New Forest East

The Hampshire constituency includes the central forest villages of Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and Beaulieu. The constituency includes a firm called Millbrook Furnishings which maintains and upholsters the green benches of the House of Commons.

It is held by the Conservatives, but the Liberal Democrats are snapping at their heels. At the last election, the Tories retained the seat with a majority of 6,500 over the Lib Dems who have specifically targeted this seat at this general election.

The sitting MP Dr Julian Lewis is a defence expert, and has been described as the Tories' ""front-bench terrier"".