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Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)

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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards

Forest of Dean
County constituency for theHouse of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 1997
Boundary within South West England
County	Gloucestershire
Electorate	71,510 (2023)^[1]
Major settlements	Coleford,Cinderford,Lydney
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Matt Bishop (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	West Gloucestershire
1885–1950
Seats	One
Replaced by	West Gloucestershire

Forest of Dean is aconstituency^{[n 1]} inGloucestershire represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament since 2024 byMatt Bishop, of theLabour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

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1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Coleford, Lydney, Newent, and Newnham.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Awre, Coleford, Newnham, and Westbury-on-Severn, the Rural Districts of East Dean and United Parishes, Lydney, Newent, and West Dean, and part of the Rural District of Gloucester.

1997–2010: The District of Forest of Dean, and the Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Haw Bridge and Highnam.

2010–present: The District of Forest of Dean, and the Borough of Tewkesbury ward of Highnam with Haw Bridge. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged by theFifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.

The2023 review of Westminster constituencies also left the boundaries unchanged.^[2]

History

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This seat was created for the1885 general election (replacing the two-seat constituency ofWest Gloucestershire under theRedistribution of Seats Act 1885), was redrawn for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the1950 general election. It was re-created, with different boundaries, for the1997 general election, and has thus far not undergone any boundary changes.

Constituency profile

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The Forest of Dean constituency covers Gloucestershire west of the river Severn, and lies in the south west of England, near the Welsh border.

The core of the constituency consists of the RoyalForest of Dean itself, which was established byWilliam the Conqueror nearly a thousand years ago and is one of the last surviving Royal Forests in England.^[3] The seat has a rich industrial and mining history, evidenced by the market towns ofColeford andCinderford, and the old port ofLydney from where coal mined in theForest of Dean Coalfield would start its journey to all parts of the world.^[4]

TheWye Valley forms the western border of the Forest and is an area of outstanding natural beauty, whilst theLeadon Valley forms the northern portion of the constituency. The Vale consists of countryside and farmland centred on the Tudor town ofNewent, and also produces English wine.

The constituency also includes parishes fromTewkesbury district, including Forthampton, Chaceley Hole, Hasfield, Ashleworth and Highnam.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1885–1950

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	Member^[5]	Party
1885	Thomas Blake	Liberal
1887	Godfrey Samuelson	Liberal
1892	Sir Charles Dilke	Liberal
1911	Sir Henry Webb	Liberal
1918	James Wignall	Labour
1925	A. A. Purcell	Labour
1929	David Vaughan	Labour
1931	John Worthington	National Labour
1935	M. Philips Price	Labour
1950	constituency abolished

MPs since 1997

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	Member^[5]	Party
1997	Diana Organ	Labour
2005	Mark Harper	Conservative
2024	Matt Bishop	Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Forest of Dean^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Bishop	16,373	34.0	+5.2
	Conservative	Mark Harper	16,095	33.5	−26.1
	Reform	Stanley Goodin	8,194	17.0	N/A
	Green	Chris McFarling	4,735	9.8	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Joyce	2,604	5.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Saiham Sikder	90	0.2	N/A
Majority			278	0.5	N/A
Turnout			48,091	66.0	−6.4
Registered electors			72,052
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	+15.7

Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Forest of Dean^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper	30,680	59.6	+5.3
	Labour Co-op	Di Martin	14,811	28.8	−7.1
	Green	Chris McFarling	4,681	9.1	+6.7
	Independent	Julian Burrett	1,303	2.5	+1.4
Majority			15,869	30.8	+12.4
Turnout			51,475	72.4	−0.6
Registered electors			71,438
	Conservativehold		Swing	+6.2

General election 2017: Forest of Dean^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper	28,096	54.3	+7.5
	Labour	Shaun Stammers	18,594	35.9	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Ellard	2,029	3.9	−1.4
	Green	James Greenwood	1,241	2.4	−3.1
	UKIP	Ernie Warrender	1,237	2.4	−15.4
	Independent	Julian Burrett	570	1.1	N/A
Majority			9,502	18.4	−3.8
Turnout			51,767	73.0	+2.1
Registered electors			70,898
	Conservativehold		Swing	−1.9

General election 2015: Forest of Dean^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper^[10]	23,191	46.8	±0.0
	Labour	Steve Parry-Hearn^[10]	12,204	24.6	+0.5
	UKIP	Steve Stanbury	8,792	17.8	+12.6
	Green	James Greenwood	2,703	5.5	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coleman	2,630	5.3	−16.6
Majority			10,987	22.2	−0.5
Turnout			49,520	70.9	−0.4
Registered electors			69,865		+2.1
	Conservativehold		Swing	−0.3

