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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		53,721/71,439	75.20
Sir Peter McLay Mills	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,156	58.00
Victor Terry Howell	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,805	35.00
William Arthur Tupman	Labour Party	3,531	6.57
Michael John Beale	Independent	116	0.22
Henrietta Elizabeth Rous	Wessex Regiment	113	0.21
Majority		12,351	22.99

11 June 1987		58,658/75,373	77.82
Emma Harriet Nicholson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,484	50.26
John Patrick Aubone Burnett	Liberal Party in Alliance	23,016	39.24
David George Brenton	Labour Party	4,990	8.51
Frank Williamson	Green Party	1,168	1.99
Majority		6,468	11.03

9 April 1992		62,676/76,933	81.47
Emma Harriet Nicholson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,627	47.27
David Ian McBride	Liberal Democrats	26,013	41.50
David George Brenton	Labour Party	5,997	9.57
Dr Frank Williamson	Green Party	898	1.43
David Howard Collins	Natural Law Party	141	0.22
Majority		3,614	5.77

29 December 1995 Emma Nicholson resigns the Conservative Whip and joins the Liberal Democrats.

1 May 1997		59,145/75,919	77.91
John Patrick Aubone Burnett	Liberal Democrats	24,744	41.84
Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,787	38.53
David George Brenton	Labour Party	7,319	12.37
Roger Lea	Referendum Party	1,946	3.29
Matthew John Jackson	UK Independence Party	1,841	3.11
Michael Brian Pithouse	Official Liberal Party	508	0.86
Majority		1,957	3.31

7 June 2001		55,684/78,976	70.51
John Patrick Aubone Burnett	Liberal Democrats	23,474	42.16
Charles Geoffrey Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,280	40.01
David George Brenton	Labour Party	5,959	10.70
Robert Charles Edwards	UK Independence Party	2,674	4.80
Martin Quinn	Green Party	1,297	2.33
Majority		1,194	2.14

5 May 2005		58,584/83,489	70.17
Charles Geoffrey Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,013	42.70
David Charles Walter	Liberal Democrats	21,777	37.17
Rebecca Lucy Richards	Labour Party	6,001	10.24
Matthew John Jackson	UK Independence Party	3,790	6.47
Peter Stuart Christie	Green Party	2,003	3.42
Majority		3,236	5.52

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		55,257/76,897	71.86
Charles Geoffrey Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,230	45.66
Adam James Symons	Liberal Democrats	22,273	40.31
Robin Julian	UK Independence Party	3,021	5.47
Darren Paul Jones	Labour Party	2,917	5.28
Cathrine Hannah Simmons	Green Party	1,050	1.90
Nick Baker	British National Party	766	1.39
Majority		2,957	5.35

7 May 2015		56,584/78,621	71.97
Charles Geoffrey Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,774	50.85
Derek Sargent	UK Independence Party	10,371	18.33
Paula Sodeck Dolphin	Liberal Democrats	7,483	13.22
Michael Harry Sparling	Labour Party	6,015	10.63
Cathrine Hannah Simmons	Green Party	3,941	6.96
Majority		18,403	32.52

8 June 2017		59,480/80,524	73.87
Charles Geoffrey Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,612	56.51
Vince Barry	Labour and Co-operative Party	12,926	21.73
David Nigel Chalmers	Liberal Democrats	10,526	17.70
Christopher Alan Jordan	Green Party	1,622	2.73
Robin Julian	Independent	794	1.33
Majority		20,686	34.78

12 December 2019		59,730/80,403	74.29
Rt Hon Charles Geoffrey Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,904	60.11
David Nigel Chalmers	Liberal Democrats	10,912	18.27
Siobhan Frances Kathleen Elizabeth Strode	Labour Party	10,290	17.23
Christopher Alan Jordan	Green Party	2,077	3.48
Robert Ivor Wootton	Independent	547	0.92
Majority		24,992	41.84