Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)
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Christchurch and Lymington | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons |
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February 1974–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Christchurch and Lymington was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Christchurch and Lymington in Hampshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Christchurch constituency.
Boundaries
The Municipal Boroughs of Christchurch and Lymington.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Robert Adley | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Adley | 29,817 | 66.01 | ||
Liberal | F. Harrison | 7,654 | 16.95 | ||
Labour | L.K. Hatts | 6,722 | 14.88 | ||
Ecology | J. Keeling | 975 | 2.16 | ||
Majority | 22,163 | 49.07 | |||
Turnout | 77.63 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Adley | 23,728 | 57.42 | ||
Liberal | J. Madeley | 9,838 | 23.81 | ||
Labour | L.K. Hatts | 7,759 | 16.70 | ||
Majority | 13,890 | 33.61 | |||
Turnout | 74.73 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Adley | 25,908 | 58.02 | ||
Liberal | M. Kyrle | 11,274 | 25.25 | ||
Labour | B.S. Reed | 7,471 | 16.73 | ||
Majority | 14,634 | 32.77 | |||
Turnout | 81.22 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
References
Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
- Politics of Christchurch, Dorset