List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

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 edit

  Conservative  Labour  Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency[nb 1]Electorate[1]Majority[2][nb 2]Member of Parliament[2]Nearest opposition[2]Map
Aldershot BC72,61716,698 Leo Docherty Howard Kaye ‡
Basingstoke BC82,92814,198 Maria Miller Kerena Marchant ‡
East Hampshire CC76,47819,696 Damian Hinds David Buxton ¤
Eastleigh BC83,88015,607 Paul Holmes Lynda Murphy ¤
Fareham CC78,33726,086 Suella Braverman Matthew Randall ‡
Gosport BC73,54123,278 Caroline Dinenage Tom Chatwin ‡
Havant BC72,10321,792 Alan Mak Rosamund Knight ‡
Meon Valley CC75,73723,555 Flick Drummond Lewis North ¤
New Forest East CC73,54925,251 Julian Lewis Julie Hope ‡
New Forest West CC70,86924,403 Desmond Swayne Jack Davies ¤
North East Hampshire CC78,95420,211 Ranil Jayawardena Graham Cockarill ¤
North West Hampshire CC83,08326,308 Kit Malthouse Luigi Gregori ¤
Portsmouth North BC71,29915,780 Penny Mordaunt Amanda Martin ‡
Portsmouth South BC*74,1865,363 Stephen Morgan Donna Jones
Romsey and Southampton North CC68,22810,872 Caroline Nokes Craig Fletcher ¤
Southampton Itchen BC72,2994,498 Royston Smith Simon Letts ‡
Southampton Test BC70,1166,213 Alan Whitehead Steven Galton †
Winchester CC75,582985 Steve Brine Paula Ferguson ¤

2010 boundary changes edit

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.

Former nameBoundaries 1997-2010Current nameBoundaries 2010–present
  1. Aldershot CC
  2. Basingstoke CC
  3. East Hampshire CC
  4. Eastleigh BC
  5. Fareham CC
  6. Gosport BC
  7. Havant BC
  8. New Forest East CC
  9. New Forest West CC
  10. North East Hampshire CC
  11. North West Hampshire CC
  12. Portsmouth North BC
  13. Portsmouth South BC
  14. Romsey CC
  15. Southampton Itchen BC
  16. Southampton Test BC
  17. Winchester CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
  1. Aldershot BC
  2. Basingstoke BC
  3. East Hampshire CC
  4. Eastleigh BC
  5. Fareham CC
  6. Gosport BC
  7. Havant BC
  8. Meon Valley CC
  9. New Forest East CC
  10. New Forest West CC
  11. North East Hampshire CC
  12. North West Hampshire CC
  13. Portsmouth North BC
  14. Portsmouth South BC
  15. Romsey and Southampton North CC
  16. Southampton Itchen BC
  17. Southampton Test BC
  18. Winchester CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Hampshire

Proposed boundary changes edit

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 edit

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

2019 edit

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

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative536,63357.1% 0.5%160
Labour188,73820.1% 6.5%20
Liberal Democrats175,17318.6% 6.4%00
Greens30,7103.3% 1.3%00
Brexit2,5850.3%new00
Others6,4730.6% 2.0%00
Total940,312100.018

Percentage votes edit

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

Election year1923192419291935194519501951195519591964196619701974 (F)1974 (O)19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative150.263.846.968.049.554.358.160.060.650.547.452.046.545.956.155.155.354.241.241.642.849.552.256.657.1
Labour22.727.127.227.437.738.840.338.134.934.133.729.926.929.426.114.714.518.628.327.623.214.916.926.620.1
Liberal Democrat227.09.123.73.16.96.71.61.94.615.313.712.126.024.017.329.930.026.025.327.829.629.711.312.218.6
Green Party----------------*****0.74.32.03.3
UKIP------------------***3.914.72.0*
Brexit Party------------------------0.3
Other--2.21.55.90.3---0.045.16.00.70.80.50.20.21.25.13.04.41.30.50.60.6

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 edit

Election year1983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative15151411101014171616
Labour0013332122
Liberal Democrat10003442000
Total15151517171718181818

