Christchurch (constituency)

Christchurch
Christchurch
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
	Boundary of Christchurch in South West England
County	1983–present: Dorset; 1572–1918: Hampshire
Population	83,596 (2011 census)
Electorate	71,598 (2023)
Major settlements	Christchurch
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset, New Forest
1572–1918
Seats	1572–1832: Two; 1832–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	New Forest and Christchurch and Bournemouth

Christchurch is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Christopher Chope of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

County1983–present: Dorset
1572–1918: Hampshire

Population83,596 (2011 census)^[1]

Electorate71,598 (2023)^[2]

Major settlementsChristchurch

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Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1571	Andrew Rogers	John Hyett
Parliament of 1572–1581	Henry Knollys	Matthew Evans
Parliament of 1584–1585	Alexander Nevill
Parliament of 1586–1587	Henry Ashley
Parliament of 1588–1589	Justinian Champernoun	Sampson Lennard
Parliament of 1593	John Herbert	John Agmondesham^[4]
Parliament of 1597–1598	Simon Willis	Andrew Rogers
Parliament of 1601	Simon Willis	Henry Meere
Parliament of 1604–1611	Richard Martin	Nicholas Hyde
Addled Parliament (1614)	Sir Thomas Norton	Henry Breton
Parliament of 1621–1622	Sir George Hastings	Nathaniel Tomkins
Happy Parliament (1624–1625)	Sir George Astmyll
Useless Parliament (1625)	Sir Thomas Wilford
Parliament of 1625–1626	Robert Mason
Parliament of 1628–1629	Henry Croke
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

Year		First member^[5]	First party		Second member^[5]	Second party
April 1640		Arnold Herbert			Henry Tulse
November 1640		Matthew Davies	Royalist		Henry Tulse
1642		Matthew Davies	Royalist	Tulse died September(?) 1642 – seat left vacant
March 1643	Davies disabled from sitting – seat vacant			Tulse died September(?) 1642 – seat left vacant
1645		Richard Edwards	Parliamentarian		John Kempe	Parliamentarian
December 1648		Richard Edwards	Parliamentarian	Kempe not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653	Christchurch was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659		John Bulkeley			Henry Tulse
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
March 1660		John Hildesley			Henry Tulse
1661		Humphrey Weld
February 1679		Sir Thomas Clarges
August 1679					George Fulford
1685					Anthony Ettrick
1689		Francis Gwyn			William Ettrick
1695		Viscount Cornbury
1701		Francis Gwyn
1710		(Sir) Peter Mews^[6]
1717					Francis Gwyn^[7]
1724 by-election					Edward Prideaux Gwyn
1726 by-election		Jacob Banks			Edward Prideaux Gwyn
1727		Joseph Hinxman			Charles Wither
1732 by-election					Philip Lloyd
1734					Edward Hooper
1740 by-election		(Sir) Charles Armand Powlett^[8]			Edward Hooper
1748 by-election		(Sir) Charles Armand Powlett^[8]			Sir Thomas Robinson
1751 by-election		Harry Powlett
1754		Hon. John Mordaunt
1761		Hon. Thomas Robinson			James Harris	Whig
November 1770 by-election		James Harris (junior)	Whig
1774		Hon. Thomas Villiers^[9]	Tory
1780		Sir James Harris	Whig
1781 by-election		Sir James Harris	Whig		(Sir) John Frederick^[10]
1788 by-election		Hans Sloane	Tory^[11]		(Sir) John Frederick^[10]
1790		Hans Sloane	Tory^[11]		George Rose	Tory^[11]
1796		William Stewart Rose	Tory^[11]
May 1800 by-election		William Chamberlayne
1802		William Sturges Bourne	Tory^[11]
1812		William Edward Tomline	Tory^[11]
March 1818 by-election		William Edward Tomline	Tory^[11]		Sir George Henry Rose	Tory^[11]
June 1818		William Sturges Bourne	Tory^[11]
1826		George Pitt Rose	Tory^[11]
1832	Representation reduced to one member

