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New Forest (UK Parliament constituency)

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Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

New Forest
Formercounty constituency for theHouse of Commons
New Forest in Hampshire, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997
County	Hampshire
Major settlements	Ringwood,Brockenhurst,Lyndhurst,Fordingbridge
1950–1997
Seats	One
Created from	New Forest and Christchurch
Replaced by	New Forest West,New Forest East
1885–1918
Seats	One
Created from	South Hampshire
Replaced by	New Forest and Christchurch

New Forest was acounty constituency in south-westHampshire which elected oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom.

It was first created under theRedistribution of Seats Act for the1885 general election, and was abolished for the1918 general election, when it was partially replaced by theNew Forest and Christchurch constituency.

The seat was re-established for the1950 general election and those thereafter, was significantly cut in size on the creation of the seat ofRomsey in 1983 and was abolished for the1997 general election, when theNew Forest East andNew Forest West seats were created using its remaining components.

In the British TV seriesHouse of Cards, this was the constituency represented by the main character,Francis Urquhart.^{[citation needed]}

	Member^[2]	Party
1885	Francis Compton	Conservative
1892	John Douglas-Scott-Montagu	Conservative
1905 by-election	Henry Francis Compton	Conservative
1906	Robert Hobart	Liberal
Jan 1910	Walter Frank Perkins	Conservative
1918	constituency abolished: seeNew Forest and Christchurch

	Member^[2]	Party	Notes
1950	Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre	Conservative	Resigned October 1968
1968 by-election	Patrick McNair-Wilson	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished; seeNew Forest East &New Forest West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Compton	Unopposed
	Conservativehold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Douglas-Scott-Montagu	4,481	54.6	*N/A*
	Liberal	Joseph King	3,726	45.4	New
Majority			755	9.2	N/A
Turnout			8,207	81.0	N/A
Registered electors			10,126
	Conservativehold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Francis Compton	4,539	51.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	Robert Hobart	4,340	48.9	New
Majority			199	2.2	N/A
Turnout			8,879	82.1	N/A
Registered electors			10,818
	Conservativehold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Hobart	4,949	50.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Henry Francis Compton	4,901	49.8	N/A
Majority			48	0.4	N/A
Turnout			9,850	89.3	N/A
Registered electors			11,030
	Liberalgain fromConservative		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Frank Perkins	6,516	59.6	+9.8
	Liberal	Robert Hobart	4,423	40.4	−9.8
Majority			2,093	19.2	N/A
Turnout			10,939	90.3	+1.0
Registered electors			12,118
	Conservativegain fromLiberal		Swing	+9.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre	28,427	55.97
	Labour	Aubrey W White	15,986	31.47
	Liberal	Howard Fry	6,380	12.56
Majority			12,441	24.50
Turnout			50,793	81.58
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre	31,574	64.29
	Labour	Aubrey W White	17,537	35.71
Majority			14,037	28.58
Turnout			49,111	86.30
	Conservativehold		Swing

General election 1964: New Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre	27,884	53.31
	Labour	C Bernard Kissen	12,924	24.71
	Liberal	George Nicholas D Locock	11,497	21.98	New
Majority			14,960	28.60
Turnout			52,305	75.84
	Conservativehold		Swing

General election 1966: New Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre	27,292	51.20
	Labour	Michael H Jones	14,260	26.75
	Liberal	George Nicholas D Locock	11,757	22.05
Majority			13,032	24.45
Turnout			53,309	74.16
	Conservativehold		Swing

1968 New Forest by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick McNair-Wilson	28,025	66.27	+15.07
	Liberal	George Nicholas D Locock	8,430	19.93	−2.12
	Labour	Alan Reynard	5,836	13.80	−12.95
Majority			19,595	46.34	+21.89
Turnout			42,291
	Conservativehold		Swing

General election 1970: New Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick McNair-Wilson	36,041	60.13
	Labour	David Malcolm Offenbach	13,576	22.65
	Liberal	Peter Johnson	10,322	17.22
Majority			22,465	37.48
Turnout			59,939	71.85
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre	27,027	68.75
	Labour	Hallam J Barnes	12,285	31.25
Majority			14,742	37.50
Turnout			39,312	73.17
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre	29,949	68.67
	Labour	Bob Mitchell	13,667	31.33
Majority			16,282	37.34
Turnout			43,616	73.98
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick McNair-Wilson	30,567	48.92
	Liberal	A Hayes	19,185	30.70
	Labour	MVC Bailey	12,737	20.38
Majority			11,382	18.21
Turnout			62,489	80.70
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick McNair-Wilson	28,778	49.65
	Liberal	A Hayes	15,355	26.49
	Labour	PJ Brushett	13,825	23.85
Majority			13,423	23.16
Turnout			57,958	74.20
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick McNair-Wilson	39,124	59.51
	Liberal	M Kyrle	13,674	20.80
	Labour	Alan Whitehead	12,950	19.70
Majority			25,450	38.71
Turnout			65,748	77.23
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick McNair-Wilson	34,157	66.37
	Alliance	Robin Harrison	13,232	25.71
	Labour	David James	4,075	7.92
Majority			20,925	40.66
Turnout			51,464	62.10
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick McNair-Wilson	37,188	64.67
	Alliance	Roger Karn	15,456	26.88
	Labour	James Hampton	4,856	8.45
Majority			21,732	37.79
Turnout			57,500	76.58
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick McNair-Wilson	37,986	62.4	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jean K. Vernon-Jackson	17,581	28.9	+2.0
	Labour	Michael J. Shutler	4,989	8.2	−0.2
	Natural Law	Felicity A. Carter	350	0.6	New
Majority			20,405	33.5	−4.3
Turnout			60,906	80.8	+4.2
	Conservativehold		Swing	−2.1