Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)

Christchurch and Lymington
Former constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	New Forest and Christchurch^[1]
Created from	Bournemouth East 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 Municipal Boroughs of Christchurch and Lymington.

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Robert Adley	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

General Election 1979: Christchurch and Lymington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	29,817	66.01
	Liberal	F. Harrison	7,654	16.95
	Labour	L.K. Hatts	6,722	14.88
	Ecology	J. Keeling	975	2.16
Majority			22,163	49.07
Turnout				77.63
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Christchurch and Lymington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	23,728	57.42
	Liberal	J. Madeley	9,838	23.81
	Labour	L.K. Hatts	7,759	16.70
Majority			13,890	33.61
Turnout				74.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Christchurch and Lymington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Adley	25,908	58.02
	Liberal	M. Kyrle	11,274	25.25
	Labour	B.S. Reed	7,471	16.73
Majority			14,634	32.77
Turnout				81.22
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

↑ "'Christchurch and Lymington', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

Christchurch, Dorset

See also: History of Christchurch Listed buildings in Christchurch

Areas	Blackwater Burton Fairmile Friars Cliff Highcliffe Hoburne Hurn Jumpers Common Knapp Mudeford Portfield Purewell Somerford Stanpit Winkton

Rivers	River Avon Bure Brook River Mude River Stour

Attractions	Christchurch Castle Christchurch Harbour Christchurch Priory Highcliffe Castle Mudeford Quay The Museum of Electricity The Red House Museum Stanpit Marsh Tucktonia

Schools	Burton CoE Primary Christchurch Junior Highcliffe Mudeford Infants Mudeford Junior The Priory CoE Primary Somerford Infants Somerford Junior 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) Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency) Christchurch by-election, 1993 Christchurch Borough Council elections

Battle	Battle of Mudeford

Football club	Christchurch F.C.

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