North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°00′21″N 2°11′51″W / 51.0058°N 2.1976°W / 51.0058; -2.1976

North Dorset
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Dorset in Dorset.
Location of Dorset within England.
County	Dorset
Electorate	73,010 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament	Robert Walter (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

North Dorset is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency covers North Dorset local government district and most (geographically) of East Dorset. It is largely rural, with four small market towns: Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, and Sturminster Newton.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1885	Edwin Berkeley Portman	Liberal
	1892	John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby	Conservative
	1905 by-election	Arthur Walters Wills	Liberal
	Jan 1910	Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker, Bt	Conservative
	1918	William Philip Colfox	Conservative
	1922	John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones	Liberal
	1924	Sir Cecil Hanbury	Unionist
	1937 by-election	Angus Valdimar Hambro	Conservative
	1945	Charles Frank Byers, later Baron Byers	Liberal
	1950	Robert Crouch	Conservative
	1957 by-election	Sir Richard Glyn	Conservative
	1970	David James	Conservative
	1979	Nicholas Baker	Conservative
	1997	Robert Walter	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: North Dorset
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Walter	27,640	51.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Emily Gasson	20,015	37.0	-0.9
	Labour	Mike Bunney	2,910	5.4	-4.2
	UKIP	Jeremy Nieboer	2,812	5.2	+1.3
	Green	Anna Hayball	546	1.0	-1.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Roger Monksummers	218	0.4	+0.4
Majority			7,625	14.1
Turnout			54,141	73.5	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Dorset
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Walter	23,714	44.9	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Emily Gasson	21,470	40.7	+2.0
	Labour	John Yarwood	4,596	8.7	-2.5
	UKIP	Richard Frampton Hobbs	1,918	3.6	+1.5
	Green	Ralph Arliss	1,117	2.1	+2.1
Majority			2,244	4.2	-3.8
Turnout			52,815	71.1	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source BBC News, 2005

General Election 2001: North Dorset
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Walter	22,314	46.7	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Emily Gasson	18,517	38.7	-0.4
	Labour	Mark Wareham	5,334	11.2	+0.9
	UKIP	Peter Jenkins	1,019	2.1	+0.6
	Lower Excise Duty Party	Joseph Duthie	391	0.8	N/A
	Independent	Cora Bone	246	0.5	N/A
Majority			3,797	8.0
Turnout			47,821	66.3	-10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: North Dorset[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Baker	34,234	54.6	−2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs LE Siegle	24,154	38.5	+2.1
	Labour	JF Fitzmaurice	4,360	6.9	+0.3
Majority			10,080	16.1	−4.6
Turnout			62,748	81.8	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset

Notes and references

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
3. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.