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North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | North Dorset | ||
| parliament | uk | ||
| image2 | [[File:South West England - North Dorset constituency.svg | 255px | alt=Map of constituency]] |
| caption2 | Boundary of North Dorset in South West England | ||
| year | 1885 | ||
| type | County | ||
| elects_howmany | One | ||
| electorate | 72,109 (2023){{cite web | url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-west/#lg_north-devon-cc-76455 | |
| title | The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West | ||
| publisher | Boundary Commission for England | ||
| access-date | 28 June 2024 | ||
| df | dmy | ||
| mp | Simon Hoare | ||
| party | Conservative | ||
| region | England | ||
| county | Dorset | ||
| towns | Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Sturminster Newton and Verwood | ||
| european | South West England |
|access-date=28 June 2024 North Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Simon Hoare of the Conservative Party.
History
This seat was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, since which it has been won at elections by candidates from only two parties. For nineteen of the years between 1885 and 1950, North Dorset was represented by Liberals, and at all other times since 1885 it has been represented by Conservatives. It is historically one of Labour's weakest seats in the country - for example, it gave the party its lowest vote share out of all the seats it contested in 1950 and 1951.
Constituency profile
The constituency covers North Dorset local government district and most (geographically) of East Dorset. It is largely rural, with a lower than average proportion of social housing and five small towns shown in the infobox. The largest town is Verwood, and the most central is the market town of Blandford Forum, north of the port of Poole.
Boundaries
1885–1918: The Borough of Shaftesbury, the Sessional Divisions of Blandford, Shaftesbury, and Sturminster, and part of the Sessional Division of Sherborne.
1918–1950: The Boroughs of Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury, the Urban District of Sherborne, the Rural Districts of Blandford, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, and Sturminster, and part of the Rural District of Wimborne and Cranborne.
1950–1974: The Boroughs of Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury, the Urban District of Wimborne Minster, and the Rural Districts of Blandford, Shaftesbury, Sturminster, and Wimborne and Cranborne.
1974–1983: As 1950 but with redrawn boundaries.
1983–1997: The District of North Dorset, the District of Wimborne wards of Colehill, Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, Corfe Mullen South, Crane, Holt, Sixpenny Handley, Sturminster Marshall, Vale of Allen, and Wimborne Minster, and the District of Purbeck wards of Lytchett Matravers and Lytchett Minster.
1997–2010: The District of North Dorset, and the District of East Dorset wards of Colehill, Crane, Holt, Longham, Sixpenny Handley, Stapehill, Sturminster Marshall, Vale of Allen, and Wimborne Minster.
2010–2024: The District of North Dorset, and the District of East Dorset wards of Alderholt, Crane, Handley Vale, Holt, Stour, Three Cross and Potterne, Verwood Dewlands, Verwood Newtown, and Verwood Stephen's Castle.
2024–present: The District of Dorset wards of Beacon, Blackmore Vale, Blandford, Cranborne & Alderholt, Cranborne Chase, Gillingham, Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants, Puddletown & Lower Winterborne, Shaftesbury Town, Stalbridge & Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Verwood, and Winterborne North.
Minor changes following re-organisation of local authorities and wards in Dorset.
Members of Parliament
| Election | d | 2 | date=March 2012}} | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 1885 | Edwin Berkeley Portman | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1892 | John Wingfield Digby | ||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 1905 by-election | Arthur Walters Wills | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | January 1910 | Sir Randolf Baker | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1918 | Philip Colfox | ||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 1922 | John Emlyn-Jones | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1924 | Sir Cecil Hanbury | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1937 by-election | Angus Hambro | ||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 1945 | Frank Byers | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1950 | Robert Crouch | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1957 by-election | Richard Glyn | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1970 | David James | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1979 | Sir Nicholas Baker | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1997 | Robert Walter | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 2015 | Simon Hoare |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
|reg. electors = 72,690
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 34,085 | 63.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 10,890 | 20.4 | |
| Labour | 6,379 | 11.9 | |
| Green | 2,110 | 3.9 | |
| Turnout | 53,464 | 74.1 | |
| Electorate | 72,109 |
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
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;
- Conservative: Angus Hambro
- Liberal: Frank Byers
- Labour: CL Lander
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
|reg. electors = 31,684
|reg. electors = 25,616
|reg. electors = 25,160
|reg. electors = 24,539
Elections in the 1910s
|reg. electors = 24,334
|reg. electors = 8,616
|reg. electors = 8,616
Elections in the 1900s
|reg. electors = 8,490
|reg. electors = 8,338
|reg. electors = 8,318
Elections in the 1890s
|reg. electors = 8,714
Elections in the 1880s
|reg. electors = 8,522
|reg. electors = 8,522
Notes
References
References
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- {{Rayment-hc. d. 2. (March 2012)
- "Dorset Council - Statement of Persons Nominated (North Dorset)".
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- "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". [[UK Parliament]].
- "Statement of Persons Nominated".
- "General election 8 June 2017".
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- (31 January 2015). "Simon Hoare chosen as the Conservative candidate for Dorset North". Conservative Home.
- "UK Polling Report".
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- "Kim Fendley". Labour.
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- "Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- The Liberal Magazine, 1939
- Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- British parliamentary election results 1818-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
- British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
- (22 Jul 1886). "Local Elections: North Dorset". The Salisbury Times.
- (9 Oct 1885). "Great Conservative Picnic and Demonstration at Sherborne". [[Western Gazette]].
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