New Forest (UK Parliament constituency)

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New Forest
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
NewForest1983Constituency.svg
New Forest in Hampshire, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997
County Hampshire
Major settlements Ringwood, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst, Fordingbridge
1950–1997
SeatsOne
Created from New Forest and Christchurch
Replaced by New Forest West, New Forest East
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Created from South Hampshire
Replaced by New Forest and Christchurch

New Forest was a county constituency in south-west Hampshire which elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

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 seat was re-established for the 1950 general election and those thereafter, was significantly cut in size on the creation of the seat of Romsey in 1983 and was abolished for the 1997 general election, when the New Forest East and New Forest West seats were created using its remaining components.

In the British TV series House of Cards, this was the constituency represented by the main character, Francis Urquhart.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The 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 Borough of Lymington, and the Rural Districts of New Forest, and Ringwood and Fordingbridge.

1955–1974: The 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. [1]

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

ElectionMember [2] 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 Frank Perkins Conservative
1918 constituency abolished: see New Forest and Christchurch

MPs 1950–1997

EventMember [2] PartyNotes
1950 Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre Conservative Resigned October 1968
1968 by-election Patrick McNair-Wilson Conservative
1997 constituency abolished; see New Forest East & New Forest West

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: New Forest [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Compton 4,281 54.9
Liberal Henry Mason Bompas [4] 3,51145.1
Majority7709.8
Turnout 7,79283.3
Registered electors 9,353
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: New Forest [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Compton Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election January 1892: New Forest [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Douglas-Scott-Montagu 4,481 54.6 N/A
Liberal Joseph King 3,72645.4New
Majority7559.2N/A
Turnout 8,20781.0N/A
Registered electors 10,126
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election January 1895: New Forest [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Douglas-Scott-Montagu Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: New Forest [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Douglas-Scott-Montagu Unopposed
Conservative hold
1905 New Forest by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Francis Compton 4,539 51.1 N/A
Liberal Robert Hobart 4,34048.9New
Majority1992.2N/A
Turnout 8,87982.1N/A
Registered electors 10,818
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election January 1906: New Forest [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Hobart 4,949 50.2 N/A
Conservative Henry Francis Compton 4,90149.8N/A
Majority480.4N/A
Turnout 9,85089.3N/A
Registered electors 11,030
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: New Forest [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Frank Perkins 6,516 59.6 +9.8
Liberal Robert Hobart 4,42340.4−9.8
Majority2,09319.2N/A
Turnout 10,93990.3+1.0
Registered electors 12,118
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.8
General election December 1910: New Forest [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Frank Perkins Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre 28,42755.97
Labour Aubrey W White15,98631.47'New
Liberal Howard Fry 6,38012.56New
Majority12,44124.50
Turnout 50,79381.58
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre 31,57464.29
Labour Aubrey W White17,53735.71
Majority8,71728.58
Turnout 49,11186.30
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre 27,02768.75
Labour Hallam J Barnes12,28531.25
Majority14,74237.50
Turnout 39,31273.17
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre 29,94968.67
Labour Bob Mitchell 13,66731.33
Majority16,28237.34
Turnout 43,61673.98
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre 27,88453.31
Labour C Bernard Kissen12,92424.71
Liberal George Nicholas D Locock11,49721.98New
Majority14,96028.60
Turnout 52,30575.84
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre 27,29251.20
Labour Michael H Jones14,26026.75
Liberal George Nicholas D Locock11,75722.05
Majority13,03224.45
Turnout 53,30974.16
Conservative hold Swing
1968 New Forest by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick McNair-Wilson 28,02566.27+15.07
Liberal George Nicholas D Locock8,43019.93-2.12
Labour Alan Reynard5,83613.80-12.95
Majority19,59546.34
Turnout 42,291
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick McNair-Wilson 36,04160.13
Labour David Malcolm Offenbach13,57622.65
Liberal Peter Johnson10,32217.22
Majority22,46537.48
Turnout 59,93971.85
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick McNair-Wilson 30,56748.92
Liberal A Hayes19,18530.70
Labour MVC Bailey12,73720.38
Majority11,38218.21
Turnout 62,48980.70
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick McNair-Wilson 28,77849.65
Liberal A Hayes15,35526.49
Labour PJ Brushett13,82523.85
Majority13,42323.16
Turnout 57,95874.20
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: New Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick McNair-Wilson 39,12459.51
Liberal M Kyrle13,67420.80
Labour Alan Whitehead 12,95019.70
Majority25,45038.71
Turnout 65,74877.23
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: New Forest [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick McNair-Wilson 34,15766.37
Alliance Robin Harrison13,23225.71
Labour David James4,0757.92
Majority20,92540.66
Turnout 51,46462.10
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1987: New Forest [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick McNair-Wilson 37,18864.67
Alliance Roger Karn15,45626.88
Labour James Hampton4,8568.45
Majority21,73237.79
Turnout 57,50076.58
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: New Forest [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick McNair-Wilson 37,986 62.4 −2.3
Liberal Democrats JK Vernon-Jackson17,58128.9+2.0
Labour MJ Shutler4,9898.2−0.2
Natural Law FA Carter3500.6New
Majority20,40533.5−4.3
Turnout 60,90680.8+4.2
Conservative hold Swing −2.1

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (New Forest and Christchurch and Lymington) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1973/607, retrieved 26 February 2023
  2. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 by Craig
  4. ↑ "Polling in The Boroughs" . London Evening Standard . 28 November 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 4 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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