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The fight for votes: Dramatic election nights of the past in Dorset and the New Forest
2015-04-29 10:00:57| Food - Topix.net
VOTE WINNER: Echo picture of Conservative John Cordle campaigning in Bournemouth East ahead of the general election in June 1970 THE results have rarely threatened to break the swingometer, but elections in Dorset and West Hampshire have not been without drama. In 1945, as Winston Churchill's Conservatives lost heavily to Labour, every local seat still returned Tory MPs - except for Dorset Northern.
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