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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South West
73,173 electors
Active Seat

Bournemouth East

Current MP
Tom Hayes
Tom Hayes

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
63.5%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Labour Tom Hayes Gain from Conservative
Majority 5,479
Turnout 62.1% ↓4.4pp
Total Votes 44,910
Winner Swing ↓9.8pp
✓ Tom Hayes
Labour
18,316 40.8%
↑8.1pp
Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
12,837 28.6%
↓22.0pp
Martin Houlden
Reform UK
6,268 14.0%
—
Jon Nicholas
Liberal Democrats
3,082 6.9%
↓4.1pp
Joe Salmon
Green Party
2,790 6.2%
↑2.1pp
Kieron Wilson
—
1,529 3.4%
—
Miles Penn
Social Democratic Party
88 0.2%
—
Conservative Tobias Ellwood Hold
Majority 8,806
Turnout 66.5% ↑1.3pp
Total Votes 49,274
Winner Swing ↓1.3pp
✓ Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
24,926 50.6%
↓1.3pp
Corrie Drew
Labour
16,120 32.7%
↓2.8pp
Philip Dunn
Liberal Democrats
5,418 11.0%
↑4.5pp
Alasdair Keddie
Green Party
2,049 4.2%
↑1.6pp
Ben Aston
—
447 0.9%
—
Emma Johnson
—
314 0.6%
—
Conservative Tobias Ellwood Hold
Majority 7,937
Turnout 65.2% ↑3.2pp
Total Votes 48,618
Winner Swing ↑2.7pp
✓ Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
25,221 51.9%
↑2.7pp
Mel Semple
Labour
17,284 35.6%
↑18.9pp
Jon Nicholas
Liberal Democrats
3,168 6.5%
↓1.9pp
David Hughes
—
1,405 2.9%
↓13.6pp
Alasdair Keddie
Green Party
1,236 2.5%
↓4.7pp
Kieron Wilson
—
304 0.6%
—
Conservative Tobias Ellwood Hold
Majority 14,612
Turnout 62.0% ↑0.1pp
Total Votes 44,827
Winner Swing ↑0.8pp
✓ Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
22,060 49.2%
↑0.8pp
Peter Stokes
Labour
7,448 16.6%
↑3.4pp
David Hughes
—
7,401 16.5%
↑9.6pp
Jon Nicholas
Liberal Democrats
3,752 8.4%
↓22.5pp
Alasdair Keddie
Green Party
3,263 7.3%
—
David Ross
—
903 2.0%
—
Conservative Tobias Ellwood Hold
Majority 7,728
Turnout 61.9%
Total Votes 44,024
✓ Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
21,320 48.4%
↑3.1pp
Lisa Northover
Liberal Democrats
13,592 30.9%
↓0.4pp
David Stokes
Labour
5,836 13.3%
↓5.3pp
David Hughes
—
3,027 6.9%
↑2.0pp
Steven Humphrey
—
249 0.6%
—

Turnout Trend

61.9%
'10
62.0%
'15
65.2%
'17
66.5%
'19
62.1%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
35 to 49
22.5%
0 to 17
19.4%
50 to 64
18.9%
65 and over
18.1% ▲1.0pp
25 to 34
12.4%
18 to 24
8.6%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
88.1%
Asian or Asian British
4.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.7%
Other
2.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.5%
📊 Age
30 to 44
22.5%
18 to 29
21.0%
Under 18
19.4%
45 to 64
18.9%
65 and over
18.1%
⛪ Religion
Christian
47.2%
No religion
40.2%
Not answered
6.9%
Muslim
2.6%
Hindu
1.0%
Other religion
0.9%
Buddhist
0.6%
Jewish
0.5%
Sikh
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
91.7%
Asian or Asian British
4.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.1%
Other ethnic group
0.9%
📊 Age
45 to 64
24.0%
30 to 44
22.5%
Under 18
18.6%
18 to 29
17.8%
65 and over
17.1%
⛪ Religion
Christian
58.9%
No religion
28.7%
Religion not stated
7.7%
Muslim
1.8%
Jewish
0.7%
Hindu
0.7%
Buddhist
0.7%
Other religion
0.6%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Mr Tobias Ellwood Conservative 2005-05-05 2024-05-30
Mr David Atkinson Conservative 1977-11-24 2005-05-05