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Bournemouth East
Parliamentary constituency
CON HOLD
CON HOLD
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Party
CON Conservative |
Tobias Ellwood | Votes 25,221 | header_vote_share 51.9 | Net percentage change in seats +2.7 | |
|
Party
LAB Labour |
Mel Semple | Votes 17,284 | header_vote_share 35.6 | Net percentage change in seats +18.9 | |
|
Party
LD Liberal Democrat |
Jon Nicholas | Votes 3,168 | header_vote_share 6.5 | Net percentage change in seats -1.9 | |
|
Party
UKIP UKIP |
David Hughes | Votes 1,405 | header_vote_share 2.9 | Net percentage change in seats -13.6 | |
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Party
GRN Green Party |
Alasdair Keddie | Votes 1,236 | header_vote_share 2.5 | Net percentage change in seats -4.7 | |
|
Party
IND Independent |
Kieron Wilson | Votes 304 | header_vote_share 0.6 | Net percentage change in seats +0.6 | |
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Change compared with 2015 |
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Turnout and CON majority
CON majority
7,937Turnout
65.2%More on this constituency
How well do you know this constituency?Results of the 2015 general election
Latest updates
Tobias Ellwood says the "hardest thing" was explaining the attack to his young son.
Read moreBournemouth East's Tobias Ellwood said the Conservative Party needed to listen to the public after losing its majority.
Labour came second "for the first time in many years" in Dorset North.
Read moreTobias Ellwood on general election results
Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood said the make up of the House of Commons will be "very very different" after the election.
The foreign office minister was speaking after regaining his seat with 51.9% of the vote.
Dorset remains Tory stronghold
The Conservative candidates elected are:
- Bournemouth East - Tobias Ellwood, 25,221 votes
- Bournemouth West - Conor Burns, 23,812 votes
- Christchurch - Christopher Chope, 35,230 votes
- Dorset Mid and Poole North - Michael Tomlinson, 28,888 votes
- Dorset North - Simon Hoare, 36,169 votes
- Dorset South - Richard Drax, 29,135 votes
- Dorset West - Oliver Letwin, 33,081 votes
- Poole - Robert Syms, 28,888 votes
Bournemouth East: Conservative hold
BreakingBournemouth East: Conservative hold
Bournemouth results due
Turnout up for both Bournemouth constituencies
CON HOLD
Results
Conservative
, with candidate Tobias Ellwood
, have the following results:
- 22,060 total votes taken.
- 49.2% share of the total vote
- +0.8% change in share of the votes
Labour
, with candidate Peter Stokes
, have the following results:
- 7,448 total votes taken.
- 16.6% share of the total vote
- +3.4% change in share of the votes
UKIP
, with candidate David Hughes
, have the following results:
- 7,401 total votes taken.
- 16.5% share of the total vote
- +9.6% change in share of the votes
Liberal Democrat
, with candidate Jon Nicholas
, have the following results:
- 3,752 total votes taken.
- 8.4% share of the total vote
- -22.5% change in share of the votes
Green Party
, with candidate Alasdair Keddie
, have the following results:
- 3,263 total votes taken.
- 7.3% share of the total vote
- +7.3% change in share of the votes
Bournemouth Independent Alliance
, with candidate David Ross
, have the following results:
- 903 total votes taken.
- 2.0% share of the total vote
- +2.0% change in share of the votes
Change compared with 2010