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South East
71,009 electors
Active Seat

New Forest West

Current MP
Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
69.9%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Desmond Swayne Hold
Majority 5,600
Turnout 67.5% ↓3.5pp
Total Votes 46,337
Winner Swing ↓28.4pp
✓ Desmond Swayne
Conservative
16,412 35.4%
↓28.4pp
Sally Johnston
Labour
10,812 23.3%
↑10.2pp
Jack Davies
Liberal Democrats
8,186 17.7%
↑2.3pp
Reginald Chester-Sterne
Reform UK
7,577 16.4%
—
Anna Collar
Green Party
2,800 6.0%
↓1.7pp
Gavin Ridley
—
393 0.9%
—
Paul Simon
Social Democratic Party
157 0.3%
—
Conservative Desmond Swayne Hold
Majority 24,403
Turnout 71.0% ↓1.2pp
Total Votes 50,306
Winner Swing ↓3.0pp
✓ Desmond Swayne
Conservative
32,113 63.8%
↓3.0pp
Jack Davies
Liberal Democrats
7,710 15.3%
↑5.7pp
Jo Graham
Labour
6,595 13.1%
↓6.5pp
Nick Bubb
Green Party
3,888 7.7%
↑4.8pp
Conservative Desmond Swayne Hold
Majority 23,431
Turnout 72.2% ↑2.9pp
Total Votes 49,627
Winner Swing ↑6.9pp
✓ Desmond Swayne
Conservative
33,170 66.8%
↑6.9pp
Jo Graham
Labour
9,739 19.6%
↑8.8pp
Terry Scriven
Liberal Democrats
4,781 9.6%
↑2.7pp
Janet Richards
Green Party
1,454 2.9%
↓2.9pp
Des Hjerling
—
483 1.0%
—
Conservative Desmond Swayne Hold
Majority 20,604
Turnout 69.3% ↓0.4pp
Total Votes 47,410
Winner Swing ↑1.1pp
✓ Desmond Swayne
Conservative
28,420 60.0%
↑1.1pp
Paul Bailey
—
7,816 16.5%
↑10.6pp
Lena Samuels
Labour
5,133 10.8%
↑1.0pp
Imogen Shepherd-DuBey
Liberal Democrats
3,293 7.0%
↓16.4pp
Janet Richards
Green Party
2,748 5.8%
↑3.6pp
Conservative Desmond Swayne Hold
Majority 16,896
Turnout 69.6%
Total Votes 47,572
✓ Desmond Swayne
Conservative
27,980 58.8%
↑2.9pp
Mike Plummer
Liberal Democrats
11,084 23.3%
↑4.1pp
Janice Hurne
Labour
4,666 9.8%
↓6.7pp
Martin Lyon
—
2,783 5.9%
↑1.7pp
Janet Richards
Green Party
1,059 2.2%
↓1.9pp

Turnout Trend

69.6%
'10
69.3%
'15
72.2%
'17
71.0%
'19
67.5%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
34.6% ▲5.2pp
50 to 64
22.0%
0 to 17
15.5%
35 to 49
14.5%
25 to 34
8.1%
18 to 24
5.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.9%
Asian or Asian British
1.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.2%
Other
0.4%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
📊 Age
65 and over
34.6%
45 to 64
22.0%
Under 18
15.5%
30 to 44
14.5%
18 to 29
13.4%
⛪ Religion
Christian
54.0%
No religion
37.8%
Not answered
6.6%
Other religion
0.6%
Muslim
0.4%
Buddhist
0.3%
Jewish
0.2%
Hindu
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.8%
Asian or Asian British
1.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.9%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.2%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
65 and over
29.4%
45 to 64
28.6%
Under 18
17.4%
30 to 44
14.9%
18 to 29
9.6%
⛪ Religion
Christian
67.1%
No religion
23.7%
Religion not stated
8.0%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.3%
Muslim
0.2%
Jewish
0.2%
Hindu
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
📚
No previous MPs found
No historic membership records available for this constituency