Bournemouth East is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Tom Hayes, of the Labour Party.

[n 2] The seat covers the eastern suburbs of Bournemouth including Boscombe, Muscliff, Springbourne and Southbourne.

[4] The constituency is based on the eastern portion of Bournemouth, in Dorset, including the Southbourne district at the border of Christchurch, Boscombe, Throop, Moordown, Muscliff, Townsend, Littledown, Richmond Park, Springbourne, Iford and Queen's Park.

1983–1997: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Boscombe East, Boscombe West, Central, East Cliff, Littledown, Moordown, Muscliff, Queen's Park, Southbourne, Strouden Park, and West Southbourne.

[5] This was a safe seat for the Conservatives since its creation in 1974 with Liberal-inclined candidates being their main opponents, the Labour Party finishing a distant second place on only one occasion in a 1977 by-election.