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Forest of Dean
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire for the 2010 general election
Location of Gloucestershire within England
County	Gloucestershire
Electorate	68,703 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Mark Harper (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	West Gloucestershire
1885–1950
Seats	One
Replaced by	West Gloucestershire

Forest of Dean is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Mark Harper, a Conservative.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Coleford, Lydney, Newent, and Newnham.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Awre, Coleford, Newnham, and Westbury-on-Severn, the Rural Districts of East Dean and United Parishes, Lydney, Newent, and West Dean, and part of the Rural District of Gloucester.

History

This seat was created for the 1885 general election, replacing the two-seat constituency of West Gloucestershire under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and abolished for the 1950 general election. It was re-created, with different boundaries, for the 1997 general election.

Constituency profile

The Forest of Dean constituency covers Gloucestershire west of the river Severn, and lies in the south west of England, near the Welsh border.

The core of the constituency consists of the Royal Forest of Dean itself, which was established by William the Conqueror nearly a thousand years ago and is one of the last surviving Royal Forests in England. The seat has a rich industrial and mining history, evidenced by the market towns of Coleford and Cinderford, and the old port of Lydney from where coal mined in the Forest of Dean Coalfield would start its journey to all parts of the world. The Dean's rich industrial heritage and spectacular natural beauty unsurprisingly means tourism is an increasingly important aspect of Forest life.

The Wye Valley forms the western border of the Forest and is an area of outstanding natural beauty, whilst the Leadon Valley forms the northern portion of the constituency. The Vale consists of quintessentially unspoilt English countryside with rolling farmland centred on the picturesque Tudor town of Newent, and also produces fine English wine.

The constituency also includes parishes from Tewkesbury district, including Forthampton, Chaceley Hole, Hasfield, Ashleworth and Highnam.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1950

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1885	Thomas Blake	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1887	Godfrey Samuelson	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1892	Sir Charles Dilke	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1911	Sir Henry Webb	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1918	James Wignall	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1925	A. A. Purcell	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1929	David Vaughan	Labour
style="background-color: Template:National Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1931	John Worthington	National Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1935	Philips Price	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished

MPs since 1997

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Diana Organ	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2005	Mark Harper	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper	28,096	54.3	+7.4
	Labour	Shaun Stammers	18,594	35.9	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Ellard	2,029	3.9	−1.4
	Green	James Greenwood	1,241	2.4	−3.1
	UKIP	Ernie Warrender	1,237	2.4	−15.4
	Independent	Julian Burrett	570	1.1	N/A
Majority			9,502	18.4	−3.8
Turnout			51,767	73.0	+2.1
Registered electors			70,898		+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.9

General Election 2015: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper	23,191	46.8	0.0
	Labour	Steve Parry-Hearn	12,204	24.6	+0.5
	UKIP	Steve Stanbury	8,792	17.8	+12.6
	Green	James Greenwood	2,703	5.5	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coleman	2,630	5.3	−16.6
Majority			10,987	22.2	−0.5
Turnout			49,520	70.9	−0.4
Registered electors			69,865		+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.3

General Election 2010: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper	22,853	46.9	+6.0
	Labour	Bruce Hogan	11,789	24.2	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coleman	10,676	21.9	+4.7
	UKIP	Tim Congdon	2,522	5.2	+2.8
	Green	James Greenwood	923	1.9	−0.2
Majority			11,064	22.7	+18.4
Turnout			48,763	71.3	+0.4
Registered electors			68,419		+1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Harper	19,474	40.9	+2.1
	Labour	Isabel Owen	17,425	36.6	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coleman	8,185	17.2	+4.3
	UKIP	Patricia Hill	1,140	2.4	+0.9
	Green	Stephen Tweedie	991	2.1	−0.7
	Independent	Anthony Reeve	300	0.6	−
	English Democrat	Gerald Morgan	125	0.3	−0.4
Majority			2,049	4.3	−0.3
Turnout			47,640	70.8	+3.5
Registered electors			67,241		+1.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.4

General Election 2001: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Organ	19,350	43.4	−4.8
	Conservative	Mark Harper	17,301	38.8	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Gayler	5,762	12.9	+0.6
	Green	Simon Pickering	1,254	2.8	−
	UKIP	Allen Prout	661	1.5	−
	Independent	Gerald Morgan	279	0.6	+0.2
Majority			2,049	4.6	+4.4
Turnout			44,607	67.3	−11.7
Registered electors			66,240		+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

Election in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Organ	24,203	48.2	+5.8
	Conservative	Paul Marland	17,860	35.6	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Lynch	6,165	12.3	−3.8
	Referendum	Dominic Hopkins	1,624	3.2	−
	Independent	Gerald Morgan	218	0.4	−
	Independent	Colin Palmer	80	0.2	−
	Independent	Stephen Porter	34	0.1	−
Majority			6,343	12.6	+11.2
Turnout			50,184	79.1	−4.0
Registered electors			63,465		+0.9
	Labour win (new seat)

