New Forest (UK Parliament constituency)
New Forest | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
Major settlements | Ringwood, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst, Fordingbridge |
1950–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | New Forest West, New Forest East |
Created from | New Forest and Christchurch |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | New Forest and Christchurch |
New Forest was a county constituency in Hampshire which elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was first created under the Redistribution of Seats Act for the 1885 general election, and was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was partially replaced by the New Forest and Christchurch constituency.
The New Forest constituency was re-established for the 1950 general election, and existed until its abolition for the 1997 general election, when the New Forest East and New Forest West constituencies were created.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Romsey, the Sessional Divisions of Lymington and Ringwood, part of the Sessional Division of Romsey, and the civil parishes of Chilworth and North Shoreham.
1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of Lymington, and the Rural Districts of New Forest, and Ringwood and Fordingbridge.
1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Lymington, the Rural District of Ringwood and Fordingbridge, and part of the Rural District of New Forest.
1974-1983: The Rural Districts of New Forest, and Ringwood and Fordingbridge.
1983-1997: The District of New Forest wards of Barton, Bashley, Becton, Boldre, Bransgore and Sopley, Brockenhurst, Copythorne South, Downlands, Fordingbridge, Forest North, Forest North West, Forest South, Forest West, Hordle, Lymington Town, Lyndhurst, Milford, Milton, Pennington, Ringwood North, Ringwood South, and Sway.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885–1918
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Francis Compton | Conservative | |
1892 | John Douglas-Scott-Montagu | Conservative | |
1905 by-election | Henry Francis Compton | Conservative | |
1906 | Robert Hobart | Liberal | |
Jan 1910 | Walter Perkins | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see New Forest and Christchurch |
MPs 1950–1997
Event | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre | Conservative | Resigned 1968 | |
1968 by-election | Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson | Conservative | ||
1997 | constituency abolished; see New Forest East & New Forest West |
Elections
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hon. John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu | 4,481 | 54.6 | n/a | |
Liberal | Joseph King | 3,726 | 45.4 | n/a | |
Turnout | 8,207 | 81.0 | n/a | ||
Majority | 755 | 9.2 | n/a | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Francis Compton | 4,539 | 51.1 | n/a | |
Liberal | Sir Robert Henry Hobart | 4,340 | 48.9 | n/a | |
Turnout | 8,879 | 82.1 | n/a | ||
Majority | 199 | 2.2 | n/a | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Robert Henry Hobart | 4,949 | 50.2 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Francis Compton | 4,901 | 49.8 | -1.3 | |
Turnout | 9,850 | 89.3 | +7.2 | ||
Majority | 48 | 0.4 | 2.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre | 28,427 | 55.97 | ||
Labour | Aubrey W White | 15,986 | 31.47 | ||
Liberal | Howard Levett Fry | 6,380 | 12.56 | ||
Majority | 12,441 | 24.49 | |||
Turnout | 81.58 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre | 31,574 | 64.29 | ||
Labour | Aubrey W White | 17,537 | 35.71 | ||
Majority | 8,717 | 13.99 | |||
Turnout | 86.30 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre | 27,027 | 68.75 | ||
Labour | Hallam J Barnes | 12,285 | 31.25 | ||
Majority | 14,742 | 37.50 | |||
Turnout | 73.17 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre | 29,949 | 68.67 | ||
Labour | Richard Charles Mitchell | 13,667 | 31.33 | ||
Majority | 16,282 | 37.33 | |||
Turnout | 73.98 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre | 27,884 | 53.31 | ||
Labour | C Bernard Kissen | 12,924 | 24.71 | ||
Liberal | George Nicholas D Locock | 11,497 | 21.98 | ||
Majority | 14,960 | 28.60 | |||
Turnout | 75.84 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre | 27,292 | 51.20 | ||
Labour | Michael H Jones | 14,260 | 26.75 | ||
Liberal | George Nicholas D Locock | 11,757 | 22.05 | ||
Majority | 13,032 | 24.45 | |||
Turnout | 53,309 | 74.16 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 28,025 | 66.27 | +15.07 | |
Liberal | George Nicholas D Locock | 8,430 | 19.93 | -2.12 | |
Labour | Alan Reynard | 5,836 | 13.80 | -12.95 | |
Majority | 19,595 | 46.34 | |||
Turnout | 42,291 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 36,041 | 60.13 | ||
Labour | David Malcolm Offenbach | 13,576 | 22.65 | ||
Liberal | Peter Johnson | 10,322 | 17.22 | ||
Majority | 22,465 | 37.48 | |||
Turnout | 71.85 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 30,567 | 48.92 | ||
Liberal | A Hayes | 19,185 | 30.70 | ||
Labour | MVC Bailey | 12,737 | 20.38 | ||
Majority | 11,382 | 18.21 | |||
Turnout | 80.70 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 28,778 | 49.65 | ||
Liberal | A Hayes | 15,355 | 26.49 | ||
Labour | PJ Brushett | 13,825 | 23.85 | ||
Majority | 13,423 | 23.16 | |||
Turnout | 74.20 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 39,124 | 59.51 | ||
Liberal | M Kyrle | 13,674 | 20.80 | ||
Labour | Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead | 12,950 | 19.70 | ||
Majority | 25,450 | 38.71 | |||
Turnout | 77.23 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 34,157 | 66.37 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | R Harrison | 13,232 | 25.71 | ||
Labour | DT James | 4,075 | 7.92 | ||
Majority | 20,925 | 40.66 | |||
Turnout | 62.10 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 37,188 | 64.67 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | R Karn | 15,456 | 26.88 | ||
Labour | JI Hampton | 4,856 | 8.45 | ||
Majority | 21,732 | 37.79 | |||
Turnout | 76.58 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson | 37,986 | 62.4 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs JK Vernon-Jackson | 17,581 | 28.9 | +2.0 | |
Labour | MJ Shutler | 4,989 | 8.2 | −0.3 | |
Natural Law | Ms. FA Carter | 350 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 20,405 | 33.5 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 60,906 | 80.8 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- 1 2 3 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.