New Forest - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the New Forest constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	New Forest
Region	South East
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 1992	Conservative
	Election 1987	Conservative
	Election 1983	Conservative
	Election 1979	Conservative
	Election 1974 (October)	Conservative
	Election 1974 (February)	Conservative
	Election 1970	Conservative
	Election 1966	Conservative
	Election 1964	Conservative
	Election 1959	Conservative
	Election 1955	Conservative

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	37,986	62.37%	-2.31%
	Liberal Democrat	17,581	28.87%	N/A
	Labour	4,989	8.19%	-0.25%
	Minor	350	0.57%	N/A
Majority		20,405	33.50%
Turnout		60,906	80.76%	+4.18%
Electorate		75,413
Swing from CON to LD			15.59%
Swing from LAB to LD			14.56%
Swing from CON to LAB			1.03%
	Conservative hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	37,188	64.67%	-1.66%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	15,456	26.88%	+1.13%
	Labour	4,856	8.45%	+0.53%
Majority		21,732	37.79%
Turnout		57,500	76.58%	+3.05%
Electorate		75,083
Swing from CON to ALL			1.39%
Swing from CON to LAB			1.09%
Swing from LAB to ALL			0.30%
	Conservative hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	34,157	66.33%	+6.83%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	13,262	25.75%	N/A
	Labour	4,075	7.91%	-11.78%
Majority		20,895	40.58%
Turnout		51,494	73.53%	-3.70%
Electorate		70,033
Swing from LAB to ALL			18.77%
Swing from CON to ALL			9.46%
Swing from LAB to CON			9.30%
	Conservative hold

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	39,124	59.51%	+9.85%
	Liberal	13,674	20.80%	-5.70%
	Labour	12,950	19.70%	-4.16%
Majority		25,450	38.71%
Turnout		65,748	77.23%	+3.01%
Electorate		85,137
Swing from LIB to CON			7.77%
Swing from LAB to CON			7.00%
Swing from LIB to LAB			0.77%
	Conservative hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	28,778	49.65%	+0.74%
	Liberal	15,355	26.49%	-4.21%
	Labour	13,825	23.85%	+3.47%
Majority		13,423	23.16%
Turnout		57,958	74.22%	-6.48%
Electorate		78,090
Swing from LIB to LAB			3.84%
Swing from LIB to CON			2.47%
Swing from CON to LAB			1.37%
	Conservative hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	30,567	48.92%	-11.21%
	Liberal	19,185	30.70%	+13.48%
	Labour	12,737	20.38%	-2.27%
Majority		11,382	18.21%
Turnout		62,489	80.70%	+8.85%
Electorate		77,432
Swing from CON to LIB			12.35%
Swing from LAB to LIB			7.87%
Swing from CON to LAB			4.47%
	Conservative hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	36,041	60.13%	+8.93%
	Labour	13,576	22.65%	-4.10%
	Liberal	10,322	17.22%	-4.83%
Majority		22,465	37.48%
Turnout		59,939	71.85%	-2.31%
Electorate		83,419
Swing from LIB to CON			6.88%
Swing from LAB to CON			6.52%
Swing from LIB to LAB			0.37%
	Conservative hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	27,292	51.20%	-2.11%
	Labour	14,260	26.75%	+2.04%
	Liberal	11,757	22.05%	+0.07%
Majority		13,032	24.45%
Turnout		53,309	74.16%	-1.69%
Electorate		71,884
Swing from CON to LAB			2.08%
Swing from CON to LIB			1.09%
Swing from LIB to LAB			0.98%
	Conservative hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	27,884	53.31%	-15.35%
	Labour	12,924	24.71%	-6.63%
	Liberal	11,497	21.98%	N/A
Majority		14,960	28.60%
Turnout		52,305	75.85%	+1.88%
Electorate		68,955
Swing from CON to LIB			18.67%
Swing from LAB to LIB			14.30%
Swing from CON to LAB			4.36%
	Conservative hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	29,949	68.67%	-0.08%
	Labour	13,667	31.33%	+0.08%
Majority		16,282	37.33%
Turnout		43,616	73.98%	+0.80%
Electorate		58,958
Swing from CON to LAB			0.08%
	Conservative hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	27,027	68.75%	N/A
	Labour	12,285	31.25%	N/A
Majority		14,742	37.50%
Turnout		39,312	73.17%	N/A
Electorate		53,724

	Conservative win

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