New Forest East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of New Forest East in Hampshire.
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Location of Hampshire within England.
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County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 73,542 (December 2010) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Julian Murray Lewis (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Romsey and Waterside, New Forest |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Coordinates: 50°49′12″N 1°28′01″W / 50.820°N 1.467°W
New Forest East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Julian Murray Lewis, a Conservative.
The constituency covers the eastern half of the New Forest in Hampshire, including the central forest villages of Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and Beaulieu, as well as the waterside settlements (Totton, Marchwood, Hythe and Fawley).
For all areas the relevant local authority has a higher than average proportion of retired people, and a lower than national average extent of social housing and rented housing. Housing types include far above average detached and semi-detached properties.