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Philips Price	19,721	65.2	+7.6
	Independent	John Brown	10,529	34.8	−
Majority			9,192	30.4	+15.2
Turnout			30,250	70.9	−6.4
Registered electors			42,667		13.3
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Philips Price	16,768	57.6	+10.3
	National Labour	John Worthington	12,337	42.4	−10.3
Majority			4,431	15.2	+9.8
Turnout			29,105	77.3	+0.4
Registered electors			37,643		+3.0
	Labour gain from National Labour		Swing	+10.3

General Election 1931: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labour	John Worthington	14,815	52.7	−
	Labour	David Vaughan	13,291	47.3	−4.8
Majority			1,524	5.4	−20.3
Turnout			28,106	76.9	+3.6
Registered electors			36,547		0.0
	National Labour gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Vaughan	13,976	52.1	+3.7
	Unionist	William Mitchell-Cotts	7,092	26.5	−9.4
	Liberal	Joseph W Westwood	5,738	21.4	+5.7
Majority			6,884	25.7	+13.1
Turnout			26,806	73.3	−7.5
Registered electors			36,563		+23.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.5

Forest of Dean by-election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. A. Purcell	11,629	48.4	−4.7
	Unionist	Michael Beaumont	8,607	35.8	−11.0
	Liberal	W.H. West	3,774	15.7	−
Majority			3,022	12.6	+6.3
Turnout			24,010	80.9	+10.9
Registered electors			29,696		0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

1924 General Election: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wignall	11,048	53.1	−7.7
	Unionist	Michael Beaumont	9,739	46.9	+7.7
Majority			1,309	6.3	−15.4
Turnout			20,787	70.0	+5.3
Registered electors			29,696		+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.7

1923 General Election: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wignall	11,486	60.9	+8.5
	Unionist	Augustus George Cuthbert Dinnick	7,383	39.1	+10.2
Majority			4,103	21.7	−1.8
Turnout			18,869	64.7	−7.3
Registered electors			29,174		+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

1922 General Election: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wignall	10,820	52.4	−10.4
	Ind. Conservative	Augustus George Cuthbert Dinnick	5,976	28.9	−
	National Liberal	Winifred Coombe Tennant	3,861	18.7	−
Majority			4,854	23.5	−2.1
Turnout			20,647	72.0	+15.9
Registered electors			28,686		+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

Election results 1885-1918

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wignall	9,731	62.8	N/A
C	Liberal	Henry Webb	5,765	37.2	N/A
Majority			3,966	25.6	N/A
Turnout			15,496	56.1	N/A
Registered electors			27,624		N/A
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General Election 1914/15

A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been selected to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place;

Liberal Party: Henry Webb
Labour Party: James Wignall

Forest of Dean by-election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Webb	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Forest of Dean by-election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Webb	6,174	66.5	+0.2
	Conservative	David Hope Kyd	3,106	33.5	−0.2
Majority			3,068	33.1	+0.5
Turnout			9,280	82.8	+5.9
Registered electors			11,214
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.2

General Election December 1910: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	5,544	66.3	+1.1
	Conservative	David Hope Kyd	2,820	33.7	−1.1
Majority			2,724	32.6	+2.2
Turnout			8,364	76.9	−9.7
Registered electors			10,881		0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

General Election January 1910: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	6,141	65.2	N/A
	Conservative	John Henry Renton	3,279	34.8	N/A
Majority			2,862	30.4	N/A
Turnout			9,420	86.6	N/A
Registered electors			10,881		+8.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1900: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	4,972	66.4	n/a
	Conservative	H Terrell	2,520	33.6	n/a
Majority			2,452	32.7	n/a
Turnout			7,492	75.0	n/a
Registered electors			9,993		n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1892: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Dilke	5,360	64.6	+3.5
	Conservative	Maynard Willoughby Colchester Wemyss	2,942	35.4	−3.5
Majority			2,418	29.2	+7.1
Turnout			8,302	77.0	+7.0
Registered electors			10,782		+7.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 1880s

Forest of Dean by-election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Godfrey Samuelson	4,286	61.0	−0.2
	Conservative	Edward Wyndham	2,736	39.0	−
Majority			1,550	22.1	−0.5
Turnout			7,022	70.0	+4.1
Registered electors			10,032		+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1886: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Blake	3,822	61.3	−6.7
	Liberal Unionist	F L Lucas	2,415	38.7	−
Majority			1,407	22.6	−13.4
Turnout			6,237	65.9	−14.0
Registered electors			9,458		0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.7

General Election 1885: Forest of Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Blake	5,143	68.0	n/a
	Conservative	John Plunkett	2,421	32.0	n/a
Majority			2,722	36.0	n/a
Turnout			7,564	80.0	n/a
Registered electors			9,458		n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

"Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
"Forest of Dean parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
"Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
"Forest of Dean District Council – Page unavailable". www.fdean.gov.uk.
^ "FOREST OF DEAN 2015". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
"Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
"Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
"Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
"Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Percentage change and swing for 1997 is calculated relative to the Rallings and Thrasher 1992 notional constituency result, not actual 1992 result. See C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
^ FWS Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
"Forest of Dean Election". North Devon Journal. 16 July 1925. Retrieved 13 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
‘COLCHESTER WEMYSS, Maynard Willoughby’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Feb 2015 accessed 19 Oct 2017
The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 144 (168 in web page), Gloucestershire
Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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