Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)

Christchurch and Lymington
Former constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	New Forest and Christchurch[1]
Created from	Bournemouth East and Christchurch

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

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 Municipal Boroughs of Christchurch and Lymington.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Robert Adley	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1979: Christchurch and Lymington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	29,817	66.01
	Liberal	F. Harrison	7,654	16.95
	Labour	L.K. Hatts	6,722	14.88
	Ecology	J. Keeling	975	2.16
Majority			22,163	49.07
Turnout				77.63
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Christchurch and Lymington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	23,728	57.42
	Liberal	J. Madeley	9,838	23.81
	Labour	L.K. Hatts	7,759	16.70
Majority			13,890	33.61
Turnout				74.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Christchurch and Lymington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	25,908	58.02
	Liberal	M. Kyrle	11,274	25.25
	Labour	B.S. Reed	7,471	16.73
Majority			14,634	32.77
Turnout				81.22
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "'Christchurch and Lymington', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)