Poole (UK Parliament constituency)
Poole is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Robert Syms, a Conservative.[n 2]
Poole | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Poole in Dorset | |
Location of Dorset within England | |
County | Dorset |
Electorate | 72,773 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Poole |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Robert Syms (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | East Dorset |
1455–1885 | |
Number of members | Two (1455–1868), One (1868–1885) |
Replaced by | East Dorset |
History
The first version of the Poole constituency existed from 1455 until 1885. During this period its exact status was a parliamentary borough, sending two burgesses to Westminster per year, except during its last 17 years when its representation was reduced to one member.
During its abeyance most of Poole was in the East Dorset seat and since its recreation in 1950 its area has been reduced as the harbour town's population has increased.
Boundaries
1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Poole.
1983–1997: The Borough of Poole wards of Broadstone, Canford Cliffs, Canford Heath, Creekmoor, Hamworthy, Harbour, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, and Penn Hill.
1997–2010: The Borough of Poole wards of Bourne Valley, Canford Cliffs, Hamworthy, Harbour, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, and Penn Hill.
2010–present: The Borough of Poole wards of Branksome West, Canford Cliffs, Creekmoor, Hamworthy East, Hamworthy West, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, Penn Hill, and Poole Town.
Constituency profile
The borough is an economically very diverse borough. In the centre and north are a significant minority of Output Areas which in 2001 had high rankings in the Index of Multiple Deprivation, contributing in 2012 with the remainder to producing for Poole the highest unemployment of the constituencies in the county.[2][3] However, Canford Cliffs is epitomised by one sub-neighbourhood, Sandbanks with its multimillion-pound properties, the coastline area has been dubbed as "Britain's Palm Beach" by the national media.[4] Alongside oil extraction, insurance, care, retail and customer service industries choosing the town as their base tourism contributes to overall a higher income than the national average, however the divergence is not statistically significant and the size of homes varies extensively.[3][5]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1455–1629
- Borough established 1455, returning two members
Parliament | First member | Second member | |
---|---|---|---|
1510 | No names known[6] | ||
1512 | Richard Phelips | Ralph Worsley[6] | |
1515 | Richard Phelips | ?[6] | |
1523 | ? | ||
1529 | William Thornhill | William Biddlecombe[6] | |
1536 | ?William Biddlecombe | ?[6] | |
1539 | ?William Biddlecombe | ?[6] | |
1542 | Oliver Lawrence | John Carew[6] | |
1545 | Oliver Lawrence | John Harward[6] | |
1547 | John Hannam | John Harward[6] | |
1553 (Mar) | William Newman | Thomas White[6] | |
1553 (Oct) | Anthony Dillington | John Scryvin | |
Parliament of 1554 | William Wightman | Richard Shaw | |
Parliament of 1554–1555 | Anthony Dillington | Andrew Hourde | |
Parliament of 1555 | Robert Whitt | John Phelips | |
Parliament of 1558 | Thomas Goodwin | Thomas Phelips | |
Parliament of 1559 | Walter Haddon | Humphrey Mitchel | |
Parliament of 1563–1567 | William Green | ||
Parliament of 1571 | George Carleton | William Newman | |
Parliament of 1572–1581 | William Green | John Hastings | |
Parliament of 1584–1585 | Francis Mills | Thomas Vincent | |
Parliament of 1586–1587 | William Fleetwood, junior | ||
Parliament of 1588–1589 | Henry Ashley | Edward Man | |
Parliament of 1593 | James Orrenge | ||
Parliament of 1597–1598 | Roger Mawdeley | ||
Parliament of 1601 | Robert Miller | Thomas Billet | |
Parliament of 1604–1611 | Thomas Robarts | Edward Man | |
Addled Parliament (1614) | Sir Walter Erle | Sir Thomas Walsingham, junior | |
Parliament of 1621–1622 | Sir George Horsey | ||
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) | Edward Pitt | ||
Useless Parliament (1625) | John Pyne | Sir John Cooper | |
Parliament of 1625–1626 | Christopher Erle | ||
Parliament of 1628–1629 | Sir John Cooper | ||
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640 | |||
MPs 1640–1868
MPs 1868–1885
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Arthur Guest | Conservative | |
1874 | Charles Waring | Liberal | |
May 1874 by-election | Hon. Evelyn Ashley | Liberal | |
1880 | Charles Schreiber | Conservative | |
1884 by-election | William James Harris | Conservative | |
1885 | Constituency abolished | ||
MPs since 1950
Election | Member[7] | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Mervyn Wheatley | Conservative | ||
1951 | Richard Pilkington | Conservative | ||
1964 | Oscar Murton | Conservative | Chairman of Ways and Means 1976–79 | |
1979 | John Ward | Conservative | ||
