North Dorset (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 51°00′21″N 2°11′51″W / 51.0058°N 2.1976°W / 51.0058; -2.1976
| North Dorset | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of North Dorset in Dorset. |
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Location of Dorset within England. |
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| County | Dorset |
| Electorate | 73,010 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 (1885) |
| Member of Parliament | Robert Walter (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South West England |
North Dorset is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency covers North Dorset local government district and most (geographically) of East Dorset. It is largely rural, with four small market towns: Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, and Sturminster Newton.
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