Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)

Christchurch and Lymington was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Christchurch and Lymington in Hampshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Christchurch and Lymington
Former constituency for the House of Commons
Christchurch and Lymington in Hampshire, showing boundaries used from 1974–1983
County	Hampshire
February 1974–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Bournemouth East and Christchurch
Replaced by	New Forest and Christchurch[1]

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Christchurch constituency.

Boundaries

The Boroughs of Christchurch and Lymington.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Robert Adley	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Elections results

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Christchurch and Lymington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Adley	25,908	58.02
	Liberal	Martin John Kyrle	11,274	25.25
	Labour	Bruce Stanley Reed	7,471	16.73
Majority			14,634	32.77
Turnout			44,653	81.22
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election October 1974: Christchurch and Lymington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Adley	23,728	57.42	−0.60
	Liberal	John Madeley	9,838	23.81	−1.44
	Labour	L.K. Hatts	7,759	18.78	+2.05
Majority			13,890	33.61	+0.84
Turnout			41,325	74.73	−6.49
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.42

General election 1979: Christchurch and Lymington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Adley	29,817	66.01	+8.69
	Liberal	Robert Harrison	7,654	16.95	−6.86
	Labour	L.K. Hatts	6,722	14.88	−3.90
	Ecology	James Keeling	975	2.16	new
Majority			22,163	49.06	+15.55
Turnout			45,168	77.63	+2.90
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.77