TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE
Labour		41.6%
Conservative		37.9%
Liberal Democrat		15.7%
Swing: 1.7% from CON to LAB

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%	+/- %
Jim Knight	Labour	20,231	41.6	-0.4
Ed Matts	Conservative	18,419	37.9	-3.7
Graham Oakes	Liberal Democrat	7,647	15.7	+1.3
Hugh Chalker	UK Independence Party	1,571	3.2	+1.2
Vic Hamilton	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	282	0.6	+0.6
Berny Parkes	Respect-Unity Coalition	219	0.5	+0.5
Andrew Kirkwood	Personality AND Rational Thinking? Yes! Party	107	0.2	+0.2
Colin Bex	Wessex Regionalists	83	0.2	+0.2
David Marchesi	Socialist Labour Party	25	0.1	+0.1
Majority		1,812	3.7
Turnout		48,584	68.7	+3.2

KEY SEAT

This seat is Conservative target number 3

POLITICAL MAKE UP OF SOUTH WEST

Full details for South West

2001 RESULT FOR DORSET SOUTH
Labour		42.0%
Conservative		41.6%
Liberal Democrat		14.4%
Others		2.0%