General election 2010: Forest of Dean^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper	22,853	46.9	+6.0
	Labour	Bruce Hogan	11,789	24.2	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coleman	10,676	21.9	+4.7
	UKIP	Tim Congdon	2,522	5.2	+2.8
	Green	James Greenwood	923	1.9	−0.2
Majority			11,064	22.7	+18.4
Turnout			48,763	71.3	+0.4
Registered electors			68,419		+1.7
	Conservativehold		Swing	+9.2

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Forest of Dean^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper	19,474	40.9	+2.1
	Labour	Isabel Owen	17,425	36.6	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coleman	8,185	17.2	+4.3
	UKIP	Patricia Hill	1,140	2.4	+0.9
	Green	Stephen Tweedie	991	2.1	−0.7
	Independent	Anthony Reeve	300	0.6	N/A
	English Democrat	Gerald Morgan	125	0.3	−0.4
Majority			2,049	4.3	N/A
Turnout			47,640	70.8	+3.5
Registered electors			67,241		+1.5
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing	+4.4

General election 2001: Forest of Dean^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Organ	19,350	43.4	−4.8
	Conservative	Mark Harper	17,301	38.8	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Gayler	5,762	12.9	+0.6
	Green	Simon Pickering	1,254	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Allen Prout	661	1.5	N/A
	Independent	Gerald Morgan	279	0.6	+0.2
Majority			2,049	4.6	−8.0
Turnout			44,607	67.3	−11.7
Registered electors			66,240		+4.2
	Labourhold		Swing	−4.0

Election in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Forest of Dean^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Organ	24,203	48.2	+5.8
	Conservative	Paul Marland	17,860	35.6	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Lynch	6,165	12.3	−3.8
	Referendum	Dominic Hopkins	1,624	3.2	N/A
	Independent	Gerald Morgan	218	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Colin Palmer	80	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Stephen Porter	34	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,343	12.6	+11.2
Turnout			50,184	79.1	−4.0
Registered electors			63,465		+0.9
	Labourhold		Swing	+5.6

1992 notional result^[16]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	22,176	42.4
	Conservative	21,444	41.0
	Liberal Democrats	8,422	16.1
	Others	204	0.4

Turnout		52,246	83.1
Electorate		62,882

Election in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Philips Price	19,721	65.2	+7.6
	Independent	John Brown	10,529	34.8	N/A
Majority			9,192	30.4	+15.2
Turnout			30,250	70.9	−6.4
Registered electors			42,667
	Labourhold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Philips Price	16,768	57.6	+10.3
	National Labour	John Worthington	12,337	42.4	−10.3
Majority			4,431	15.2	N/A
Turnout			29,105	77.3	+0.4
Registered electors			37,643
	Labourgain fromNational Labour		Swing	+10.3

General election 1931: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labour	John Worthington	14,815	52.7	*N/A*
	Labour	David Vaughan	13,291	47.3	−4.8
Majority			1,524	5.4	N/A
Turnout			28,106	76.9	+3.6
Registered electors			36,547
	National Labourgain fromLabour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Forest of Dean^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Vaughan	13,976	52.1	+3.7
	Unionist	William Mitchell-Cotts	7,092	26.5	−9.4
	Liberal	Joseph W Westwood	5,738	21.4	+5.7
Majority			6,884	25.7	+13.1
Turnout			26,806	73.3	−7.5
Registered electors			36,563
	Labourhold		Swing	+6.5

1925 Forest of Dean by-election^[18]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. A. Purcell	11,629	48.4	−4.7
	Unionist	Michael Beaumont	8,607	35.8	−11.0
	Liberal	W.H. West	3,774	15.7	N/A
Majority			3,022	12.6	+6.3
Turnout			24,010	80.9	+10.9
Registered electors			29,696
	Labourhold		Swing	+3.1

General election 1924: Forest of Dean^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wignall	11,048	53.1	−7.7
	Unionist	Michael Beaumont	9,739	46.9	+7.7
Majority			1,309	6.2	−15.4
Turnout			20,787	70.0	+5.3
Registered electors			29,696
	Labourhold		Swing	−7.7

General election 1923: Forest of Dean^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wignall	11,486	60.9	+8.5
	Unionist	Augustus Dinnick	7,383	39.1	+10.2
Majority			4,103	21.7	−1.8
Turnout			18,869	64.7	−7.3
Registered electors			29,174
	Labourhold		Swing	−0.9

General election 1922: Forest of Dean^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wignall	10,820	52.4	−10.4
	Ind. Conservative	Augustus Dinnick	5,976	28.9	N/A
	National Liberal	Winifred Coombe Tennant	3,861	18.7	N/A
Majority			4,854	23.5	−2.1
Turnout			20,647	72.0	+15.9
Registered electors			28,686
	Labourhold		Swing