	Member^[12]^[5]	Party
1832	Sir George Tapps-Gervis	Conservative
1837	Sir George Henry Rose	Conservative
1844	Hon. Edward Harris	Conservative
1852	John Edward Walcott	Conservative
1868	Edmund Haviland-Burke	Liberal
1874	Sir Henry Drummond Wolff	Conservative
1880	Horace Davey	Liberal
1885	Charles Young	Conservative
1892	Abel Henry Smith	Conservative
1900	Kenneth Balfour	Conservative
1906	Arthur Acland Allen	Liberal
1910	Henry Page Croft	Conservative
1917	Henry Page Croft	National
1918	constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	16,941	35.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cox	9,486	20.0
	Reform	Robin Adamson	8,961	18.9
	Labour	Joanna Howard	7,762	16.4
	Green	Susan Graham	1,900	4.0
	Independent	Simon McCormack	1,728	3.7
	Animal Welfare	Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi	335	0.7
	UKIP	Steve Unwin	163	0.3
	SDP	Trevor Parsons	59	0.1
Majority			7,455	15.8
Turnout			47,335	66.6
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	33,894	65.2	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cox	9,277	17.9	+10.0
	Labour	Andrew Dunne	6,568	12.6	−7.3
	Green	Chris Rigby	2,212	4.3	+1.7
Majority			24,617	47.3	−2.4
Turnout			51,951	72.6	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.2

Christchurch (constituency)

History

Boundaries

Constituency profile

Members of Parliament

Parliamentary borough (1572–1918)

MPs 1571–1640

MPs 1640–1832

MPs 1832–1918

County constituency

MPs since 1983

Elections 1983–present

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Election results 1868–1918

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Election results 1832–1868

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections before 1832

Neighbouring constituencies

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Christchurch
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Christchurch in South West England
County	1983–present: Dorset 1572–1918: Hampshire
Population	83,596 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	71,598 (2023)^[2]
Major settlements	Christchurch
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset, New Forest
1572–1918
Seats	1572–1832: Two 1832–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	New Forest and Christchurch and Bournemouth

	Member^[13]^[5]	Party
1983	Robert Adley	Conservative
1993 by-election	Diana Maddock	Liberal Democrat
1997	Sir Christopher Chope	Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	35,230	69.6	+11.5
	Labour	Patrick Canavan	10,059	19.9	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cox	4,020	7.9	+1.3
	Green	Chris Rigby	1,324	2.6	−1.7
Majority			25,171	49.7	+13.1
Turnout			50,633	72.0	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	28,887	58.1	+1.7
	UKIP	Robin Grey	10,663	21.5	+13.0
	Labour	Andrew Satherley	4,745	9.5	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Canning	3,263	6.6	−18.7
	Green	Shona Dunn	2,149	4.3	N/A
Majority			18,224	36.6	+5.5
Turnout			49,707	71.7	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	27,888	56.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Hurll	12,478	25.3
	Labour	Robert Deeks	4,849	9.8
	UKIP	David Williams	4,201	8.5
Majority			15,410	31.1
Turnout			49,416	71.8
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	28,208	54.7	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Coman	12,649	24.5	−3.3
	Labour	Jim King	8,051	15.6	+0.5
	UKIP	David Hughes	2,657	5.2	+3.2
Majority			15,559	30.2	+2.9
Turnout			51,565	69.6	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	27,306	55.1	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Webb	13,762	27.8	−14.8
	Labour	Judith Begg	7,506	15.1	+8.2
	UKIP	Margaret Strange	993	2.0	+0.9
Majority			13,544	27.3	+23.5
Turnout			49,567	67.5	−11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Chope	26,095	46.4
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Maddock	23,930	42.6
	Labour	Charles Mannan	3,884	6.9
	Referendum	Ray Spencer	1,684	3.0
	UKIP	R.H. Dickinson	606	1.1
Majority			2,165	3.8
Turnout			56,199	78.5
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Maddock	33,164	62.2	+38.6
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	16,737	31.4	−32.1
	Labour	Nigel Lickley	1,453	2.7	−9.4
	Anti-Federalist League	Alan Sked	878	1.6	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	404	0.8	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	Andrew Bannon	357	0.7	N/A
	Sack Graham Taylor	Peter G. Newman	80	0.2	N/A
	Buy the Daily Sport	Tara Bardot-Jackson	67	0.1	N/A
	Save the National Health Service	Peter A. Hollyman	60	0.1	N/A
	Highlander IV Wednesday Promotion	John P. Crockard	48	0.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Mark Griffiths	45	0.1	−0.3
	Ian For King	Mark Belcher	23	0.0	N/A
	Alfred The Chicken	Karl Fitzhugh	18	0.0	N/A
	Rainbow Alliance	John R. Walley	16	0.0	N/A
Majority			16,427	30.8	N/A
Turnout			53,350	74.2	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+35.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	36,627	63.5	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Bussey	13,612	23.6	−0.9
	Labour	Alan Lloyd	6,997	12.1	+2.5
	Natural Law	James Barratt	243	0.4	N/A
	Chauvinist Raving Alliance	Adrian Wareham	175	0.3	N/A
Majority			23,015	39.9	−1.5
Turnout			57,654	80.7	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

