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North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

UK Parliament constituency since 1997


North East Hampshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Ranil Jayawardena, a Conservative.[n 2]

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History

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Aldershot and East Hampshire. It was represented at Westminster by James Arbuthnot until 2015 when he was succeeded by Ranil Jayawardena. The constituency has, since its creation, given large majorities to the Conservatives, and in 2015, Jayawardena was elected with a lead of 29,916 votes, or 55.4%. This made North East Hampshire the safest Conservative seat at that election in both percentage and numerical terms.[2]

Boundaries

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1997–2010: The District of Hart wards of Church Crookham, Crondall, Eversley, Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet Pondtail, Fleet West, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Long Sutton, Odiham, and Whitewater, and the District of East Hampshire wards of Binsted, Bramshott and Liphook, Froyle and Bentley, Grayshott, Headley, Selborne, Whitehill Bordon and Whitehill, and Whitehill Lindford.

2010–present: The District of Hart wards of Church Crookham East, Church Crookham West, Crondall, Eversley, Fleet Central, Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet North, Fleet Pondtail, Fleet West, Greywell, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Long Sutton, Odiham, Yateley East, Yateley North, and Yateley West, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Calleva, Pamber, Sherborne St John, and Upton Grey and The Candovers.

Towns and villages in the constituency include Elvetham Heath, Eversley, Fleet, Greywell, Hartley Wintney, Headley, Herriard, Hook, Odiham, Sherfield on Loddon, Silchester and Yateley.

This constituency was slightly altered for the 2010 general election. The seat's southernmost part was transferred to East Hampshire while it gained some wards from Basingstoke and Hart wards from Aldershot.

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 wards of: Basing & Upton Grey; Bramley.
  • The District of Hart wards of: Crookham East; Crookham West and Ewshot; Fleet Central; Fleet East; Fleet West; Hartley Wintney; Hook; Odiham; Yateley West.[3]

The contents will be adjusted largely to take account of modifications to local authority ward boundaries.

Constituency profile

The seat includes significant software, hardware and military sectors and a significant proportion of Basingstoke, Bracknell and City of London commuters, particularly the latter towards Hook railway station on the South West Main Line; the average income level is higher than the national average.[4] This area also has low unemployment[5] and a high proportion of semi-detached and detached properties.[6]

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 2010s

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1: After nominations were closed, Blay was suspended from UKIP after threatening to shoot his Conservative opponent.[14][15] His name still appeared on ballot papers as it was too late to remove him.[16]

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Elections in the 2000s

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Elections in the 1990s

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See also

Notes

  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. 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.

References

  1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. Williams, Zoe (1 June 2017). "In the country's safest Tory seat, prosperity seeks a steady hand | Zoe Williams". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  4. "2001 Census". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  5. "2011 census interactive maps". Ons.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  6. "Loony Party Candidates". Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  7. "North Hampshire general election candidates". Basingstoke Observer. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  8. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. Myers, Russell; Sorrell, Lee (5 May 2015). "Robert Blay: UKIP suspends parliamentary candidate". Daily Mirror.
  10. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

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