1997 | Sir Robert Syms | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Syms | 29,599 | 58.7 | 0.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Sue Aitkenhead | 10,483 | 20.7 | 8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Collins | 7,819 | 15.5 | 6.6 | |
Green | Barry Harding-Rathbone[28] | 1,702 | 3.4 | 0.8 | |
Independent | David Young[n 3] | 848 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,116 | 38.0 | 9.5 | ||
Turnout | 50,451 | 68.2 | 0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Syms | 28,888 | 57.9 | 7.8 | |
Labour | Katie Taylor | 14,679 | 29.4 | 16.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Plummer | 4,433 | 8.9 | 2.9 | |
Green | Adrian Oliver | 1,299 | 2.6 | 2.0 | |
Demos Direct Initiative | Marty Caine | 551 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,209 | 28.5 | 4.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,850 | 67.5 | 2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Syms | 23,745 | 50.1 | 2.6 | |
UKIP | David Young[30] | 7,956 | 16.8 | 11.5 | |
Labour | Helen Rosser | 6,102 | 12.9 | 0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Eades | 5,572 | 11.8 | 19.8 | |
Green | Adrian Oliver[31] | 2,198 | 4.6 | 4.6 | |
Poole People | Mark Howell[32] | 1,766 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |
Independent | Ian Northover | 54 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 15,789 | 33.3 | 17.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,393 | 65.3 | 8.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Syms | 22,532 | 47.5 | 4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Eades | 14,991 | 31.6 | 2.5 | |
Labour | Jason Sanderson | 6,041 | 12.7 | 10.0 | |
UKIP | Nick Wellstead | 2,507 | 5.3 | 1.8 | |
BNP | David Holmes | 1,188 | 2.5 | 1.2 | |
Independent | Ian Northover | 177 | 0.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 7,541 | 15.9 | 1.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,436 | 73.4 | 9.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Syms | 17,571 | 43.4 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Plummer | 11,583 | 28.6 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Darren Brown | 9,376 | 23.1 | −3.8 | |
UKIP | John Barnes | 1,436 | 3.5 | +1.0 | |
BNP | Peter Pirnie | 547 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,988 | 14.8 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,513 | 63.1 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Syms | 17,710 | 45.1 | +3.0 | |
Labour | David Watt | 10,544 | 26.9 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Westbrook | 10,011 | 25.5 | −5.3 | |
UKIP | John Bass | 968 | 2.5 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 7,166 | 18.2 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,233 | 60.7 | −10.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Syms | 19,726 | 42.14 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Tetlow | 14,428 | 30.82 | ||
Labour | Haydn R White | 10,100 | 21.58 | ||
Referendum | John Riddington | 1,932 | 4.13 | ||
UKIP | Philip Tyler | 487 | 1.04 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Jennifer Rosta | 137 | 0.29 | ||
Majority | 5,298 | 11.32 | |||
Turnout | 46,810 | 71.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ward | 33,445 | 53.2 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | BR Clements | 20,614 | 32.8 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Haydn R White | 6,912 | 11.0 | +1.1 | |
Ind. Conservative | M Steen | 1,620 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Natural Law | AL Bailey | 303 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,831 | 20.4 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 62,894 | 79.4 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ward | 34,159 | 57.50 | ||
SDP | Robert Whitley | 19,351 | 32.57 | ||
Labour | Michael Shutler | 5,901 | 9.93 | ||
Majority | 14,808 | 24.92 | |||
Turnout | 77.49 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ward | 30,358 | 58.31 | ||
Liberal | B Clements | 15,929 | 30.60 | ||
Labour | MV Castle | 5,595 | 10.75 | ||
Servicemen & Citizen Association | A Foster | 177 | 0.34 | ||
Majority | 14,429 | 27.72 | |||
Turnout | 73.60 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ward | 38,846 | 57.01 | ||
Labour | DA Bell | 15,291 | 22.44 | ||
Liberal | B Sutton | 14,001 | 20.55 | ||
Majority | 23,555 | 34.57 | |||
Turnout | 78.13 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oscar Murton | 28,982 | 46.15 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Goode | 17,557 | 27.96 | ||
Labour | GW Hobbs | 16,262 | 25.89 | ||
Majority | 11,425 | 18.19 | |||
Turnout | 75.30 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oscar Murton | 31,156 | 46.04 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Goode | 21,088 | 31.16 | ||
Labour | GW Hobbs | 15,434 | 22.81 | ||
Majority | 10,068 | 14.88 | |||
Turnout | 81.88 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oscar Murton | 31,100 | 53.11 | ||
Labour | Ian S Campbell | 17,610 | 30.07 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Goode | 9,846 | 16.81 | ||
Majority | 13,490 | 23.04 | |||
