Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1983

Christchurch and Lymington
Former constituency for the House of Commons
Christchurch and Lymington in Hampshire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
County	Hampshire
February 1974–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Bournemouth East and Christchurch
Replaced by	New Forest and Christchurch

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 Boroughs of Christchurch and Lymington.

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Robert Adley	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

General election February 1974: Christchurch and Lymington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Adley	25,908	58.02	n/a
	Liberal	Martin John Kyrle	11,274	25.25	n/a
	Labour	Bruce Stanley Reed	7,471	16.73	n/a
Majority			14,634	32.77	n/a
Turnout			44,653	81.22	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election October 1974: Christchurch and Lymington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Adley	23,728	57.42	−0.60
	Liberal	John Madeley	9,838	23.81	−1.44
	Labour	L.K. Hatts	7,759	18.78	+2.05
Majority			13,890	33.61	+0.84
Turnout			41,325	74.73	−6.49
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.42

General election 1979: Christchurch and Lymington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Adley	29,817	66.01	+8.69
	Liberal	Robert Harrison	7,654	16.95	−6.86
	Labour	L.K. Hatts	6,722	14.88	−3.90
	Ecology	James Keeling	975	2.16	new
Majority			22,163	49.06	+15.55
Turnout			45,168	77.63	+2.90
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.77

v t e Dorset constituencies
Current	Bournemouth East Bournemouth West Christchurch Mid Dorset and North Poole North Dorset Poole South Dorset West Dorset
Historic	Dorset (1290–1885) Bridport (1295–1885) Dorchester (1295–1885) Lyme Regis (1295–1868) Shaftesbury (1295–1885) Wareham (1302–1885) Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1570–1885) Corfe Castle (1572–1832) East Dorset (1885–1950) Bournemouth (1918–1950) Bournemouth East and Christchurch (1950–1974) Christchurch and Lymington (1974–1983)

v t e Christchurch, Dorset
See also: History of Christchurch Listed buildings in Christchurch
Areas	Blackwater Burton Christchurch Harbour Fairmile Friars Cliff Highcliffe Hoburne Park Hurn Jumpers Common Mudeford Portfield Purewell Somerford Stanpit Town Centre Walkford Winkton
Rivers	River Avon Bure Brook River Mude River Stour
Attractions	Avon Beach Christchurch Castle Christchurch Harbour Christchurch Priory Highcliffe Castle Knapp Mill Mudeford Quay The Museum of Electricity The Town Hall The Red House Museum Stanpit Marsh Tucktonia
Schools	Burton CE Primary Christchurch Infants Christchurch Junior Highcliffe Mudeford Infants Mudeford Junior The Priory CE Primary Somerford Primary The Grange Twynham
Railway stations	Christchurch (original) Christchurch Hurn
Air travel	Bournemouth Airport Christchurch Airfield RAF Christchurch RAF Hurn
Hospital	Christchurch
Politics	Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) New Forest and Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency) Bournemouth East and Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) 1993 Christchurch by-election 1844 Christchurch by-election Christchurch Borough Council elections 2019 BCP election
History	Battle of Mudeford Christchurch Rural District
Football club	Christchurch F.C.
Wards	Burton and Grange Christchurch Town Commons Highcliffe and Walkford Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe