New Forest and Christchurch | |
Type: | County |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1918 |
Abolished: | 1950 |
Elects Howmany: | one |
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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.
The Boroughs of Christchurch, Lymington, and Romsey, and the Rural Districts of Christchurch, Fordingbridge, Lymington, New Forest, Ringwood, and Romsey.
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1918 | Walter 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 |
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;