West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Dorset County constituency
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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Richard Farquharson	Conservative
	1895	Sir Robert Williams	Conservative
	1922	Sir (William) Philip Colfox	Conservative
	1941	Simon Wingfield-Digby	Conservative
	Feb. 1974	James Spicer	Conservative
	1997	Oliver Letwin	Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: West Dorset
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
	UK Independence	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
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
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
	UK Independence	P. Jenkins	1,590	3.0
	Natural Law	M. Griffiths	239	0.4
Majority			1,840
Turnout				76.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset

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