TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE
Conservative		41.4%
Liberal Democrat		29.6%
Labour		23.1%
Swing: 2.9% from CON to LD

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%	+/- %
John Butterfill	Conservative	14,057	41.4	-1.4
Richard Renaut	Liberal Democrat	10,026	29.6	+4.4
Dafydd Williams	Labour	7,824	23.1	-5.7
Michael Maclaire-Hillier	UK Independence Party	2,017	5.9	+2.7
Majority		4,031	11.9
Turnout		33,924	53.3	+0.1

KEY SEAT

This seat is Liberal Democrat target number 50

POLITICAL MAKE UP OF SOUTH WEST

Full details for South West

2001 RESULT FOR BOURNEMOUTH WEST
Conservative		42.8%
Labour		28.8%
Liberal Democrat		25.2%
Others		3.2%