| Mid Dorset and North Poole | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Electorate: | 74,305 (2023)[1] |
| Region: | England |
| European: | South West England |
Mid Dorset and North Poole is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Vikki Slade, a Liberal Democrat.
1997–2010: The District of Purbeck wards of Bere Regis, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster, St Martin, and Wareham, the District of East Dorset wards of Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, and Corfe Mullen South, and the Borough of Poole wards of Alderney, Broadstone, Canford Heath, Canford Magna, and Creekmoor.
2010–2024: The District of Purbeck wards of Bere Regis, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster and Upton East, Lytchett Minster and Upton West, St Martin, and Wareham, the District of East Dorset wards of Colehill East, Colehill West, Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, Corfe Mullen South, and Wimborne Minster, and the Borough of Poole wards of Broadstone, Canford Heath East, Canford Heath West, and Merley and Bearwood.
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of North Dorset (Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, Corfe Mullen South, Lytchett Matravers, and Lytchett Minster wards), Poole (Broadstone, Canford Heath, Canford Magna, and Creekmoor wards), South Dorset (Bere Regis, St Martin, and Wareham wards), and Bournemouth West (Alderney ward). In 2010, Colehill and Wimborne Minster were added to the seat from North Dorset, Alderney was moved back to Bournemouth West, and Creekmoor back to Poole.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Boundaries expanded following re-organisation of local authorities and wards in Dorset, bring the electorate within the permitted range.
This area includes two tourist towns, namely Wimborne Minster and Wareham, the latter at one end of Poole Harbour. Income levels are close to the national average, taking into account the high proportion of pensioners living across the area.[3] and levels of rented[4] and social housing[3] are below the national average, particularly levels seen in cities.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Christopher Fraser | Conservative | |
| Annette Brooke | Liberal Democrat | ||
| 2015 | Michael Tomlinson | Conservative | |
| Vikki Slade | Liberal Democrat | ||
| 2019 notional result[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 32,965 | 60.0 | ||
| 16,395 | 29.9 | ||
| 3,982 | 7.3 | ||
| 1,565 | 2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 54,907 | 73.9 | |
| Electorate | 74,305 | ||