Bournemouth West is a parliamentary constituency in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jessica Toale, a member of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
The constituency covers the town centre and western portion of Bournemouth, including the areas of Kinson, Ensbury Park, Alder Hills, Winton and Talbot Woods. Bournemouth is a large seaside resort town on the south coast of England. The town is located in Dorset but was traditionally in Hampshire. Bournemouth is a popular tourist destination; in 2011, 15% of the town's population were employed in the tourism sector and the seafront received 4.5 million visitors.
Residents of the constituency are younger and slightly less wealthy than neighbouring Bournemouth East and national averages. Levels of education, employment and ethnic diversity are similar to the country as a whole. At the most recent local council election in 2023, voters in the constituency elected primarily Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors, with Liberal Democrats winning in the more affluent areas around Talbot Woods. Most voters in the constituency favoured leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, with an estimated 59% voting for Brexit.
:Minor changes following re-organisation of local authorities and wards in Dorset.
Members of Parliament
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| 1950
| Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
| Conservative
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| 1954 by-election
| John Eden
| Conservative
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| 1983
| John Butterfill
| Conservative
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| 2010
| Conor Burns
| Conservative
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| 2024
| Jessica Toale
| Labour
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Elections
thumb|centre|upright=2.5|Election results 1950-2024
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
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! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result
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| Conservative ||align=right| 24,512 ||align=right| 53.6
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| Labour ||align=right| 14,571 ||align=right| 31.8
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| Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 4,603 ||align=right| 10.1
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| Green ||align=right| 2,066 ||align=right| 4.5
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|colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|45,752
|align=right|63.5
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|colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|72,094
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Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Dorset
Notes
References
External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Bournemouth West — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Bournemouth West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Bournemouth West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Bournemouth West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK