Christchurch (UK Parliament Constituency)
Christchurch is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Centred on the town of Christchurch in Dorset, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The original Christchurch constituency, a parliamentary borough, existed from 1572 until 1918.
The constituency was re-created as a county constituency in 1983 from parts of the seat of Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset & New Forest. It has generally been a strongly Conservative seat, with the exception of a 1993 by-election caused by the death of Robert Adley when it was won by Diana Maddock for the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives regained the seat at the next general election in 1997, despite their landslide defeat nationally, and have retained it ever since.
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