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps edit

1885-1910 edit

1918-1945 edit

1950-1979 edit

1983-present edit

Historical representation by party edit

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 edit

  Conservative  Independent Conservative  Liberal  Liberal Unionist  National Party

Constituency188518868788189218959697001900010405190606Jan 1910Dec 191012161718
AndoverBeachE. FaberW. Faber
BasingstokeSclater-BoothJeffreysSalterGeddes
ChristchurchYoungSmithBalfourAllenCroftCroft
FarehamFitzwygramLeeDavidson
New ForestF. ComptonDouglas-Scott-MontaguH. ComptonHobartPerkins
PetersfieldPalmerWickhamNicholson
PortsmouthCrossmanBakerMajendieBakerFalle
VanderbylWilsonCloughBramsdonLucasBramsdonBeresfordMeux
SouthamptonGilesChamberlayneEvansChamberlaynePhilipps
CommerellEvansSimeonWard
WinchesterTottenhamMossMyersG. V. BaringCarnegie
Isle of WightWebsterSeelyG. BaringHall

1918 to 1950 edit

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

Constituency1918202119222223192319241929311931323419353940404143194545
AldershotPalmerLyttelton
BasingstokeGeddesHolbrookFletcherHolbrookWallopWolffDonner
BournemouthCroftLyleBracken
FarehamDavidsonInskipWhite
New Forest & ChristchurchPerkinsAshleyMillsCrosthwaite-Eyre
PetersfieldNicholsonDorman-SmithJeffreys
Portsmouth CentralBramsdonPrivettBramsdonFosterHallBeaumontSnow
Portsmouth NorthFalleKeyesJamesBruce
Portsmouth SouthCayzerWilsonCayzerLucas
SouthamptonPhilippsPerkinsMorleyBarrieReithThomasMorley
WardBathurstLewisCraven-EllisLewis
WinchesterHennessyEllisPalmerJeger
Isle of WightHallChatfeild-ClarkeSeelyMacdonald

1950 to 1983 edit

  Conservative  Labour  Liberal  Social Democratic  Speaker

Constituency195019515254195519596064196465196668197071Feb 1974Oct 197477197981
AldershotLytteltonErringtonCritchley
BasingstokeDonnerFreethMitchell
Bournemouth East & Christchurch / Bth East (1974)BrackenNicolsonCordleAtkinson
Bournemouth WestGascoyne-CecilEden
Christchurch and LymingtonN/AAdley
EastleighN/APrice
Gosport and Fareham / Fareham (1974)BennettLloyd
GosportN/AViggers
New ForestCrosthwaite-EyreMcNair-Wilson
PetersfieldJeffreysLeghQuennellMates
Portsmouth Langstone / Havant & Waterloo (1974)StevensLloyd
Portsmouth SouthLucasPink
Portsmouth West / Portsmouth North (1974)ClarkeJuddGriffiths
Southampton ItchenMorleyKingMitchell
Southampton TestKingHowardFletcher-CookeMitchellHillGouldHill
WinchesterSmithersMorgan-GilesBrowne
Isle of WightMacdonaldWoodnuttRoss

1983 to present edit

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

Constituency19838419871992941997002001020420052010132015201720192020
AldershotCritchleyHowarthDocherty
BasingstokeHunterMiller
East HampshireMatesHinds
EastleighPriceMilliganChidgeyHuhneThorntonDaviesHolmes
FarehamLloydHobanBraverman
GosportViggersDinenage
HavantLloydWillettsMak
Meon ValleyHollingberyDrummond
New Forest / New Forest East (1997)McNair-WilsonLewis
New Forest WestSwayne
North East HampshireArbuthnotJayawardena
North West HampshireMitchellYoungMalthouse
Portsmouth NorthGriffithsRapsonMcCarthy-FryMordaunt
Portsmouth SouthPinkHancockMartinHancockDrummondMorgan
Romsey and Waterside / Romsey (1997) /
Romsey & Southampton North (2010)
ColvinGidleyNokes
Southampton ItchenChopeDenhamSmith
Southampton TestHillWhitehead
WinchesterBrowneMaloneOatenBrine
Isle of WightRossFieldBrandTurnerSeely

See also edit

Notes edit

  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 edit

  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. ^ a b c "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)