South Dorset
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South Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lloyd Hatton, of the Labour Party. Major settlements include Weymouth, Swanage and Fortuneswell.
Fortuneswell on the Isle of Portland with Weymouth in the background
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Leslie Renton
William Brymer
Jim Knight
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James Philip Knight, Baron Knight of Weymouth, is a British politician who served as Minister for the South West and Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform from 2009 to 2010. A member of
South Dorset
…The 2010 election saw Conservative Richard Drax, a former soldier and journalist from a long line of Dorset representatives, defeating the incumbent Jim Knight, who ended his final year in parliament as the Minister (of State) for Employment and Welfare Reform. Richard Drax retained the seat in 2015 election…
Official portrait, 2018