TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE
Conservative		43.4%
Liberal Democrat		28.6%
Labour		23.1%
Swing: 2.4% from CON to LD

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%	+/- %
Robert Syms	Conservative	17,571	43.4	-1.7
Mike Plummer	Liberal Democrat	11,583	28.6	+3.1
Darren Brown	Labour	9,376	23.1	-3.8
John Barnes	UK Independence Party	1,436	3.5	+1.0
Peter Pirnie	British National Party	547	1.4	+1.4
Majority		5,988	14.8
Turnout		40,513	63.1	+2.4

KEY SEAT

This seat is Liberal Democrat target number 57

POLITICAL MAKE UP OF SOUTH WEST

Full details for South West

2001 RESULT FOR POOLE
Conservative		45.1%
Labour		26.9%
Liberal Democrat		25.5%
Others		2.5%