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| Poole Borough constituency |
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| Poole shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England | |
| Created: | 1455, 1950 |
| MP: | Robert Syms |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Dorset |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Poole is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Col. Mervyn Wheatley | Conservative | |
| 1951 | Richard Pilkington | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Oscar Murton | Conservative | |
| 1979 | John Ward | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Robert Syms | Conservative | |
Election results
| General Election 2005: Poole | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Syms | 17,571 | 43.4 | −1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Plummer | 11,583 | 28.6 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | Darren Brown | 9,376 | 23.1 | −3.8 | |
| UK Independence | John Barnes | 1,436 | 3.5 | +1.0 | |
| British National Party | Peter Pirnie | 547 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,988 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 40,513 | 63.1 | +2.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Poole | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Syms | 17,710 | 45.1 | +3.0 | |
| Labour | David Watt | 10,544 | 26.9 | +5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nick Westbrook | 10,011 | 25.5 | -5.3 | |
| UK Independence | John Bass | 968 | 2.5 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 7,166 | 18.2 | |||
| Turnout | 39,233 | 60.7 | -10.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
| Constituencies in South West England | |
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| Conservative |
Bournemouth East • Bournemouth West • Bridgwater • Christchurch • Cotswold • Devizes • East Devon • Forest of Dean • North Dorset • North Wiltshire • Poole • Salisbury • South West Devon • Tewkesbury • Tiverton and Honiton • Torridge and West Devon • Totnes • Wells • West Dorset • Westbury • Weston-super-Mare • Woodspring |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| Labour | |
| South West England European constituency |
Conservative (3) • UKIP (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • Labour (1) |
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