General election 1987: Christchurch^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	35,656	65.9	−1.2
	SDP	Hilary McKenzie	13,282	24.5	−0.8
	Labour	Caralyn Longhurst	5,174	9.6	+2.0
Majority			22,374	41.4	−0.4
Turnout			54,112	76.3	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.0

General election 1868: Christchurch ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmund Haviland-Burke	609	52.1	+11.7
	Conservative	Henry Drummond Wolff	560	47.9	−11.7
Majority			49	4.2	N/A
Turnout			1,169	88.0	+3.5
Registered electors			1,329
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.7

General election 1874: Christchurch ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Drummond Wolff	978	61.7	+13.8
	Liberal	Clement Milward^[27]	607	38.3	−13.8
Majority			371	23.4	N/A
Turnout			1,585	86.6	−1.4
Registered electors			1,831
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.8

General election 1880: Christchurch ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Horace Davey	1,185	51.5	+13.2
	Conservative	John Edwards-Moss^[28]	1,117	48.5	−13.2
Majority			68	3.0	N/A
Turnout			2,302	90.1	+3.5
Registered electors			2,555
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	31,722	67.1
	SDP	Stephen Alexander	11,984	25.3
	Labour	John Mitchell	3,590	7.6
Majority			19,738	41.8
Turnout			47,296	72.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Young	2,184	52.1	+3.6
	Liberal	Horace Davey	2,006	47.9	−3.6
Majority			178	4.2	N/A
Turnout			4,190	90.6	+0.5
Registered electors			4,626
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Young	2,072	53.1	+1.0
	Liberal	Alpheus Morton	1,833	46.9	−1.0
Majority			239	6.2	+2.0
Turnout			3,905	84.4	−6.2
Registered electors			4,626
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abel Henry Smith	2,803	51.9	−1.2
	Liberal	Banister Fletcher	2,600	48.1	+1.2
Majority			203	3.8	−2.4
Turnout			5,403	85.8	+1.4
Registered electors			6,294
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abel Henry Smith	3,198	50.7	−1.2
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	3,114	49.3	+1.2
Majority			84	1.4	−2.4
Turnout			6,312	84.4	−1.4
Registered electors			7,477
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Balfour	3,407	50.1	−0.6
	Liberal	Thomas Brassey	3,399	49.9	+0.6
Majority			8	0.2	−1.2
Turnout			6,806	83.9	−0.5
Registered electors			8,116
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Acland Allen	4,634	53.3	+3.4
	Conservative	Kenneth Balfour	4,067	46.7	−3.4
Majority			567	6.6	N/A
Turnout			8,701	91.3	+7.4
Registered electors			9,530
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Croft	5,538	53.5	+6.8
	Liberal	Arthur Acland Allen	4,807	46.5	−6.8
Majority			731	7.0	N/A
Turnout			10,345	94.1	+2.8
Registered electors			10,991
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Croft	5,275	53.3	−0.2
	Liberal	Frederick Verney	4,619	46.7	+0.2
Majority			656	6.6	−0.4
Turnout			9,894	90.0	−4.1
Registered electors			10,991
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	George Tapps	Unopposed
Registered electors			206
	Tory hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Henry Rose	116	52.3	*N/A*
	Whig	William Gordon Cameron^[35]	106	47.7	New
Majority			10	4.6	N/A
Turnout			222	81.9	N/A
Registered electors			271
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Harris	180	68.2	*N/A*
	Whig	William Tice^[36]	84	31.8	New
Majority			96	36.4	N/A
Turnout			264	79.8	N/A
Registered electors			331
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Edward Walcott	Unopposed
Registered electors			313
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edward Walcott	211	59.6	*N/A*
	Liberal	Edmund Haviland-Burke	143	40.4	New
Majority			68	19.2	N/A
Turnout			354	84.5	N/A
Registered electors			419
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A