	Andrew Satherley	4,745	9.5	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Canning	3,263	6.6	−18.7
	Green	Shona Dunn	2,149	4.3	N/A
Majority			18,224	36.6	+5.5
Turnout			49,707	71.7	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.6

General election 2010: Christchurch ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	27,888	56.4	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Hurll	12,478	25.3	+1.2
	Labour	Robert Deeks	4,849	9.8	−5.8
	UKIP	David Williams	4,201	8.5	+3.4
Majority			15,410	31.1	+0.9
Turnout			49,416	71.8	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.2

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Christchurch ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	28,208	54.7	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Coman	12,649	24.5	−3.3
	Labour	Jim King	8,051	15.6	+0.5
	UKIP	David Hughes	2,657	5.2	+3.2
Majority			15,559	30.2	+2.9
Turnout			51,565	69.6	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

General election 2001: Christchurch ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	27,306	55.1	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Webb	13,762	27.8	−14.8
	Labour	Judith Begg	7,506	15.1	+8.2
	UKIP	Margaret Strange	993	2.0	+0.9
Majority			13,544	27.3	+23.5
Turnout			49,567	67.5	−11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Christchurch ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	26,095	46.4	−17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Maddock	23,930	42.6	+19.0
	Labour	Charles Mannan	3,884	6.9	−5.2
	Referendum	Ray Spencer	1,684	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	R.H. Dickinson	606	1.1	New
Majority			2,165	3.8	−36.1
Turnout			56,199	78.5	−2.2
	Conservative win

Percentage share changes compared with 1992 general election. .

By-election 1993: Christchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Maddock	33,164	62.2	+38.6
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	16,737	31.4	−32.1
	Labour	Nigel Lickley	1,453	2.7	−9.4
	Anti-Federalist League	Alan Sked	878	1.6	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	404	0.8	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	Andrew Bannon	357	0.7	N/A
	Sack Graham Taylor	Peter G. Newman	80	0.2	N/A
	Buy the Daily Sport	Tara Bardot-Jackson	67	0.1	N/A
	Save the National Health Service	Peter A. Hollyman	60	0.1	N/A
	Highlander IV Wednesday Promotion	John P. Crockard	48	0.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Mark Griffiths	45	0.1	−0.3
	Ian For King	Mark Belcher	23	0.0	N/A
	Alfred The Chicken	Karl Fitzhugh	18	0.0	N/A
	Rainbow Alliance	John R. Walley	16	0.0	N/A
Majority			16,427	30.8	N/A
Turnout			53,350	74.2	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+35.4

General election 1992: Christchurch ^{[23] [24]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	36,627	63.5	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Bussey	13,612	23.6	−0.9
	Labour	Alan Lloyd	6,997	12.1	+2.5
	Natural Law	James Barratt	243	0.4	N/A
	Chauvinist Raving Alliance	Adrian Wareham	175	0.3	N/A
Majority			23,015	39.9	−1.5
Turnout			57,654	80.7	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Christchurch ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	35,656	65.9	−1.2
	SDP	Hilary McKenzie	13,282	24.5	−0.8
	Labour	Caralyn Longhurst	5,174	9.6	+2.0
Majority			22,374	41.4	−0.4
Turnout			54,112	76.3	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.0

General election 1983: Christchurch ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	31,722	67.1
	SDP	Stephen Alexander	11,984	25.3
	Labour	John Mitchell	3,590	7.6
Majority			19,738	41.8
Turnout			47,296	72.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Election results 1868–1918

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmund Haviland-Burke	609	52.1	+11.7
	Conservative	Henry Drummond Wolff	560	47.9	−11.7
Majority			49	4.2	N/A
Turnout			1,169	88.0	+3.5
Registered electors			1,329
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.7

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Drummond Wolff	978	61.7	+13.8
	Liberal	Clement Milward [28]	607	38.3	−13.8
Majority			371	23.4	N/A
Turnout			1,585	86.6	−1.4
Registered electors			1,831
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.8

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Horace Davey	1,185	51.5	+13.2
	Conservative	John Edwards-Moss [29]	1,117	48.5	−13.2
Majority			68	3.0	N/A
Turnout			2,302	90.1	+3.5
Registered electors			2,555
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.2

General election 1885: Christchurch ^{[30] [31] [32]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Young	2,184	52.1	+3.6
	Liberal	Horace Davey	2,006	47.9	−3.6
Majority			178	4.2	N/A
Turnout			4,190	90.6	+0.5
Registered electors			4,626
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.6

General election 1886: Christchurch ^{[30] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Young	2,072	53.1	+1.0
	Liberal	Alpheus Morton	1,833	46.9	−1.0
Majority			239	6.2	+2.0
Turnout			3,905	84.4	−6.2
Registered electors			4,626
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1890s

Smith

General election 1892: Christchurch ^{[31] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abel Henry Smith	2,803	51.9	−1.2
	Liberal	Banister Fletcher	2,600	48.1	+1.2
Majority			203	3.8	−2.4
Turnout			5,403	85.8	+1.4
Registered electors			6,294
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.2

General election 1895: Christchurch ^{[31] [34] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abel Henry Smith	3,198	50.7	−1.2
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	3,114	49.3	+1.2
Majority			84	1.4	−2.4
Turnout			6,312	84.4	−1.4
Registered electors			7,477
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.2

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Christchurch ^{[31] [34] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Balfour	3,407	50.1	−0.6
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	3,399	49.9	+0.6
Majority			8	0.2	−1.2
Turnout			6,806	83.9	−0.5
Registered electors			8,116
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.6

The original tally for the 1906 election had Balfour with 3,411 votes and Brassey with 3,408 votes. However, a recount resulted in the increased majority for Balfour.

Allen

General election 1906: Christchurch ^{[30] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Acland Allen	4,634	53.3	+3.4
	Conservative	Kenneth Balfour	4,067	46.7	−3.4
Majority			567	6.6	N/A
Turnout			8,701	91.3	+7.4
Registered electors			9,530
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Christchurch ^{[35] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Croft	5,538	53.5	+6.8
	Liberal	Arthur Acland Allen	4,807	46.5	−6.8
Majority			731	7.0	N/A
Turnout			10,345	94.1	+2.8
Registered electors			10,991
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.8

Verney

General election December 1910: Christchurch ^{[35] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Croft	5,275	53.3	−0.2
	Liberal	Frederick Verney	4,619	46.7	+0.2
Majority			656	6.6	−0.4
Turnout			9,894	90.0	−4.1
Registered electors			10,991
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.2

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Henry Croft
• Liberal:

Election results 1832–1868

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Christchurch ^{[11] [27]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	George Tapps	Unopposed
Registered electors			206
	Tory hold

General election 1835: Christchurch ^{[11] [27]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Tapps	Unopposed
Registered electors			354
	Conservative hold

General election 1837: Christchurch ^{[11] [27]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Henry Rose	116	52.3	N/A
	Whig	William Gordon Cameron [36]	106	47.7	New
Majority			10	4.6	N/A
Turnout			222	81.9	N/A
Registered electors			271
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Henry Rose	Unopposed
Registered electors			300
	Conservative hold

Rose resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.

By-election, 28 March 1844: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Harris	180	68.2	N/A
	Whig	William Tice [37]	84	31.8	New
Majority			96	36.4	N/A
Turnout			264	79.8	N/A
Registered electors			331
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1847: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Harris	Unopposed
Registered electors			301
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edward Walcott	Unopposed
Registered electors			313
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edward Walcott	Unopposed
Registered electors			328
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edward Walcott	Unopposed
Registered electors			339
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Christchurch ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edward Walcott	211	59.6	N/A
	Liberal	Edmund Haviland-Burke	143	40.4	New
Majority			68	19.2	N/A
Turnout			354	84.5	N/A
Registered electors			419
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections before 1832

General election 1831: Christchurch ^{[11] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	George Henry Rose	Unopposed
	Tory	George Pitt Rose	Unopposed
Registered electors			36
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1830: Christchurch ^{[11] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	George Henry Rose	Unopposed
	Tory	George Pitt Rose	Unopposed
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Dorset

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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8. Knighted (KB), 1749
9. Styled Lord Hyde from June 1776
10. Succeeded to a baronetcy, April 1783
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External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Christchurch — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• Christchurch UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Christchurch UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Christchurch UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK