East_Hampshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
UK Parliament constituency since 1983
East Hampshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Damian Hinds of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
| East Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of East Hampshire in Hampshire | |
Location of Hampshire within England | |
| County | Hampshire |
| Electorate | 72,648 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Alton, Bentley, Liphook, Liss, Petersfield |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Damian Hinds (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Petersfield, Aldershot and Basingstoke[2] |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will be subject to major boundary changes. The town of Bordon will move to a majority Surrey constituency named Farnham and Bordon, to be first contested at the next general election.[3]
The seat was created in 1983 chiefly to replace the Petersfield constituency. The first MP was (by election) Michael Mates, who held it from 1983 until the calling of the 2010 election when he retired.
Boundaries and profile
1983–1997: The District of East Hampshire wards of Binsted, Bramshott and Liphook, Clanfield and Buriton, East Meon and Langrish, Froyle and Bentley, Froxfield and Steep, Grayshott, Headley, Horndean Catherington, Horndean Hazleton, Horndean Kings, Horndean Murray, Liss, Petersfield Heath, Petersfield St Mary's, Petersfield St Peter's, Rowlands Castle, Selborne, The Hangers, Whitehill Bordon and Whitehill, and Whitehill Lindford, and the District of Hart wards of Church Crookham, Crondall, Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet Pondtail, Fleet West, Hook, Long Sutton, and Odiham.
1997–2010: The District of East Hampshire wards of Alton Holybourne, Alton North East, Alton North West, Alton South East, Alton South West and Beech, Clanfield and Buriton, East Meon and Langrish, Farringdon, Four Marks, Froxfield and Steep, Horndean Catherington, Horndean Hazleton, Horndean Kings, Horndean Murray, Liss, Medstead, North Downland, Petersfield Heath, Petersfield St Mary's, Petersfield St Peter's, Ropley and West Tisted, Rowlands Castle, and The Hangers, and the Borough of Havant wards of Cowplain, Hart Plain, and Waterloo.
2010–present: The District of East Hampshire wards of Alton Amery, Alton Ashdell, Alton Eastbrooke, Alton Westbrooke, Alton Whitedown, Alton Wooteys, Binstead and Bentley, Bramshott and Liphook, Downland, East Meon, Four Marks and Medstead, Froxfield and Steep, Grayshott, Headley, Holybourne and Froyle, Lindford, Liss, Petersfield Bell Hill, Petersfield Causeway, Petersfield Heath, Petersfield Rother, Petersfield St Mary's, Petersfield St Peter's, Ropley and Tisted, Selborne, The Hangers and Forest, Whitehill Chase, Whitehill Deadwater, Whitehill Hogmoor, Whitehill Pinewood, and Whitehill Walldown.
The boundaries resemble the East Hampshire district, shifted somewhat north. The south of the seat has many farm, tourist and outdoor leisure businesses in the South Downs National Park. Results present a Conservative safe seat by length of tenure and size of majorities. On national opinion-poll adjusted results, Hinds achieved the 28th-highest vote share for the party in 2017. The Liberal Democrats or its predecessor the Liberals have finished second in the elections, bar:
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane ward of Oakley & The Candovers (polling districts OC02, OC10, OC12, OC13, OC14, OC15, OC16 and OC17).
- The District of East Hampshire wards of: Alton Amery; Alton Ashdell; Alton Eastbrooke; Alton Holybourne; Alton Westbrooke; Alton Whitedown; Alton Wooteys; Bentworth & Froyle; Binsted, Bentley & Selborne; Buriton & East Meon; Clanfield; Four Marks & Medstead; Froxfield, Sheet & Steep; Horndean Catherington; Horndean Downs; Horndean Kings & Blendworth; Horndean Murray; Liss; Petersfield Bell Hill; Petersfield Causeway; Petersfield Heath; Petersfield St. Peter’s; Ropley, Hawkley & Hangers; Rowlands Castle.[5]
The town of Bordon (which forms part of the parish of Whitehill) and surrounding areas, comprising 36% of the current electorate[6], will be included in the newly created constituency of Farnham and Bordon. To compensate, the seat will be expanded southwards to include Horndean, currently part of the (to be abolished) Meon Valley constituency. To ensure the electorate is within the permitted range, a small part of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane ward of Oakley & The Candovers (the "Candovers") will also be added.
| Election | Member[7] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Michael Mates | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Damian Hinds | Conservative | |
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dominic Martin[8] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Damian Hinds | 33,446 | 58.8 | -4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Buxton | 13,750 | 24.2 | +9.0 | |
| Labour | Gaynor Austin | 6,287 | 11.1 | -5.9 | |
| Green | Zoe Parker | 2,600 | 4.6 | +1.4 | |
| UKIP | Jim Makin | 616 | 1.1 | New | |
| Justice & Anti-Corruption | Eddie Trotter | 196 | 0.3 | -0.7 | |
| Majority | 19,696 | 34.6 | -12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 56,895 | 74.4 | -0.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Damian Hinds | 35,263 | 63.6 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | Rohit Dasgupta | 9,411 | 17.0 | +6.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Robinson | 8,403 | 15.2 | +4.1 | |
| Green | Richard Knight | 1,760 | 3.2 | -2.9 | |
| Justice & Anti-Corruption | Susan Jerrard | 571 | 1.0 | New | |
| Majority | 25,852 | 46.6 | -2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 55,567 | 74.7 | +2.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Damian Hinds | 31,334 | 60.7 | +3.9 | |
| UKIP | Peter Baillie | 6,187 | 12.0 | +9.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Robinson | 5,732 | 11.1 | −19.4 | |
| Labour | Alex Wilks | 5,220 | 10.1 | +2.2 | |
| Green | Peter Bisset | 3,176 | 6.1 | New | |
| Majority | 25,147 | 48.7 | +22.4 | ||
| Turnout | 51,649 | 72.7 | +1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Damian Hinds | 29,137 | 56.8 | +9.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Carew | 15,640 | 30.5 | −3.5 | |
| Labour | Jane Edbrooke | 4,043 | 7.9 | −8.6 | |
| UKIP | Hugh McGuiness | 1,477 | 2.9 | +0.3 | |
| English Democrat | Matt Williams | 710 | 1.4 | New | |
| Justice & Anti-Corruption | Don Jerrard | 310 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 13,467 | 26.3 | +15.9 | ||
| Turnout | 51,317 | 71.0 | +6.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 24,273 | 45.7 | −1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ruth Bright | 18,764 | 35.3 | +5.4 | |
| Labour | Marjorie Broughton | 8,519 | 16.0 | −3.6 | |
| UKIP | David Samuel | 1,583 | 3.0 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 5,509 | 10.4 | -7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 53,139 | 66.9 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 23,950 | 47.6 | −0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Booker | 15,060 | 29.9 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Barbara Burfoot | 9,866 | 19.6 | +2.5 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Coles | 1,413 | 2.8 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 8,890 | 17.7 | -2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 50,289 | 64.3 | −11.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 27,927 | 48.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Booker | 16,337 | 28.1 | ||
| Labour | Robert Hoyle | 9,945 | 17.1 | ||
| Referendum | John Hayter | 2,757 | 4.7 | New | |
| Green | Ian Foster | 649 | 1.1 | ||
| UKIP | Stephen Coles | 513 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 11,590 | 19.9 | |||
| Turnout | 58,128 | 75.6 | -3.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 47,541 | 64.2 | −0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Baring | 18,376 | 24.8 | −4.1 | |
| Labour | James Phillips | 6,840 | 9.2 | +2.5 | |
| Green | Ian Foster | 1,113 | 1.5 | New | |
| Independent | Stanley Hale | 165 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 29,165 | 39.4 | +3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 74,035 | 79.3 | +1.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 43,093 | 64.5 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal | Robert Booker | 19,307 | 28.9 | −2.8 | |
| Labour | Colin Lloyd | 4,443 | 6.7 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 23,786 | 35.6 | +4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 66,843 | 77.4 | +3.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 36,968 | 62.8 | ||
| Liberal | Rebecca Bryan | 18,641 | 31.7 | ||
| Labour | Steven Cowan | 3,247 | 5.5 | ||
| Majority | 18,327 | 31.1 | |||
| Turnout | 58,856 | 74.2 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
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