Coordinates: 50°42′01″N 2°04′09″W / 50.7004°N 2.0693°W
| Mid Dorset and North Poole County constituency |
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| Mid Dorset and North Poole shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Annette Brooke |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Dorset |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Mid Dorset and North Poole is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of North Dorset, Bournemouth West, South Dorset and Poole. Its current boundaries take in parishes from three districts; namely Purbeck, Poole, and East Dorset. Main population centres include Merley, Broadstone, Corfe Mullen, Bere Regis, and Wareham.
Boundary changes in place for the 2010 general election see Wimborne Minster moved into the constituency from North Dorset with other boundary alterations to take into account any district ward changes.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Christopher Fraser | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Annette Brooke | Liberal Democrat | |
Election results
| General Election 2010: Mid Dorset and North Poole [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Annette Brooke | ||||
| UKIP | Dave Evans | ||||
| Conservative | Nick King | ||||
| Labour | Chris Thompson | ||||
| General Election 2005: Mid Dorset and North Poole | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||
| Turnout | 45,159 | 68.5 | +2.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Mid Dorset and North Poole | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | N/A | |
| Majority | 384 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 43,718 | 65.6 | -9.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Mid Dorset and North Poole UK Polling
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