Coordinates: 50°47′20″N 2°35′53″W / 50.7889°N 2.5980°W
| West Dorset County constituency |
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| West Dorset shown within Dorset, and Dorset shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Oliver Letwin |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Dorset |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
West Dorset is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which covers almost the same geographical area as the West Dorset district.
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Boundaries
The West Dorset constituency covers most of the West Dorset administrative district of Dorset County Council and includes the towns of Dorchester, the county town of Dorset; Bridport, Lyme Regis and Beaminster to the west and Sherborne to the north. The constituency is mainly rural and its coastline forms part of the Jurassic Coast, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Henry Richard Farquharson | Conservative | |
| 1895 by-election | Sir Robert Williams | Conservative | |
| 1922 | Sir (William) Philip Colfox | Conservative | |
| 1941 by-election | Simon Wingfield-Digby | Conservative | |
| Feb 1974 | Sir Jim Spicer | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Oliver Letwin | Conservative | |
Election results
| General Election 2010: West Dorset | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Oliver Letwin | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Sue Farrant | ||||
| Labour | Steve Bick | ||||
| UKIP | Oliver Chisholm | ||||
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| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| [[|Template:/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2005: West Dorset | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Oliver Letwin | 24,763 | 46.5 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Justine McGuinness | 22,302 | 41.9 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | Dave Roberts | 4,124 | 7.7 | −5.9 | |
| UKIP | Linda Guest | 1,084 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Susan Greene | 952 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,461 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 53,225 | 76.3 | +6.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: West Dorset | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Oliver Letwin | 22,126 | 44.6 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Simon Green | 20,712 | 41.8 | +4.1 | |
| Labour | Richard Hyde | 6,733 | 13.6 | -4.1 | |
| Majority | 1,414 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 49,571 | 69.5 | -6.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: West Dorset | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Oliver Letwin | 22,036 | 41.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Robin Legg | 20,196 | 37.7 | ||
| Labour | Robert Bygraves | 9,491 | 17.7 | ||
| UKIP | P. Jenkins | 1,590 | 3.0 | ||
| Natural Law | M. Griffiths | 239 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 1,840 | ||||
| Turnout | 76.1 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
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