North West Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North West Hampshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 76,004 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Kit Malthouse (Conservative) |
Created from |
North West Hampshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Conservative Kit Malthouse, who served as Education Secretary in 2022.[n 2]
History
[edit]This constituency's results suggest a Conservative safe seat since its creation for the 1983 general election. The outgoing MP for Basingstoke, David Mitchell, was elected the first MP as he chose to represent the area carved out from the old seat, where he lived instead, and served for fourteen years. On Sir David Mitchell's retirement in 1997 George Young won the seat and held it until his resignation in 2015. Young was previously MP for the marginal constituency of Ealing, Acton from 1974 to 1997, and was Transport Secretary in the Government of John Major from 1995 to 1997. He also ran for Speaker of the House in 2000 and 2009, being defeated on both occasions.[3] Young was appointed Leader of the House of Commons in the coalition government following the 2010 general election, but returned to the backbenches in David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle of 4 September 2012 and returned to the government frontbenches as Chief Whip a few weeks later, in October 2012 in place of Mitchell's son Andrew Mitchell. In 2015, Young was succeeded by Kit Malthouse, also a Conservative.
The 2010 result placed the seat 31st of the 307 Conservative seats by share of the vote polled.[4]
Constituency profile
[edit]The constituency is in the county of Hampshire focused around the town of Andover which has small pockets of regionally high levels of social housing and unemployment;[5] however, the seat overall had the 32nd lowest level of claimants of the 84 seats in the South East, at 1.7%, lower than the regional average of 2.4%.[6]
The economy is built on the military research, building and operations in the area and larger homes attracting wealthy older families and retirees, a high proportion of which are detached or semi-detached in both authorities covered,[7] building and engineering industries and the ease of most areas to access London, Basingstoke, Reading and the Commuter Belt. Smaller towns in the constituency include Tadley and Whitchurch.
Boundaries
[edit]1983–1997: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Alamein, Anna, Bourne Valley, Dun Valley, Harewood, Harrow Way, Kings Somborne and Michelmersh, Millway, Nether Wallop and Broughton, Over Wallop, St Mary's, Stockbridge, Tedworth, Weyhill, and Winton, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Baughurst, Burghclere, East Woodhay, Kingsclere, Overton, St Mary Bourne, Tadley Central, Tadley North, Tadley South, and Whitchurch.
1997–2010: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Alamein, Anna, Bourne Valley, Harrow Way, Millway, St Mary's, Tedworth, Weyhill, and Winton, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Baughurst and Heath End, Burghclere, East Woodhay, Highclere and Bourne, Kingsclere, Oakley and North Waltham, Overton and Laverstoke, Sherborne St John, Tadley, and Whitchurch.
2010–2024: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Alamein, Amport, Anna, Bourne Valley, Charlton, Harrow Way, Millway, Penton Bellinger, St Mary's, and Winton, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Baughurst, Burghclere, East Woodhay, Highclere and Bourne, Kingsclere, Oakley and North Waltham, Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon, Tadley North, Tadley South, and Whitchurch.
2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of: Evingar; Sherborne St. John & Rooksdown; Tadley & Pamber; Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst; Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstoke.
