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Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Christchurch

|parliament = uk

|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}

|caption = Interactive map of boundaries from 2024

|image2 = File:South West England - Christchurch constituency.svg

|caption2 = Boundary of Christchurch in South West England

|year = 1983

|abolished =

|type = County

|elects_howmany = One

|mp = Christopher Chope

|party = Conservative

|towns = Christchurch

|previous = Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset, New Forest

|next =

| population = 83,596 (2011 census){{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507822&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |title=Christchurch: Usual Resident Population, 2011 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=23 February 2015 |archive-date=24 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224015901/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507822&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |url-status=dead }}

|electorate = 71,598 (2023){{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-west/#lg_christchurch-cc-71598

|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West

|publisher=Boundary Commission for England

|access-date=27 June 2024

|df=dmy

}}

|year2 = 1572

|abolished2 = 1918

|next2 = New Forest and Christchurch and Bournemouth

|elects_howmany2 = 1572–1832: Two
1832–1918: One

|type2 = Borough

|region = England

|county = 1983–present: Dorset
1572–1918: Hampshire

|european = South West England

}}

Christchurch is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Christopher Chope of the Conservative Party.{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.|group= n}}

History

The original Christchurch constituency, a parliamentary borough, existed from 1572 until 1918. In 1918 the constituency was divided between New Forest and Christchurch and Bournemouth.

The constituency was re-created as a county constituency in 1983 from parts of the seats of Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset and New Forest. It has since 1983 seen strong Conservative majorities, with the exception of a 1993 by-election caused by the death of Robert Adley when it was won by Diana Maddock, a Liberal Democrat. The Conservatives regained the seat at the next general election in 1997, despite their landslide defeat nationally and Chris Chope has retained it ever since. As of 2017, it is the second strongest Conservative seat in terms of voteshare (69.7%) and strongest in terms of majority (49.6%) in the country, although 2017 also saw Labour come second in the seat for the first time in history, having historically been far weaker than the Liberal Democrats and, in 2015, UKIP.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Christchurch, and the District of Wimborne wards of Ameysford, Ferndown Central, Golf Links, Longham, St Leonards and St Ives East, St Leonards and St Ives South, St Leonards and St Ives West, Stapehill, Tricketts Cross, Verwood, West Moors North, West Moors South, and West Parley.

1997–2010: The Borough of Christchurch, and the District of East Dorset wards of Ameysford, Ferndown Central, Golf Links, St Leonards and St Ives East, St Leonards and St Ives South, St Leonards and St Ives West, Tricketts Cross, Verwood, West Moors North, West Moors South, and West Parley.

2010–2024: The Borough of Christchurch, and the District of East Dorset wards of Ameysford, Ferndown Central, Ferndown Links, Longham, Parley, St Leonards and St Ives East, St Leonards and St Ives West, Stapehill, and West Moors.

2024–present: The District of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole wards of: Burton and Grange, Christchurch Town, Commons, Highcliffe and Walkford, Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe, and the Dorset wards of: Ferndown North, Ferndown South, St. Leonards & St. Ives, West Moors & Three Legged Cross, West Parley.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region}}

:Minor changes following re-organisation of local authorities and wards in Dorset.

Constituency profile

The area is not as rural as the adjoining New Forest constituencies, nor as urban as Bournemouth and Poole, and contains a mixed assortment of coastal retirement havens, outlying Bournemouth suburbs and the town of Christchurch itself which has expanded to include dedicated villages of sheltered housing on its outskirts.

Consequently, the present Christchurch seat contains one of the most elderly electorates in the country – only Eastbourne and East Devon have an older average voter age and Christchurch has the highest proportion of over-60s of all UK seats. Having recovered from an early-1990s by-election loss, it is today a very safe Conservative seat, with MP Christopher Chope attaining 65% of the votes, a majority of 47%, at the last general election. It is the safest Tory seat in the South West and on most analyses is on the fringe of the area that usually qualifies as the South West, served by a station with direct links to the capital and closest to London.

Bournemouth Airport is located in the constituency.

Members of Parliament

= Parliamentary borough (1572–1918) =

== MPs 1571–1640 ==

class="wikitable"
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
Parliament of 1571

|Andrew Rogers

|John Hyett

Parliament of 1572–1581

|Henry Knollys

|rowspan="3"|Matthew Evans

Parliament of 1584–1585

|Alexander Nevill

Parliament of 1586–1587

|Henry Ashley

Parliament of 1588–1589

|Justinian Champernoun

|Sampson Lennard

Parliament of 1593

|John Herbert

|John Agmondesham{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/agmondesham-john-ii-1543-98|title=AGMONDESHAM, John II (c.1543–98), of Rowbarns, East Horsley, Surr. – History of Parliament Online|website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}

Parliament of 1597–1598

|rowspan="2"|Simon Willis

|Andrew Rogers

Parliament of 1601

|Henry Meere

Parliament of 1604–1611

|Richard Martin

|Nicholas Hyde

Addled Parliament (1614)

|Sir Thomas Norton

|Henry Breton

Parliament of 1621–1622

|Sir George Hastings

|rowspan="5"|Nathaniel Tomkins

Happy Parliament (1624–1625)

|Sir George Astmyll

Useless Parliament (1625)

|Sir Thomas Wilford

Parliament of 1625–1626

|Robert Mason

Parliament of 1628–1629

|Henry Croke

colspan="4"|No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

== MPs 1640–1832 ==

class="wikitable"
YearFirst member{{Rayment-hc|c|4|date=March 2012}}First partySecond memberSecond party
April 1640

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Arnold Herbert

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"|Henry Tulse

rowspan="2"|
November 1640

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Cavalier}}" |

|rowspan="2"|Matthew Davies

rowspan="2" |Royalist
1642

|colspan="3" rowspan="2"|Tulse died September(?) 1642 – seat left vacant

March 1643

|colspan="3"|Davies disabled from sitting – seat vacant

1645

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Roundhead}}" |

|rowspan="2"|Richard Edwards

rowspan="2" | Parliamentarian

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Roundhead}}" |

|John Kempe

Parliamentarian
December 1648

|colspan="3"|Kempe not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge

1653

|colspan="6"|Christchurch was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate

January 1659

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|John Bulkeley

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Henry Tulse

May 1659

|colspan="6"|Not represented in the restored Rump

March 1660

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Hildesley

|

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Henry Tulse

|rowspan="3"|

1661

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Humphrey Weld

|

February 1679

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Sir Thomas Clarges

|rowspan="3"|

August 1679

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| George Fulford

|

1685

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Anthony Ettrick

|

1689

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Francis Gwyn

|

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="4"| William Ettrick

|rowspan="4"|

1695

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Viscount Cornbury

|

1701

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Francis Gwyn

|

1710

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| (Sir) Peter MewsKnighted July 1712

|rowspan="3"|

1717

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Francis GwynGwyn was re-elected in 1722, but had also been elected for Wells, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Christchurch

|

1724 by-election

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Edward Prideaux Gwyn

|rowspan="2"|

1726 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Jacob Banks

|

1727

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Joseph Hinxman

|rowspan="3"|

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Charles Wither

|

1732 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Philip Lloyd

|

1734

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Edward Hooper

|rowspan="2"|

1740 by-election

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| (Sir) Charles Armand PowlettKnighted (KB), 1749

|rowspan="2"|

1748 by-election

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Sir Thomas Robinson

|rowspan="3"|

1751 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Harry Powlett

|

1754

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Hon. John Mordaunt

|

1761

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Hon. Thomas Robinson

|

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="4"| James Harris

|rowspan="4"| Whig

November 1770 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| James Harris (junior)

| Whig

1774

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Hon. Thomas VilliersStyled Lord Hyde from June 1776

| Tory

1780

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir James Harris

|rowspan="2"| Whig

1781 by-election

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| (Sir) John FrederickSucceeded to a baronetcy, April 1783

|rowspan="2"|

1788 by-election

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| Hans Sloane

|rowspan="2"| Tory{{cite book

|last=Stooks Smith

|first=Henry.

|editor= Craig, F. W. S.

|editor-link= F. W. S. Craig

|title= The Parliaments of England

|orig-year=1844-1850

|edition= 2nd

|year=1973

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 0-900178-13-2

|pages=125–127

|url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnzrh2;view=1up;seq=137

}}

1790

|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="5"| George Rose

|rowspan="5"| Tory

1796

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| William Stewart Rose

| Tory

May 1800 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| William Chamberlayne

|

1802

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| William Sturges Bourne

| Tory

1812

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| William Edward Tomline

|rowspan="2"| Tory

March 1818 by-election

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="3"| Sir George Henry Rose

|rowspan="3"| Tory

June 1818

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| William Sturges Bourne

| Tory

1826

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| George Pitt Rose

| Tory

1832

|colspan="6"| Representation reduced to one member

== MPs 1832–1918 ==

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|YearMember{{cite web|title=Christchurch 1660–1918|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/constituencies/christchurch|website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|access-date=23 February 2015}}Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1832

| Sir George Tapps-Gervis

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1837

| Sir George Henry Rose

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1844

| Hon. Edward Harris

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1852

| John Edward Walcott

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1868

| Edmund Haviland-Burke

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1874

| Sir Henry Drummond Wolff

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1880

| Horace Davey

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1885

| Charles Young

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1892

| Abel Henry Smith

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1900

| Kenneth Balfour

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1906

| Arthur Acland Allen

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1910

|rowspan="2"| Henry Page Croft

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Party (UK, 1917)}}" |

|1917

| National

|1918

|colspan="3"| constituency abolished

= County constituency =

== MPs since 1983 ==

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMember{{cite web|title=Christchurch 1983–|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/constituencies/christchurch-1|website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|access-date=23 February 2015}}Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1983

| Robert Adley

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| 1993 by-election

| Diana Maddock

| Liberal Democrat

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1997

| Sir Christopher Chope

| Conservative

Elections 1983–present

= Elections in the 2020s =

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Christchurch{{cite web |title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL |url=https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/d/guest/statement-of-persons-nominated-and-notice-of-poll-ukpge-christchurch-4-july-2024 |website=Dorset Council}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative and Unionist|candidate=Christopher Chope|votes=16,941|percentage=35.8|change=−29.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Mike Cox|votes=9,486|percentage=20.0|change=+2.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Robin Adamson |votes=8,961|percentage=18.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Joanna Howard|votes=7,762|percentage=16.4|change=+3.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Susan Graham|votes=1,900|percentage=4.0|change=−0.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Simon McCormack|votes=1,728|percentage=3.7|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Animal Welfare Party|candidate=Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi|votes=335|percentage=0.7|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UKIP|candidate=Steve Unwin |votes=163|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Trevor Parsons|votes=59|percentage=0.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=7,455|percentage=15.8|change=−31.5|}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=47,335|percentage=66.6|change=−5.9}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 71,064

}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=−16.2}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 2010s =

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | 2019 notional result{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}}
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

{{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Conservative

align=right| 34,037align=right| 65.6
{{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| Liberal Democrats

align=right| 9,003align=right| 17.4
{{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Labour

align=right| 6,676align=right| 12.9
{{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}

| Green

align=right| 2,174align=right| 4.2
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|
colspan="2"|Turnout

|align=right|51,890

|align=right|72.5

colspan="2"|Electorate

|align=right|71,598

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Christchurch{{Cite web|url=https://live-bcpcouncil-bournemouth.cloud.contensis.com/Council-and-Democratic/Elections-and-voting/Elections/uk-parliamentary-election-general-election-2019/docs/Statement-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-Christchurch.pdf|title=Statement of Persons Nominated}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Chope

|votes = 33,894

|percentage = 65.2

|change = −4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Mike Cox

|votes = 9,277

|percentage = 17.9

|change = +10.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Dunne

|votes = 6,568

|percentage = 12.6

|change = −7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Chris Rigby

|votes = 2,212

|percentage = 4.3

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 24,617

|percentage = 47.3

|change = −2.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 51,951

|percentage = 72.6

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −7.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2017: Christchurch{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000638 |title=Christchurch parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Chope

|votes = 35,230

|percentage = 69.6

|change = +11.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Patrick Canavan

|votes = 10,059

|percentage = 19.9

|change = +10.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Mike Cox

|votes = 4,020

|percentage = 7.9

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Chris Rigby

|votes = 1,324

|percentage = 2.6

|change = −1.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 25,171

|percentage = 49.7

|change = +13.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 50,633

|percentage = 72.0

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2015: Christchurch{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Chope

|votes = 28,887

|percentage = 58.1

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Robin Grey

|votes = 10,663

|percentage = 21.5

|change = +13.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Satherley

|votes = 4,745

|percentage = 9.5

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Andy Canning

|votes = 3,263

|percentage = 6.6

|change = −18.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Shona Dunn

|votes = 2,149

|percentage = 4.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18,224

|percentage = 36.6

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 49,707

|percentage = 71.7

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −5.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2010: Christchurch{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Christopher Chope|votes=27,888|percentage=56.4|change=+1.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Martyn Hurll|votes=12,478|percentage=25.3|change=+1.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Robert Deeks|votes=4,849|percentage=9.8|change=−5.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=David Williams|votes=4,201|percentage=8.5|change=+3.4}}

{{Election box majority||votes=15,410|percentage=31.1|change=+0.9}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=49,416|percentage=71.8|change=+1.4}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: Christchurch{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Chope

|votes = 28,208

|percentage = 54.7

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Leslie Coman

|votes = 12,649

|percentage = 24.5

|change = −3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jim King

|votes = 8,051

|percentage = 15.6

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = David Hughes

|votes = 2,657

|percentage = 5.2

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,559

|percentage = 30.2

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 51,565

|percentage = 69.6

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: Christchurch{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Chope

|votes = 27,306

|percentage = 55.1

|change = +8.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Dorothy Webb

|votes = 13,762

|percentage = 27.8

|change = -14.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Judith Begg

|votes = 7,506

|percentage = 15.1

|change = +8.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Margaret Strange

|votes = 993

|percentage = 2.0

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,544

|percentage = 27.3

|change = +23.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 49,567

|percentage = 67.5

|change = -11.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +11.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1990s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: Christchurch{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Christopher Chope|votes=26,095|percentage=46.4|change=-17.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Diana Maddock|votes=23,930|percentage=42.6|change=+19.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Charles Mannan|votes=3,884|percentage=6.9|change=-5.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Referendum Party|candidate=Ray Spencer|votes=1,684|percentage=3.0|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=R.H. Dickinson|votes=606|percentage=1.1|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=2,165|percentage=3.8|change=-36.1}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=56,199|percentage=78.5|change=-2.2}}

{{Election box win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Percentage share changes compared with 1992 general election. .

{{Election box begin | title= By-election 1993: Christchurch}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Diana Maddock

|votes = 33,164

|percentage = 62.2

|change = +38.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Hayward

|votes = 16,737

|percentage = 31.4

|change = −32.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Nigel Lickley

|votes = 1,453

|percentage = 2.7

|change = −9.4

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Anti-Federalist League

|candidate = Alan Sked

|votes = 878

|percentage = 1.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party

|candidate = David Sutch

|votes = 404

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Conservative

|candidate = Andrew Bannon

|votes = 357

|percentage = 0.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Sack Graham Taylor

|candidate = Peter G. Newman

|votes = 80

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Buy the Daily Sport

|candidate = Tara Bardot-Jackson

|votes = 67

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Save the National Health Service

|candidate = Peter A. Hollyman

|votes = 60

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Highlander IV Wednesday Promotion

|candidate = John P. Crockard

|votes = 48

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Mark Griffiths

|votes = 45

|percentage = 0.1

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Ian For King

|candidate = Mark Belcher

|votes = 23

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Alfred The Chicken

|candidate = Karl Fitzhugh

|votes = 18

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Rainbow Alliance

|candidate = John R. Walley

|votes = 16

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,427

|percentage = 30.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 53,350

|percentage = 74.2

|change = -6.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +35.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1992: Christchurch{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status = dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Adley

|votes = 36,627

|percentage = 63.5

|change = −2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Dennis Bussey

|votes = 13,612

|percentage = 23.6

|change = −0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan Lloyd

|votes = 6,997

|percentage = 12.1

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = James Barratt

|votes = 243

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Chauvinist Raving Alliance

|candidate = Adrian Wareham

|votes = 175

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 23,015

|percentage = 39.9

|change = −1.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 57,654

|percentage = 80.7

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1980s =

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1987: Christchurch{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Adley

|votes = 35,656 | percentage = 65.9 | change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Hilary McKenzie

|votes = 13,282 | percentage = 24.5 | change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Caralyn Longhurst

|votes = 5,174 | percentage = 9.6 | change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 22,374

|percentage = 41.4

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,112

|percentage = 76.3

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1983: Christchurch{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Adley

|votes = 31,722| percentage = 67.1 | change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Stephen Alexander

|votes = 11,984 | percentage = 25.3 | change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Mitchell

|votes = 3,590| percentage = 7.6 | change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,738

|percentage = 41.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 47,296

|percentage = 72.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Election results 1868–1918

=Elections in the 1860s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund Haviland-Burke

|votes = 609

|percentage = 52.1

|change = +11.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Drummond Wolff

|votes = 560

|percentage = 47.9

|change = −11.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 49

|percentage = 4.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,169

|percentage= 88.0

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,329

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner =Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +11.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1870s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Drummond Wolff

|votes = 978

|percentage = 61.7

|change = +13.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Clement Milward{{cite news|title=Christchurch|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001112/18740128/014/0002|access-date=28 December 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph and Courier|date=28 January 1874|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 607

|percentage = 38.3

|change = −13.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 371

|percentage = 23.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,585

|percentage= 86.6

|change = −1.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors =1,831

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +13.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1880s =

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: Christchurch {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Horace Davey

|votes =1,185

|percentage = 51.5

|change = +13.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Edwards-Moss{{cite news|title=This Evening's News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000098/18800303/010/0006|access-date=25 November 2017|work=The Pall Mall Gazette|date=3 March 1880|pages=6–7}}

|votes = 1,117

|percentage = 48.5

|change = −13.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 68

|percentage = 3.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,302

|percentage =90.1

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,555

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +13.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1885: Christchurch British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS CraigThe Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Charles Young

|votes =2,184

|percentage =52.1

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Horace Davey

|votes =2,006

|percentage =47.9

|change = −3.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes =178

|percentage =4.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,190

|percentage =90.6

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,626

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +3.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1886: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Charles Young

|votes =2,072

|percentage =53.1

|change =+1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Alpheus Morton

|votes =1,833

|percentage =46.9

|change =-1.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes =239

|percentage =6.2

|change =+2.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes =3,905

|percentage =84.4

|change = -6.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,626

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1890s =

File:Abel Henry Smith.jpg

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1892: Christchurch {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Abel Henry Smith

|votes =2,803

|percentage = 51.9

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Banister Fletcher

|votes =2,600

|percentage = 48.1

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes =203

|percentage = 3.8

|change = −2.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,403

|percentage = 85.8

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,294

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1895: Christchurch Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Abel Henry Smith

|votes =3,198

|percentage = 50.7

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Thomas Brassey

|votes =3,114

|percentage = 49.3

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes =84

|percentage = 1.4

|change = −2.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,312

|percentage = 84.4

|change = −1.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,477

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1900s =

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1900: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Kenneth Balfour

|votes =3,407

|percentage =50.1

|change =−0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Thomas Brassey

|votes =3,399

|percentage = 49.9

|change =+0.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8

|percentage = 0.2

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,806

|percentage = 83.9

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,116

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

The original tally for the 1906 election had Balfour with 3,411 votes and Brassey with 3,408 votes. However, a recount resulted in the increased majority for Balfour.

File:Arthur Acland Allen.jpg

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1906: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Acland Allen

|votes = 4,634

|percentage = 53.3

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Kenneth Balfour

|votes =4,067

|percentage = 46.7

|change = −3.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 567

|percentage = 6.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,701

|percentage = 91.3

|change = +7.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,530

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +3.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1910s =

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election January 1910: Christchurch Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Henry Croft

|votes =5,538

|percentage = 53.5

|change = +6.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Arthur Acland Allen

|votes =4,807

|percentage = 46.5

|change = −6.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 731

|percentage = 7.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,345

|percentage = 94.1

|change =+2.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,991

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|loser =Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +6.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:1898 Frederick Verney.jpg

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election December 1910: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Henry Croft

|votes =5,275

|percentage = 53.3

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Frederick Verney

|votes =4,619

|percentage = 46.7

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 656

|percentage = 6.6

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,894

|percentage = 90.0

|change = −4.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,991

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Election results 1832–1868

=Elections in the 1830s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1832: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = George Tapps

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 206

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1835: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Tapps

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 354

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1837: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Henry Rose

|votes = 116

|percentage = 52.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Gordon Cameron{{cite news |title=Christchurch |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000361/18370710/018/0004 |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=Salisbury and Winchester Journal |date=10 July 1837 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 106

|percentage = 47.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10

|percentage = 4.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 222

|percentage = 81.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 271

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1840s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Henry Rose

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 300

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Rose resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 28 March 1844: Christchurch

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Harris

|votes = 180

|percentage = 68.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Tice{{cite news |title=Christchurch Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000266/18440330/011/0005 |access-date=1 November 2018 |work=Yorkshire Gazette |date=30 March 1844 |page=5 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 84

|percentage = 31.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 96

|percentage = 36.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 264

|percentage = 79.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 331

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Harris

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 301

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1850s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: Christchurch

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Edward Walcott

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 313

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Edward Walcott

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 328

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Edward Walcott

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 339

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1860s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Edward Walcott

|votes = 211

|percentage = 59.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund Haviland-Burke

|votes = 143

|percentage = 40.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 68

|percentage = 19.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 354

|percentage= 84.5

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 419

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

Elections before 1832

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1831: Christchurch {{cite web |title=Christchurch |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/christchurch |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=10 April 2020 |last1=Salmon |first1=Philip |last2= Spencer |first2= Howard}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = George Henry Rose

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = George Pitt Rose

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 36

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1830: Christchurch

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = George Henry Rose

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = George Pitt Rose

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Neighbouring constituencies

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Mid Dorset|Northwest=}}

See also

Notes

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References

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Sources

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  • The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1983)
  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919–1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
  • Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [https://archive.org/details/achronologicalr00beatgoog ]
  • D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
  • Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125310/http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]
  • Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988) * J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
  • J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
  • {{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|page=1}}
  • Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979)

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External links

  • [http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929379949/report.aspx nomis Constituency Profile for Christchurch] — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
  • [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13003.html Christchurch UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
  • [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65885.html Christchurch UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
  • [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168795.html Christchurch UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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