Christchurch and Lymington was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Christchurch and Lymington in Hampshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Christchurch and Lymington | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
February 1974–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bournemouth East and Christchurch |
Replaced by | New Forest and Christchurch[1] |
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.
The Boroughs of Christchurch and Lymington.[2]
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Robert Adley | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert James Adley | 25,908 | 58.02 | n/a | |
Liberal | Martin John Kyrle | 11,274 | 25.25 | n/a | |
Labour | Bruce Stanley Reed | 7,471 | 16.73 | n/a | |
Majority | 14,634 | 32.77 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 44,653 | 81.22 | n/a | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert James Adley | 23,728 | 57.42 | -0.60 | |
Liberal | John Madeley | 9,838 | 23.81 | -1.44 | |
Labour | L.K. Hatts | 7,759 | 18.78 | +2.05 | |
Majority | 13,890 | 33.61 | +0.84 | ||
Turnout | 41,325 | 74.73 | -6.49 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.42 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert James Adley | 29,817 | 66.01 | +8.69 | |
Liberal | Robert Harrison | 7,654 | 16.95 | -6.86 | |
Labour | L.K. Hatts | 6,722 | 14.88 | -3.90 | |
Ecology | James Keeling | 975 | 2.16 | new | |
Majority | 22,163 | 49.06 | +15.55 | ||
Turnout | 45,168 | 77.63 | +2.90 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.77 |