Election results 1885–1918

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Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Forest of Dean^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wignall	9,731	62.8	*N/A*
C	Liberal	Henry Webb	5,765	37.2	N/A
Majority			3,966	25.6	N/A
Turnout			15,496	56.1	N/A
Registered electors			27,624
	Labourgain fromLiberal		Swing
Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General Election 1914–15

A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been selected to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place;

Liberal Party:Henry Webb
Labour Party:James Wignall

1912 Forest of Dean by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Webb	Unopposed
	Liberalhold

1911 Forest of Dean by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Webb	6,174	66.5	+0.2
	Conservative	David Hope Kyd	3,106	33.5	−0.2
Majority			3,068	33.1	+0.5
Turnout			9,280	82.8	+5.9
Registered electors			11,214
	Liberalhold		Swing	+0.2

General election December 1910: Forest of Dean^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	5,544	66.3	+1.1
	Conservative	David Hope Kyd	2,820	33.7	−1.1
Majority			2,724	32.6	+2.2
Turnout			8,364	76.9	−9.7
Registered electors			10,881
	Liberalhold		Swing	+1.1

General election January 1910: Forest of Dean^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	6,141	65.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Henry Renton	3,279	34.8	N/A
Majority			2,862	30.4	N/A
Turnout			9,420	86.6	N/A
Registered electors			10,881
	Liberalhold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1906: Forest of Dean^[19]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	Unopposed
	Liberalhold

General election 1900: Forest of Dean^[19]^[21]^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	4,972	66.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	H Terrell	2,520	33.6	N/A
Majority			2,452	32.7	N/A
Turnout			7,492	75.0	N/A
Registered electors			9,993
	Liberalhold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1895: Forest of Dean^[19]^[21]^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	Unopposed
	Liberalhold

General election 1892: Forest of Dean^[19]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	5,360	64.6	+3.5
	Conservative	Maynard Wemyss^[23]	2,942	35.4	−3.5
Majority			2,418	29.2	+7.1
Turnout			8,302	77.0	+7.0
Registered electors			10,782
	Liberalhold		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 1880s

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1887 Forest of Dean by-election^[19]^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Godfrey Samuelson	4,286	61.0	−7.0
	Conservative	Edward Wyndham	2,736	39.0	+7.0
Majority			1,550	22.1	−14.0
Turnout			7,022	70.0	−10.0
Registered electors			10,032
	Liberalhold		Swing	−7.0

Caused by Blake's resignation.

General election 1886: Forest of Dean^[19]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Blake	3,822	61.3	−6.7
	Liberal Unionist	Frederick Louis Lucas^[25]	2,415	38.7	+6.7
Majority			1,407	22.6	−13.4
Turnout			6,237	65.9	−14.1
Registered electors			9,458
	Liberalhold		Swing	+6.7

General election 1885: Forest of Dean^[19]^[21]^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Blake	5,143	68.0
	Conservative	John Plunkett	2,421	32.0
Majority			2,722	36.0
Turnout			7,564	80.0
Registered electors			9,458
	Liberalwin (new seat)

Notes

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^Acounty constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^As with all constituencies, the constituency elects oneMember of Parliament (MP) by thefirst past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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^"The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved27 June 2024.
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
^"Forest of Dean". Gloucestershire Live.Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved21 August 2020.
^A Glance Back at Lydney Docks, Neil ParkhouseISBN 9781903599006
^^a ^bLeigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
^"General election results 2024".BBC News. 4 July 2024. Retrieved5 July 2024.
^^a ^b"Forest of Dean parliamentary constituency".BBC News.Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved22 June 2018.
^"Election Data 2015".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved17 October 2015.
^"Forest of Dean District Council – Page unavailable".www.fdean.gov.uk.Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved8 July 2015.
^^a ^b"FOREST OF DEAN 2015".electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved28 November 2014.
^"Election Data 2010".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved17 October 2015.
^"Election Data 2005".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 2001".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 1997".Electoral Calculus. Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015.
^Percentage change and swing for 1997 is calculated relative to the Rallings and Thrasher 1992 notional constituency result, not actual 1992 result. See C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
^"1992 (Implied) Election Result".electoralcalculus.co.uk. Electoral Calculus. Retrieved7 April 2025.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^fFWS Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
^"Forest of Dean Election".North Devon Journal. 16 July 1925. Retrieved13 October 2016 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
^^a ^bDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^fThe Liberal Year Book, 1907
^^a ^bDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^‘COLCHESTER WEMYSS, Maynard Willoughby’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015; online edn, Feb 2015accessed 19 Oct 2017 Archived 21 August 2020 at theWayback Machine
^The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published byConservative Central Office, page 144 (168 in web page), Gloucestershire
^"The Contest in Dean Forest".Western Daily Press. 3 July 1886. p. 4. Retrieved26 November 2017 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

External links

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Forest of Dean UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) atMapIt UK
Forest of Dean UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) atMapIt UK
Forest of Dean UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) atMapIt UK

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