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New Forest West constituency profile

The seat contains the more populous areas of the New Forest, in the towns of Lymington, Ringwood and New Milton. Most industry is centred in New Milton, though forestry, farming and market gardening take place in much of the seat. Lymington serves as a ferry port for Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, has good yachting facilities, and is also a centre for those touring the forest. 81% of dwellings are owner-occupied. Commuters are also attracted to the area which is conveniently situated for travel to Southampton.
Source: Dods (www.vacherdod.co.uk)

Sitting MP: Desmond Swayne

General Election Result 2005

Name                             Party                 Votes                %        +/- %         

1 Desmond Swayne:  Conservative      26,004             56.4      +0.7

2. Murari Kaushik       Lib Democrat       8,719             18.9      -6.9

3. Janice Hurne          Labour                7,590               16.5      +1.8

4. Brian Lawrence      UKIP                  1,917              4.2      +0.5

5. Janet Richards       Green                1,837               4.0      Standing for first time

Conservative majority 17,285
Turnout: 66.5%

General Election Result 2001

1 Desmond Swayne: Conservative - 24575 55.7%
2 Mike Bignell: Liberal Dem - 11384 - 25.8%
3 Crada Onuegbu: Labour - 6481 - 14.7%
4 Nichael Clark UKIP - 1647 - 3.7%

Conservative majority 13,191
Turnout: 65%

Labour increased its percentage of the vote by 0.4%, while the Lib Dem vote fell by 2%.

1997 General Election result

1 Desmond Swayne: Conservative - 25149 - 50.6%
2 Bob Hale: Liberal Democrat - 13817 - 27.8%
3 David Griffiths: Labour - 7092 - 14.3%
4 Mrs M Elliott: Referendum Party - 2150 - 4.3%
5 M Holmes: UKIP - 1542 - 3.1%

Conservative majority 11,332
Turnout: 74.8%

Please click on any part of the map below to obtain information on the different areas of the New Forest West constituency or the constituencies which border our own.

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