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Tobias Ellwood was re-elected as MP for Bournemouth East on 6th
May 2010. The results were as follows:
| Party |
Votes |
% |
+
/ - |
| Conservative |
21,320 |
48.4 |
+
3.1 |
| Lib
Dem |
13,592 |
30.9 |
-
0.4 |
| Labour |
5,836 |
13.3 |
-
5.3 |
| UKIP |
3,027 |
6.9 |
+
2 |
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Turnout: |
44,024 |
61.9% |
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| Majority: |
7,728 |
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Tobias was first elected MP for Bournemouth East on 5th May 2005.
The
constituency was previously represented by David Atkinson who was
first elected MP for Bournemouth East in 1977.
| Previous
MPs for Bournemouth East were: |
| From |
To |
Name |
| 1977 |
2005 |
David
Atkinson |
| 1959 |
1977 |
JH
Cordle |
| 1952 |
1959 |
N
Nicolson |
| 1945 |
1952 |
Rt
Hon B Bracken |
| 1940 |
1945 |
Sir
CEL Lyle |
| 1910 |
1940 |
Sir
HP Croft Bt |
| 1906 |
1910 |
AA
Allen |
| 1900 |
1906 |
KR
Balfour |
| 1892 |
1900 |
AH
Smith |
| 1885 |
1892 |
CEB
Young |
| 1880 |
1885 |
H
Davey |
| 1874 |
1880 |
Sir
HD Wolff |
| 1868 |
1874 |
EH
Burke |
| 1852 |
1868 |
JE
Walcott |
| 1844 |
1852 |
Hon
EAJ Harris |
| 1837 |
1844 |
Sir
GH Rose |
| 1832 |
1837 |
GW
Tapps |
The
name of the seat has been Bournemouth East since 1974.
Prior to that, it was Bournemouth East and Christchurch from
1950.
From
1918 it was simply Bournemouth (though New Forest
and Christchurch division of Hampshire also elected Members
of Parliament during this period).
During
the period of 1832 until 1918 the area now known as Bournemouth
East was incorporated within the parliamentary constituency
of Christchurch.
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