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North Dorset, South Dorset, East Dorset, West Dorset. Dorset was a county constituency covering Dorset in southern England, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally known as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England from 1290 until 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the ...
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Dorset - Wikipedia
2010 boundary changes. Under the Fifth Periodic Review of...
- East Dorset (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia
History. Before 1885 the historic county of Dorset, in...
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Dorset - Wikipedia
For nineteen of the years between 1885 and 1950, North Dorset was represented by Liberals, and at all other times since 1885 it has been represented by Conservatives. It is historically one of Labour's weakest seats in the country - for example, it gave the party its lowest vote share out of all the seats it contested in 1950 and 1951.
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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]
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Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election - constituencies created by the four Boundary Commissions, including recommendations still pending final approval; Other websites. ONS Map of Constituencies; ONS List of Constituencies (CSV file) UK Elections Directory Archived 2006-05-09 at the Wayback Machine; TheyWorkForYou.com
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.
