New Forest (UK Parliament constituency)
New Forest | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() New Forest in Hampshire, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997 | |
County | Hampshire |
Major settlements | Ringwood, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst, Fordingbridge |
1950–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | New Forest and Christchurch |
Replaced by | New Forest West, New Forest East |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
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.
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
[edit]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
[edit]MPs 1885–1918
[edit]Election | Member[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
[edit]Event | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Compton | 4,281 | 54.9 | ||
Liberal | Henry Mason Bompas[4] | 3,511 | 45.1 | ||
Majority | 770 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,792 | 83.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,353 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Compton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Douglas-Scott-Montagu | 4,481 | 54.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Joseph King | 3,726 | 45.4 | New | |
Majority | 755 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,207 | 81.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,126 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Douglas-Scott-Montagu | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Douglas-Scott-Montagu | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Francis Compton | 4,539 | 51.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Robert Hobart | 4,340 | 48.9 | New | |
Majority | 199 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,879 | 82.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,818 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Hobart | 4,949 | 50.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Francis Compton | 4,901 | 49.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 48 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,850 | 89.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,030 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Frank Perkins | 6,516 | 59.6 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Robert Hobart | 4,423 | 40.4 | −9.8 | |
Majority | 2,093 | 19.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,939 | 90.3 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,118 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Frank Perkins | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre | 28,427 | 55.97 | ||
Labour | Aubrey W White | 15,986 | 31.47 | ||
Liberal | Howard Fry | 6,380 | 12.56 | ||
Majority | 12,441 | 24.50 | |||
Turnout | 50,793 | 81.58 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre | 31,574 | 64.29 | ||
Labour | Aubrey W White | 17,537 | 35.71 | ||
Majority | 8,717 | 28.58 | |||
Turnout | 49,111 | 86.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre | 27,027 | 68.75 | ||
Labour | Hallam J Barnes | 12,285 | 31.25 | ||
Majority | 14,742 | 37.50 | |||
Turnout | 39,312 | 73.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre | 29,949 | 68.67 | ||
Labour | Bob Mitchell | 13,667 | 31.33 | ||
Majority | 16,282 | 37.34 | |||
Turnout | 43,616 | 73.98 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre | 27,884 | 53.31 | ||
Labour | C Bernard Kissen | 12,924 | 24.71 | ||
Liberal | George Nicholas D Locock | 11,497 | 21.98 | New | |
Majority | 14,960 | 28.60 | |||
Turnout | 52,305 | 75.84 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver 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 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 | +21.89 | ||
Turnout | 42,291 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick 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 | 59,939 | 71.85 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick 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 | 62,489 | 80.70 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick 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 | 57,958 | 74.20 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McNair-Wilson | 39,124 | 59.51 | ||
Liberal | M Kyrle | 13,674 | 20.80 | ||
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 12,950 | 19.70 | ||
Majority | 25,450 | 38.71 | |||
Turnout | 65,748 | 77.23 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McNair-Wilson | 34,157 | 66.37 | ||
Alliance | Robin Harrison | 13,232 | 25.71 | ||
Labour | David James | 4,075 | 7.92 | ||
Majority | 20,925 | 40.66 | |||
Turnout | 51,464 | 62.10 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McNair-Wilson | 37,188 | 64.67 | ||
Alliance | Roger Karn | 15,456 | 26.88 | ||
Labour | James Hampton | 4,856 | 8.45 | ||
Majority | 21,732 | 37.79 | |||
Turnout | 57,500 | 76.58 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McNair-Wilson | 37,986 | 62.4 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | JK Vernon-Jackson | 17,581 | 28.9 | +2.0 | |
Labour | MJ Shutler | 4,989 | 8.2 | −0.2 | |
Natural Law | FA Carter | 350 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 20,405 | 33.5 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 60,906 | 80.8 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1 |
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (New Forest and Christchurch and Lymington) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/607, retrieved 26 February 2023
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 by Craig
- ^ "Polling in The Boroughs". London Evening Standard. 28 November 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 4 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.