South Dorset (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 50°34′00″N 2°27′15″W / 50.5666°N 2.4541°W / 50.5666; -2.4541
| South Dorset | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of South Dorset in Dorset. |
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Location of Dorset within England. |
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| County | Dorset |
| Electorate | 73,499 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 (1885) |
| Member of Parliament | Richard Drax (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South West England |
South Dorset is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Like Walt Whitman walking along a ruddy shore.
He is singing and chanting the things that are part of him,
The worlds that were and will be, death and day.
Nothing is final, he chants. No man shall see the end.
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