| Christchurch and Lymington | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Christchurch and Lymington in Hampshire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
| County | Hampshire |
| February 1974–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Bournemouth East and Christchurch |
| Replaced by | New Forest and Christchurch[1] |
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.
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 Boroughs of Christchurch and Lymington.[2]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Robert Adley | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
References
- ^ "'Christchurch and Lymington', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (New Forest and Christchurch and Lymington) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/607, retrieved 26 February 2023
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