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Christchurch - History
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| Established | June 09, 1983 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RBH May 28, 2021 01:03pm |
| Description | This constituency covers much more than the town of Christchurch itself. To the north-west of the town are such centres as Hurn, Ferndown and Verwood on the northern boundary. The seat includes Bournemouth's International Airport and there are some defence-related industries based here. It is predominantly a retirement area and in fact is home to the highest proportion of pensioners of any seat in the country. Most of the electorate are homeowners and it has the second lowest proportion of council tenants in the UK. As such, it is generally regarded as safe Tory territory. As part of an earlier Bournemouth seat, it was represented by Nigel Nicholson, the son of Vita Sackville West and Sir Harold Nicholson, during the 1950s. From February 1974 the constituency was represented by Sir Robert Adley, whose sudden death in May 1993 led to one of the most spectacular by-election results in political history when the Conservative government suffered a 35% swing to cede the seat to the Lib Dems' Diana Maddock. However, this proved to be an unsustainable anomaly and Christopher Chope reclaimed the seat in 1997 with a relatively slender majority of 3.9%. In 2001, this leapt back up to 27.3%. |
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| Date |
Type |
Results
[Show Primaries]
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| Jul 04, 2024 |
General Election |
| | Christopher Chope(I)
16,941
35.79%
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| Mike Cox
9,486
20.04%
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| Robin Thomas Adamson
8,961
18.93%
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| Joanna Claire Howard
7,762
16.40%
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| Susan Graham
1,900
4.01%
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| Simon Jonathan McCormack
1,728
3.65%
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| Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi
335
0.71%
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| | | Steve Unwin
163
0.34%
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| Trevor Parsons
59
0.12%
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| Dec 12, 2019 |
General Election |
| | Christopher Chope(I)
33,894
65.24%
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| Mike Cox
9,277
17.86%
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| Andrew Dunne
6,568
12.64%
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| Chris Rigby
2,212
4.26%
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| Jun 08, 2017 |
General Election |
| | Christopher Chope(I)
35,230
69.58%
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| Patrick Canavan
10,059
19.87%
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| Mike Cox
4,020
7.94%
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| Chris Rigby
1,324
2.61%
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| May 07, 2015 |
General Election |
| | Christopher Chope(I)
28,887
58.11%
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| Robin Grey
10,663
21.45%
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| Andrew Satherley
4,745
9.55%
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| Andy Canning
3,263
6.56%
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| Shona Dunn
2,149
4.32%
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| May 06, 2010 |
General Election |
| | Christopher Chope(I)
27,888
56.44%
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| Martyn Hurll
12,478
25.25%
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| Robert Deeks
4,849
9.81%
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| David Williams
4,201
8.50%
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| May 05, 2005 |
General Election |
| | Christopher Chope(I)
28,208
54.70%
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| Diana (Leslie) Coman
12,649
24.53%
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| James "Jim" King
8,051
15.61%
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| David Hughes
2,657
5.15%
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| Jun 07, 2001 |
General Election |
| | Christopher Chope(I)
27,306
55.09%
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| Dorothy Webb
13,762
27.76%
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| Judith Begg
7,506
15.14%
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| Margaret Strange
993
2.00%
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| May 01, 1997 |
General Election |
| | Christopher Chope
26,095
46.43%
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| Diana Maddock(I)
23,930
42.58%
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| Charles Mannan
3,884
6.91%
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| Ray Spencer
1,684
3.00%
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| Ronald H. Dickinson
606
1.08%
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| Jul 29, 1993 |
By-election |
| | Diana Maddock
33,164
62.16%
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| Robert A. Hayward
16,737
31.37%
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| Nigel Lickley
1,453
2.72%
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| Alan Sked
878
1.65%
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| Screaming Lord Sutch
404
0.76%
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| Andrew Bannon
357
0.67%
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| Peter Newman
80
0.15%
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| | | Tara Bardot-Jackson
67
0.13%
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| Peter A. Hollyman
60
0.11%
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| John Crockard
48
0.09%
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| Mark Griffiths
45
0.08%
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| Mark Belcher
23
0.04%
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| Karl Fitzhugh
18
0.03%
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| | | John Walley
16
0.03%
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| Apr 09, 1992 |
General Election |
| | Robert Adley(I)
36,627
63.53%
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| Dennis Bussey
13,612
23.61%
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| Alan Lloyd
6,997
12.14%
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| J. T. Barratt
243
0.42%
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| A. D. Wareham
175
0.30%
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| Jun 11, 1987 |
General Election |
| | Robert Adley(I)
35,656
65.89%
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| Hilary McKenzie
13,282
24.55%
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| Caralyn Longhurst
5,174
9.56%
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| Jun 09, 1983 |
General Election |
| | Robert Adley(I)
31,722
67.07%
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| Stephen Alexander
11,984
25.34%
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| John Mitchell
3,590
7.59%
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