Turnout | 75.06 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oscar Murton | 25,451 | 47.59 | ||
Labour | David A Sutton | 19,630 | 36.71 | ||
Liberal | Brian S Sherriff | 8,394 | 15.70 | ||
Majority | 5,821 | 10.89 | |||
Turnout | 79.00 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oscar Murton | 24,440 | 46.26 | ||
Labour | Henry Toch | 16,158 | 30.58 | ||
Liberal | Herbert Charles Richard Ballam | 12,234 | 23.16 | ||
Majority | 8,282 | 15.68 | |||
Turnout | 80.05 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Pilkington | 26,956 | 52.84 | ||
Labour | Alan Williams | 15,325 | 30.04 | ||
Liberal | John C Holland | 8,735 | 17.12 | ||
Majority | 11,631 | 22.80 | |||
Turnout | 80.27 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Pilkington | 26,594 | 53.86 | ||
Labour | Frederick Charles Reeves | 17,032 | 34.49 | ||
Liberal | John C Holland | 5,750 | 11.65 | ||
Majority | 9,562 | 19.37 | |||
Turnout | 80.94 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Pilkington | 26,998 | 53.60 | ||
Labour | Leonard Joseph Matchan | 18,346 | 36.42 | ||
Liberal | William Ridgway | 5,029 | 9.98 | ||
Majority | 8,652 | 17.18 | |||
Turnout | 84.97 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Wheatley | 24,344 | 49.37 | ||
Labour | Evelyn King | 17,831 | 36.16 | ||
Liberal | William Ridgway | 7,130 | 14.46 | ||
Majority | 6,513 | 13.21 | |||
Turnout | 87.10 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James Harris | 877 | 51.8 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Thomas Chatfield Clarke[43] | 815 | 48.2 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 62 | 3.6 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,692 | 85.3 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,983 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
- Caused by Schreiber's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Schreiber | 854 | 50.2 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Waring | 848 | 49.8 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,702 | 89.1 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,911 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Evelyn Ashley | 631 | 50.4 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Ivor Guest | 622 | 49.6 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.8 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,253 | 82.1 | -2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,526 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.5 |
- Caused by the election being declared void on petition, after "corrupt conduct and treating".[44]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Waring | 705 | 54.9 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Arthur Guest | 580 | 45.1 | −7.4 | |
Majority | 125 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,285 | 84.2 | −10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,526 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Guest | 623 | 52.5 | +26.5 | |
Liberal | Charles Waring | 563 | 47.5 | −26.5 | |
Majority | 60 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,186 | 94.4 | +11.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,256 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +26.5 | |||
- Seat reduced to one member.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Danby Seymour | 258 | 37.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Charles Waring | 248 | 36.3 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Lewin[45] | 178 | 26.0 | −12.2 | |
Majority | 70 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 431 (est) | 82.7 (est) | +14.7 | ||
Registered electors | 521 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Woodroffe Franklyn | 208 | 38.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Danby Seymour | 193 | 35.5 | −6.9 | |
Liberal | William Taylor Haly | 143 | 26.3 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 15 | 2.8 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 376 (est) | 68.0 (est) | +21.8 | ||
Registered electors | 553 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Danby Seymour | 211 | 42.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Woodroffe Franklyn | 189 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Radical | William Taylor Haly[46][47] | 98 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 249 (est) | 46.2 (est) | |||
Registered electors | 539 | ||||
Majority | 22 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 91 | 18.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Danby Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Woodroffe Franklyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 508 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Peelite |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Danby Seymour | 187 | 52.8 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | John Savage[48] | 167 | 47.2 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 20 | 5.6 | −17.9 | ||
Turnout | 354 | 71.1 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 498 | ||||
Whig gain from Peelite | Swing | −10.0 | |||
- Caused by Robinson's death.
