Mid Dorset and North Poole | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Dorset |
Electorate | 64,705 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Merley, Broadstone, Corfe Mullen, Bere Regis, Wareham, and Wimborne Minster |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Michael Tomlinson (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Mid Dorset and North Poole is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Michael Tomlinson, a Conservative. [n 2]
1997–2010: The District of Purbeck wards of Bere Regis, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster, St Martin, and Wareham, the District of East Dorset wards of Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, and Corfe Mullen South, and the Borough of Poole wards of Alderney, Broadstone, Canford Heath, Canford Magna, and Creekmoor.
2010–present: The District of Purbeck wards of Bere Regis, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster and Upton East, Lytchett Minster and Upton West, St Martin, and Wareham, the District of East Dorset wards of Colehill East, Colehill West, Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, Corfe Mullen South, and Wimborne Minster, and the Borough of Poole wards of Broadstone, Canford Heath East, Canford Heath West, and Merley and Bearwood.
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of North Dorset (Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, Corfe Mullen South, Lytchett Matravers, and Lytchett Minster wards), Poole (Broadstone, Canford Heath, Canford Magna, and Creekmoor wards), South Dorset (Bere Regis, St Martin, and Wareham wards), and Bournemouth West (Alderney ward). In 2010, Colehill and Wimborne Minster were added to the seat from North Dorset, Alderney was moved back to Bournemouth West, and Creekmoor back to Poole.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Boundaries expanded following re-organisation of local authorities and wards in Dorset, bring the electorate within the permitted range.
This area includes the north of the Purbeck Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and two tourist towns, namely Wimborne Minster and Wareham, the latter at one end of Poole Harbour. Income levels are close to the national average, taking into account the high proportion of pensioners living across the area. [3] and levels of rented [4] and social housing [3] are below the national average, particularly levels seen in cities.
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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1997 | Christopher Fraser | Conservative | |
2001 | Annette Brooke | Liberal Democrat | |
2015 | Michael Tomlinson | Conservative | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Candice Johnson-Cole [6] | ||||
SDP | John Dowling [7] | ||||
Green | Ben Pantling [8] | ||||
Reform UK | Graham Sanger [9] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Vikki Slade [10] | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Tomlinson | 29,548 | 60.4 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vikki Slade | 14,650 | 29.9 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Joanne Oldale | 3,402 | 7.0 | -6.3 | |
Green | Natalie Carswell | 1,330 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 14,898 | 30.5 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,930 | 74.8 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Tomlinson | 28,585 | 59.2 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vikki Slade | 13,246 | 27.5 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Steve Brew | 6,423 | 13.3 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 15,339 | 31.7 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,254 | 74.2 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Tomlinson | 23,639 | 50.8 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vikki Slade | 13,109 | 28.2 | −16.9 | |
UKIP | Richard Turner | 5,663 | 12.2 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Patrick Canavan | 2,767 | 6.0 | +0.1 | |
Green | Mark Chivers | 1,321 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 10,530 | 22.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,499 | 72.5 | +8.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +11.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Annette Brooke | 21,100 | 45.1 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Nick King [15] | 20,831 | 44.5 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Darren Brown | 2,748 | 5.9 | −4.2 | |
UKIP | Dave Evans | 2,109 | 4.5 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 269 | 0.6 | −11.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,788 | 64.4 | −4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Annette Brooke | 22,000 | 48.7 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Simon Hayes | 16,518 | 36.6 | −4.5 | |
Labour | Philip Murray | 5,221 | 11.6 | −3.9 | |
UKIP | Avril King | 1,420 | 3.1 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 5,482 | 12.1 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,159 | 68.5 | +2.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Annette Brooke | 18,358 | 42.0 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Christopher Fraser | 17,974 | 41.1 | +0.4 | |
Labour | James Selby-Bennett | 6,765 | 15.5 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | Jeff Mager | 621 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 384 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,718 | 65.6 | −9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.15 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Fraser | 20,632 | 40.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Leaman | 19,951 | 39.3 | ||
Labour | David Collis | 8,014 | 15.8 | ||
Referendum | David Nabarro | 2,136 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 681 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 50,733 | 75.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Lytchett Minster is a village in Dorset, England. It lies around 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Poole town centre. The village forms part of the civil parish of Lytchett Minster and Upton, Upton now being a suburb of Poole.
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