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🏴 England
South West
76,640 electors
Active Seat

South Dorset

Current MP
Lloyd Hatton
Lloyd Hatton

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
67.8%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Labour Lloyd Hatton Gain from Conservative
Majority 1,048
Turnout 64.6% ↓4.6pp
Total Votes 49,037
Winner Swing ↓26.9pp
✓ Lloyd Hatton
Labour
15,659 31.9%
↑7.2pp
Richard Drax
Conservative
14,611 29.8%
↓29.4pp
Morgan Young
Reform UK
8,168 16.7%
—
Matt Bell
Liberal Democrats
8,017 16.4%
↑5.7pp
Catherine Bennett
Green Party
2,153 4.4%
↓0.0pp
Joy Wilson
—
192 0.4%
—
Giovanna Lewis
—
185 0.4%
—
Rosie Morrell
—
52 0.1%
—
Conservative Richard Drax Hold
Majority 17,153
Turnout 69.2% ↑0.5pp
Total Votes 51,058
Winner Swing ↑2.7pp
✓ Richard Drax
Conservative
30,024 58.8%
↑2.7pp
Carralyn Parkes
Labour
12,871 25.2%
↓8.4pp
Nick Ireland
Liberal Democrats
5,432 10.6%
↑4.8pp
Jon Orrell
Green Party
2,246 4.4%
↑0.0pp
Joseph Green
—
485 1.0%
—
Conservative Richard Drax Hold
Majority 11,695
Turnout 68.7% ↑0.8pp
Total Votes 51,906
Winner Swing ↑7.3pp
✓ Richard Drax
Conservative
29,135 56.1%
↑7.3pp
Tashi Warr
Labour
17,440 33.6%
↑9.4pp
Howard Legg
Liberal Democrats
3,053 5.9%
↓0.1pp
Jon Orrell
Green Party
2,278 4.4%
↓0.3pp
Conservative Richard Drax Hold
Majority 11,994
Turnout 67.9% ↓0.6pp
Total Votes 48,597
Winner Swing ↑3.8pp
✓ Richard Drax
Conservative
23,756 48.9%
↑3.8pp
Simon Bowkett
Labour
11,762 24.2%
↓6.1pp
Malcolm Shakesby
—
7,304 15.0%
↑11.0pp
Howard Legg
Liberal Democrats
2,901 6.0%
↓13.0pp
Jane Burnet
Green Party
2,275 4.7%
↑3.5pp
Mervyn Stewkesbury
—
435 0.9%
—
Andy Kirkwood
—
164 0.3%
↓0.1pp
Conservative Richard Drax Hold
Majority 7,443
Turnout 68.6%
Total Votes 50,310
✓ Richard Drax
Conservative
22,667 45.1%
↑7.1pp
Jim Knight
Labour
15,224 30.3%
↓11.4pp
Rosamond Kayes
Liberal Democrats
9,557 19.0%
↑3.3pp
Mike Hobson
—
2,034 4.0%
↑0.8pp
Brian Heatley
Green Party
595 1.2%
—
Andy Kirkwood
—
233 0.5%
—

Turnout Trend

68.6%
'10
67.9%
'15
68.7%
'17
69.2%
'19
64.6%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
28.3% ▲6.0pp
50 to 64
22.3%
0 to 17
16.9%
35 to 49
16.2%
25 to 34
10.2%
18 to 24
6.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.3%
Asian or Asian British
1.1%
Other
0.4%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.4%
📊 Age
65 and over
28.3%
45 to 64
22.3%
Under 18
16.9%
18 to 29
16.3%
30 to 44
16.2%
⛪ Religion
Christian
48.4%
No religion
43.4%
Not answered
6.3%
Other religion
0.7%
Muslim
0.5%
Buddhist
0.4%
Hindu
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.9%
Asian or Asian British
0.9%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.4%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
28.7%
65 and over
22.3%
Under 18
18.8%
30 to 44
17.3%
18 to 29
13.0%
⛪ Religion
Christian
62.2%
No religion
28.2%
Religion not stated
8.0%
Other religion
0.6%
Muslim
0.4%
Buddhist
0.4%
Jewish
0.1%
Hindu
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Richard Drax Conservative 2010-05-06 2024-05-30
Mr Ian Bruce Conservative 1987-06-11 2001-06-07