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | George Richard Robinson | 240 | 33.6 | +3.6 | |
Whig | George Philips | 220 | 30.8 | −2.6 | |
Whig | Edward John Hutchins | 203 | 28.4 | −8.2 | |
Radical | Montague Merryweather Turner[49][50] | 52 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 358 (est) | 68.5 (est) | −18.9 | ||
Registered electors | 522 | ||||
Majority | 20 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Peelite gain from Whig | Swing | +7.2 | |||
Majority | 168 | 23.5 | +20.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Ponsonby | 231 | 36.6 | +8.8 | |
Whig | George Philips | 211 | 33.4 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | George Pitt Rose[51] | 189 | 30.0 | −16.4 | |
Majority | 22 | 3.5 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 410 (est) | 87.4 (est) | c. +9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 469 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +8.5 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Ponsonby | 278 | 27.8 | −10.9 | |
Whig | George Philips | 259 | 25.9 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Henry Willoughby | 242 | 24.2 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | John Walsh | 222 | 22.2 | +14.5 | |
Majority | 17 | 1.7 | −11.8 | ||
Turnout | 504 | 78.1 | c. +12.1 | ||
Registered electors | 645 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −10.1 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | 199 | 53.4 | −18.8 | |
Conservative | Colquhoun Grant | 174 | 46.6 | +18.9 | |
Majority | 25 | 6.7 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 373 | 82.9 | c. +16.9 | ||
Registered electors | 450 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −18.9 |
- Caused by John Byng's elevation to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl of Strafford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Byng | 230 | 38.7 | +9.5 | |
Whig | Charles Augustus Tulk | 199 | 33.5 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | John Irving | 119 | 20.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | T Bonar | 46 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 80 | 13.5 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | c. 297 | c. 66.0 | c. −21.4 | ||
Registered electors | 450 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Benjamin Lester Lester | 284 | 44.5 | ||
Whig | John Byng | 186 | 29.2 | ||
Whig | Charles Augustus Tulk | 168 | 26.3 | ||
Majority | 18 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 360 | 87.4 | |||
Registered electors | 412 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Byng | 55 | 56.7 | ||
Whig | Charles Augustus Tulk | 42 | 43.3 | ||
Majority | 13 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 97 | c. 60.6 | |||
Registered electors | c. 160 | ||||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Ponsonby's resignation
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Benjamin Lester Lester | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Ponsonby | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 160 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Benjamin Lester Lester | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Ponsonby | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 160 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Notes and references
- Notes
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every 5 years.
- Having stood for UKIP in 2015 Dr David Young was in September 2019 adopted to be the Brexit Party candidate. Following that party's withdrawal of all its candidates in seats held by the Conservatives he decided to stand as an Independent.
- References
- "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk.
- Morris, Steven. "£3m for modest bungalow needing TLC", The Guardian 2 November 2005.
- "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
- "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- Browne Willis and Cobbett both list Cooper as Poole's MP. Cooper was also elected for Wiltshire, and seems to have been regarded as its Member, but there appears no record of another Member having been elected for Poole in his place
- Cobbett again lists Cooper (elected for Wiltshire) as Poole's MP together with Bond, but Browne Willis gives Fitzjames as the second member
- Succeeded to baronetcy, February 1662
- Expelled from the House of Commons, 15 February 1711, for "great Frauds and Abuses in his Contract for furnishing the Navy with Beer"
- Expelled from the House of Commons, 30 March 1732, for his role in the fraudulent sale of the Earl of Derwentwater's estate
- Major-General from 1758
- On petition, Stuart was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Taylor, was declared elected in his place
- Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 89–90. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- Hall, Catherine; Draper, Nicholas; McClelland, Keith; Donington, Katie; Lang, Rachel (2014). "Appendix 4: MPs 1832–80 in the compensation records". Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-107-04005-2. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- Dod, Charles Roger (1843). "House of Commons". The Parliamentary Companion, Volume 11. London: Whitaker & Company. pp. 133, 222. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). "House of Commons". The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. pp. 148, 205–206. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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