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.

NameNew Forest
RegionSouth East
Current StatusAbolished

Electoral History

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

Election 1992

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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative37,98662.37%-2.31%
Liberal Democrat17,58128.87%N/A
Labour4,9898.19%-0.25%
Minor3500.57%N/A
Majority20,40533.50%
Turnout60,90680.76%+4.18%
Electorate75,413
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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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative37,18864.67%-1.66%
SDP-Liberal Alliance15,45626.88%+1.13%
Labour4,8568.45%+0.53%
Majority21,73237.79%
Turnout57,50076.58%+3.05%
Electorate75,083
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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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative34,15766.33%+6.83%
SDP-Liberal Alliance13,26225.75%N/A
Labour4,0757.91%-11.78%
Majority20,89540.58%
Turnout51,49473.53%-3.70%
Electorate70,033
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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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative39,12459.51%+9.85%
Liberal13,67420.80%-5.70%
Labour12,95019.70%-4.16%
Majority25,45038.71%
Turnout65,74877.23%+3.01%
Electorate85,137
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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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative28,77849.65%+0.74%
Liberal15,35526.49%-4.21%
Labour13,82523.85%+3.47%
Majority13,42323.16%
Turnout57,95874.22%-6.48%
Electorate78,090
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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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative30,56748.92%-11.21%
Liberal19,18530.70%+13.48%
Labour12,73720.38%-2.27%
Majority11,38218.21%
Turnout62,48980.70%+8.85%
Electorate77,432
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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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative36,04160.13%+8.93%
Labour13,57622.65%-4.10%
Liberal10,32217.22%-4.83%
Majority22,46537.48%
Turnout59,93971.85%-2.31%
Electorate83,419
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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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative27,29251.20%-2.11%
Labour14,26026.75%+2.04%
Liberal11,75722.05%+0.07%
Majority13,03224.45%
Turnout53,30974.16%-1.69%
Electorate71,884
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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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative27,88453.31%-15.35%
Labour12,92424.71%-6.63%
Liberal11,49721.98%N/A
Majority14,96028.60%
Turnout52,30575.85%+1.88%
Electorate68,955
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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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative29,94968.67%-0.08%
Labour13,66731.33%+0.08%
Majority16,28237.33%
Turnout43,61673.98%+0.80%
Electorate58,958
Swing from
CON
to
LAB
0.08%
Conservative hold

Election 1955

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PartyVotesPercentageChange
Conservative27,02768.75%N/A
Labour12,28531.25%N/A
Majority14,74237.50%
Turnout39,31273.17%N/A
Electorate53,724
Conservative win
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