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1974–1983: As 1950 but with redrawn boundaries. 1983–present: The District of West Dorset except the ward of Owermoigne. The West Dorset constituency covers most of the West Dorset district and includes the towns of Dorchester, the county town of Dorset; Bridport, Lyme Regis and Beaminster to the west; and Sherborne to the north.
West Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the boroughs of Bridport, Dorchester and Lyme Regis, along with Sherborne urban district and the rural districts of Beaminster, Bridport, Dorchester and Sherborne.
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2010 boundary changes. Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Dorset's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.
Somerset and Dorset West was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Somerset in England, plus parts of Avon and western Dorset. Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales.
West Dorset is a constituency in the South West region of England. The seat has been held by Chris Loder (Conservative) since December 2019.
Merley, Broadstone, Corfe Mullen, Bere Regis, Wareham, and Wimborne Minster. Current constituency. Created. 1997. Member of Parliament. Michael Tomlinson ( Conservative) Seats. One. Mid Dorset and North Poole is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Michael Tomlinson, a Conservative. [n 2]
