West Dorset

Pre-2024 Parliamentary Constituency

This is a historical constituency

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North Dorset

Covers approximately 2% of this old constituency’s population, and 4% of this old constituency’s area.

South Dorset

Covers approximately 6% of this old constituency’s population, and 1% of this old constituency’s area.

West Dorset

Covers approximately 92% of this old constituency’s population, and 95% of this old constituency’s area.

Place

Air pollution

This area National average
Benzene 0.2% 0.3%
NO2 4.2% 9.7%
NOX 5.2% 13.1%
Ozone 3.3% 2.1%
PM10 10.8% 11.5%
PM2.5 6.0% 6.5%
SO2 0.6% 1.5%

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0-9 8.4% 11.8%
Ages 10-19 10.5% 11.5%
Ages 20-29 7.1% 12.9%
Ages 30-39 8.5% 13.3%
Ages 40-49 10.7% 12.6%
Ages 50-59 15.4% 13.7%
Ages 60-69 15.6% 10.8%
Ages 70-79 14.8% 8.5%
Ages 80+ 9.0% 5.0%

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

20%

31.6% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

16%

23.7% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

11%

19.1% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

22%

37.6% national average

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

21%

28.8% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

29%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

England

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

4

Ethnicity

This area National average
African 0.2% 2.2%
Any other ethnic group 0.2% 1.4%
Arab 0.1% 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.1% 0.9%
Caribbean 0.1% 0.9%
Chinese 0.3% 0.7%
English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 93.6% 76.5%
Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.1% 0.1%
Indian 0.4% 2.8%
Irish 0.5% 0.8%
Other Asian 0.4% 1.5%
Other Black 0.0% 0.4%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.3% 0.7%
Other White 2.5% 5.7%
Pakistani 0.1% 2.4%
Roma 0.0% 0.2%
White and Asian 0.5% 0.8%
White and Black African 0.2% 0.4%
White and Black Caribbean 0.3% 0.8%

Socio-economic status

This area National average
Full-time students 4.3% 7.4%
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations 13.5% 12.9%
Intermediate occupations 11.4% 11.5%
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations 23.4% 19.9%
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 5.4% 5.5%
Never worked / long-term unemployed 5.4% 8.5%
Routine occupations 9.5% 12.2%
Semi-routine occupations 11.5% 11.5%
Small employers and own account workers 15.4% 10.6%

Public opinion

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 76% 72.5%
Net disagree 8% 8.7%
Strongly agree 37% 33.8%
Partly agree 39% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 16% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 2% 2.7%

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 58% 58.8%
Net disagree 20% 17.7%
Strongly agree 23% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 35% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 23% 23.5%
Somewhat disagree 13% 10.6%
Strongly disagree 7% 7.2%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 59% 57.4%
Should not be a priority 41% 42.6%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

24

26.7 national average

Support nuclear energy

57%

57.4% national average

Support renewable energy projects in their local area

90%

85.0% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

21%

24.2% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

91%

84.2% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

51%

51.9% national average

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of CAFOD parishes

1

1.4 national average

Number of CAFOD schools

2

2.3 national average

Number of Friends of the Earth local action groups

3

  • Dorset CAN
  • Lyme Regis One Planet Working Group
  • West Dorset Friends of the Earth

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

15

1.8 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

10

2.2 national average

Number of Hope For The Future trained constituents

0

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

1

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

15

  • Bracketts Coppice
  • Brooklands Farm (Dorset Wildlife Trust HQ)
  • Haydon Hill
  • Hendover Coppice
  • Hibbitt Woods
  • Holway Woods
  • King's Lane Orchard
  • Kingcombe Meadows
  • Kingcombe Visitor Centre
  • Loscombe
  • Nunnery Mead
  • Peascombe
  • Powerstock Common
  • South Poorton
  • West Bexington