List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Hampshire

List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

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The ceremonial county of Hampshire, which includes the unitary authorities of Portsmouth and Southampton, is divided into 18 parliamentary constituencies: 9 borough constituencies and 9 county constituencies.

Constituencies

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrat ¤

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2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats which covered Hampshire from 17 to 18, with the creation of Meon Valley. As a consequence of resulting boundary changes, Romsey was renamed Romsey and Southampton North. The Aldershot and Basingstoke seats, more predominantly urban than previously defined, were redesignated as borough constituencies.

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Hampshire be combined with Berkshire and Surrey as a sub-region of the South East Region. As a result, parts of the current constituency of East Hampshire would be included in a new cross-county boundary constituency named Farnham and Bordon. In addition, Fareham and Meon Valley would be abolished and replaced by Fareham and Waterlooville, and Hamble Valley.[4][5]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Basingstoke and Deane

Containing electoral wards from East Hampshire

Containing electoral wards from Eastleigh

Containing electoral wards from Fareham

Containing electoral wards from Gosport

  • Gosport (part)

Containing electoral wards from Hart

Containing electoral wards from Havant

  • Fareham and Waterlooville (part)
  • Havant

Containing electoral wards from New Forest

Containing electoral wards from Portsmouth

Containing electoral wards from Rushmoor

  • Aldershot (part)

Containing electoral wards from Southampton

Containing electoral wards from Test Valley

  • Eastleigh (part)
  • North West Hampshire (part)
  • Romsey and Southampton North (part)

Containing electoral wards from Winchester

  • Fareham and Waterlooville (part)
  • Hamble Valley (part)
  • Winchester

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019.[6] The Isle of Wight is excluded throughout.

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Hampshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

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Percentage votes

Note that before 1983 Hampshire also included the Bournemouth and Christchurch areas.

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1Including National Liberal, and one National candidate in 1945

2pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Accurate vote percentages for the 1918, 1922 and 1931 elections cannot be obtained because at least one candidate stood unopposed.

Seats

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11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name. Unlike elsewhere in this article, the Isle of Wight is included in these tables.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Independent Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist   National Party

1918 to 1950

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Government   National Liberal (1931-68)   National Party

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Social Democratic   Speaker

1983 to present

  Conservative   Democratic Unionist   Independent   Independent Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats   Social Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. PA, David Hughes and Gavin Cordon; Stanley, Megan (8 June 2021). "Hampshire would get more MPs under new boundary proposals". hampshirelive. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 890-915. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  6. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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