Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 51°15′43″N 1°05′02″W / 51.262°N 1.084°W
Basingstoke | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Basingstoke in Hampshire for the 2010 general election. | |
Location of Hampshire within England. | |
County | Hampshire |
Population | 107,996 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 75,470 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Basingstoke |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Maria Miller (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | North Hampshire |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Basingstoke /ˈbeɪzᵻŋˌstoʊk/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament. With the exception of a 1923-1924 Liberal Party MP, since modern creation in 1885 it has elected Conservative MPs so has been a Conservative safe seat. The current MP is Maria Miller.[n 1]
History
The town was represented in the Model Parliament convened in 1295 but not again until the modern constituency was created in 1885. From 1295 inclusive[n 2] to the one year parliament of 1831-32 its area was part of the Hampshire constituency and from 1832-1885 its area lay in the North Hampshire constituency.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Basingstoke, and the Sessional Divisions of Basingstoke and Odiham.
1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Andover and Basingstoke, and the Rural Districts of Andover, Basingstoke, Kingsclere, Stockbridge, and Whitchurch.
1950-1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Andover and Basingstoke, the Rural Districts of Andover, Basingstoke, and Kingsclere and Whitchurch, and part of the Rural District of Romsey and Stockbridge.
1955-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Andover and Basingstoke, and the Rural Districts of Andover, Basingstoke, and Kingsclere and Whitchurch.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Basingstoke, the Rural Districts of Basingstoke, and Kingsclere and Whitchurch, and part of the Rural District of Hartley Wintney.
1983-1997: The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Basing, Black Dam, Bramley, Brighton Hill, Buckskin, Chapel, Daneshill, Eastrop, Farleigh Wallop, Kempshott, King's Furlong, Norden, North Waltham, Oakley, Pamber, Popley, Sherborne St John, Sherfield on Loddon, Silchester, South Ham, Upton Grey, Viables, Westside, and Winklebury.
1997-2010: The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Basing, Brighton Hill, Brookvale, Buckskin, Calleva, Chineham, Eastrop, Grove, Hatch Warren, Kempshott, Norden, Popley, South Ham, Upton Grey, and Winklebury.
2010–present: The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Basing, Brighton Hill North, Brighton Hill South, Brookvale and King's Furlong, Buckskin, Chineham, Eastrop, Grove, Hatch Warren and Beggarwood, Kempshott, Norden, Popley East, Popley West, Rooksdown, South Ham, and Winklebury.
The Basingstoke constituency is based around the town of Basingstoke, and the surrounding countryside, in Hampshire.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Maria Miller | 25,769 | 48.6 | -2.0 | |
Labour | