New Forest and Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

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New Forest and Christchurch
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of membersone
Replaced by New Forest and Bournemouth East and Christchurch
Created from New Forest and Bournemouth

New Forest and Christchurch was a county constituency in Hampshire which elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election, partially replacing the previous New Forest constituency, and was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was partially replaced by a recreated New Forest constituency.

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Boundaries

The Boroughs of Christchurch, Lymington, and Romsey, and the Rural Districts of Christchurch, Fordingbridge, Lymington, New Forest, Ringwood, and Romsey.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1918 Walter Frank Perkins Conservative
1922 Wilfrid Ashley Conservative Resigned January 1932 on being raised to the peerage
1932 by-election John Mills Conservative
1945 Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre Conservative Subsequently, MP for New Forest
1950 constituency abolished: see New Forest & Bournemouth East and Christchurch

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: New Forest and Christchurch [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Walter Frank Perkins Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: New Forest and Christchurch [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Wilfrid Ashley Unopposed
Unionist hold
General election 1923: New Forest and Christchurch [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Wilfrid Ashley 13,900 53.9 N/A
Liberal Alexander Boulton 11,88946.1New
Majority2,0117.8N/A
Turnout 25,78968.8N/A
Registered electors 37,475
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1924: New Forest and Christchurch [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Wilfrid Ashley 17,945 64.6 +10.7
Liberal Alexander Boulton 6,68124.1−22.0
Labour C Lincoln Brighton3,13711.3New
Majority11,26440.5+32.7
Turnout 27,76371.4+2.6
Registered electors 38,905
Unionist hold Swing +16.4
General election 1929: New Forest and Christchurch [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Wilfrid Ashley 22,122 55.5 −9.1
Liberal Marcus Cheke 11,52028.9+4.8
Labour G W Austin6,20615.6+4.3
Majority10,60226.6−13.9
Turnout 39,84872.6+1.2
Registered electors 53,884
Unionist hold Swing −7.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: New Forest and Christchurch [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wilfrid Ashley 35,544 83.3 +27.8
Labour Frank Stainer7,13016.7+1.1
Majority28,41466.6+40.0
Turnout 47,06771.9-0.7
Conservative hold Swing
1932 New Forest and Christchurch by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mills 23,327 82.0 -1.3
Ind. Labour Party C. A. Smith 5,13518.0New
Majority18,19264.0-2.6
Turnout 28,46248.0-23.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: New Forest and Christchurch [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mills 32,209 74.8 -8.5
Labour CM Wadham10,87625.2+8.5
Majority21,33349.6-17.0
Turnout 43,08564.5-7.4
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: New Forest and Christchurch [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre 31,888 50.9 -23.9
Labour Horace King 22,47835.9+10.7
Independent Liberal John W Howlett8,29913.2New
Majority9,41015.0-34.6
Turnout 62,66571.3+6.8
Conservative hold Swing

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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. ↑ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  366. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
  10. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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