- The Borough of Test Valley wards of: Andover Downlands; Andover Harroway; Andover Millway; Andover Romans; Andover St. Mary's; Andover Winton; Bourne Valley.[8]
To bring the electorate within the permitted range, rural areas to the west and south of Andover were transferred to Romsey and Southampton North and, in the east, the village of Oakley was transferred to Basingstoke. The Sherborne St John & Rooksdown ward was added.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Basingstoke and Winchester prior to 1983
Election | Member[9] | Party | |
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1983 | Sir David Mitchell | Conservative | |
1997 | Sir George Young | Conservative | |
2015 | Kit Malthouse | Conservative |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kit Malthouse | 17,770 | 35.0 | –25.1 | |
Labour | Andy Fitchet | 14,482 | 28.5 | +11.6 | |
Reform UK | Andy Meacham | 7,734 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Luigi Gregori | 7,626 | 15.0 | –3.5 | |
Green | Hina West | 2,745 | 5.4 | +0.8 | |
Hampshire Ind. | Phil Heath | 466 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,288 | 6.5 | –35.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,823 | 65.0 | –3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 78,629 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −18.4 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019 notional result[11] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 31,051 | 60.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9,544 | 18.5 | |
Labour | 8,730 | 16.9 | |
Green | 2,362 | 4.6 | |
Turnout | 51,687 | 68.0 | |
Electorate | 76,004 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kit Malthouse | 36,591 | 62.1 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Luigi Gregori | 10,283 | 17.5 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Liz Bell | 9,327 | 15.8 | −7.7 | |
Green | Lance Mitchell | 2,717 | 4.6 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 26,308 | 44.6 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 58,918 | 70.9 | −1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kit Malthouse | 36,471 | 62.1 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Andy Fitchet | 13,792 | 23.5 | +10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Payton | 5,708 | 9.7 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Roger Clark | 1,467 | 2.5 | −12.2 | |
Green | Dan Hill | 1,334 | 2.3 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 22,679 | 38.6 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 58,772 | 72.2 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kit Malthouse[15] | 32,052 | 58.1 | −0.2 | |
UKIP | Susan Perkins[16] | 8,109 | 14.7 | +9.5 | |
Labour | Andrew Adams [17] | 7,342 | 13.3 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Payton [17] | 5,151 | 9.3 | −14.1 | |
Green | Dan Hill[18] | 2,541 | 4.6 | New | |
Majority | 23,943 | 43.4 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 55,195 | 69.7 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.9 |
UKIP originally selected Diane James for this constituency. In March 2015 James was replaced firstly by Malcolm Bint,[19] then shortly afterwards by Susan Perkins.[20] Bint became candidate in North Durham.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Young | 31,072 | 58.3 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom McCann | 12,489 | 23.4 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Sarah Evans | 6,980 | 13.1 | −7.7 | |
UKIP | Stan Oram | 2,751 | 5.2 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 18,583 | 34.9 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 53,292 | 69.6 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Young | 26,005 | 50.7 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Tod | 12,741 | 24.9 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Michael Mumford | 10,594 | 20.7 | −4.7 | |
UKIP | Peter Sumner | 1,925 | 3.8 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 13,264 | 25.8 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 51,265 | 64.3 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Young | 24,374 | 50.1 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Michael Mumford | 12,365 | 25.4 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Bentley | 10,329 | 21.2 | −2.9 | |
UKIP | Stanley Oram | 1,563 | 3.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 12,009 | 24.7 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,631 | 62.3 | −11.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Young | 24,730 | 45.3 | −12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charlie Fleming | 13,179 | 24.1 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Michael Mumford | 12,900 | 23.6 | +11.0 | |
Referendum | Pamela Callaghan | 1,533 | 2.8 | New | |
UKIP | Tim Rolt | 1,383 | 2.5 | New | |
Green | William Baxter | 486 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent anti-Newbury bypass | Helen Anscomb | 231 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Bob Dodd | 225 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 11,551 | 21.2 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 54,667 | 74.2 | −6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Mitchell | 34,310 | 58.1 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Simpson | 16,462 | 27.9 | −5.2 | |
Labour | Michael Stockwell | 7,433 | 12.6 | +3.5 | |
Green | Doreen Ashley | 825 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 17,848 | 30.2 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 59,030 | 80.8 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Mitchell | 31,470 | 57.8 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | Ian Willis | 18,033 | 33.1 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Anne Burnage | 4,980 | 9.1 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 13,437 | 24.7 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 54,483 | 77.9 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Mitchell | 28,044 | 57.3 | ||
Liberal | Ian Willis | 15,922 | 32.6 | ||
Labour | Michael Davis | 4,957 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 12,122 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 48,923 | 74.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "'Hampshire North West', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Sir George Young". www.sirgeorgeyoung.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "General Election Results from the Electoral Commission".
- ^ "Local statistics – Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ^ https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/content/page/84023/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20Notice%20of%20Poll%20and%20Situation%20of%20Polling%20Stations%20-%20North%20West%20Hampshire%20constituency.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Hampshire North West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Hampshire North West parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "London Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse to take over from Sir George Young". Andover Advertiser. 3 July 2014.
- ^ "UK Polling Report". Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Labour announce candidate to contest North West Hampshire seat". Andover Advertiser. 16 December 2014.
- ^ "Winchester Green Party | Candidate Announcement – North West Hampshire". winchester.greenparty.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "New UKIP candidate selected for North West Hampshire". Basingstoke Gazette. 5 March 2015.
- ^ Susan Perkins 🔱 [@saperkins] (10 March 2015). "Delighted to have been selected last night as the new #UKIP Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for NW Hampshire" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- North West Hampshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- North West Hampshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- North West Hampshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK