New Forest and Christchurch was a county constituency in Hampshire which elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election, partially replacing the previous New Forest constituency, and was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was partially replaced by a recreated New Forest constituency.
Boundaries The Boroughs of Christchurch, Lymington, and Romsey, and the Rural Districts of Christchurch, Fordingbridge, Lymington, New Forest, Ringwood, and Romsey.
Members of Parliament Election Member Party Notes 1918Walter Frank Perkins Conservative 1922 Wilfrid Ashley Conservative Resigned January 1932 on being raised to the peerage 1932 by-election John Mills Conservative 1945 Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre Conservative Subsequently, MP for New Forest 1950 constituency abolished: see New Forest & Bournemouth East and Christchurch
Election results Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: John Mills Liberal: H J DeyThe Liberal Magazine, 1939 Labour: RE GrayReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
Elections in the 1940s
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