Election 97

New Forest West


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson (Retiring)
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 25,149 (50.6%)
Labour 97 7,092 (14.3%)
LibDem 97 13,817 (27.8%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 3,692 ( 7.4%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 66,522
Turnout 97 49,750 (74.8%)



1992 MP Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson (Retiring)
Old constituency name New Forest
Majority 92 15,399 (30.2%)
Conservative 92 30,982 (60.7%)
Labour 92 4,179 ( 8.2%)
LibDem 92 15,583 (30.5%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 293 ( 0.6%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 63,917
Turnout 92 51,037 (79.8%)
New Forest West



Tory change -10.2%
Labour change +6.1%
Lib Dem change -2.8%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +6.8%
Electorate change +4.1%
Turnout Change -5.1%
Robert Waller wrote

Running down the western side of the New Forest to the Hampshire coast, New Forest West contains both small rural and coastal communities such as Ringwood and Lymington, and the community of New Milton, just outside Christchurch, which might more properly be considered to be part of 'Greater Bournemouth'. As in most of rural Hampshire, this is a safe Conservative seat with the Liberal Democrats in a fairly respectable, but non-threatening second place.


Super Profiles

2,797 7.28 9.03 81
15,112 39.31 11.17 352
3,142 8.17 11.25 73
2,065 5.37 14.70 37
1,098 2.86 10.45 27
1,130 2.94 2.81 104
8,987 23.38 8.01 292
3,425 8.91 15.25 58
225 0.59 7.13 8
194 0.50 10.17 5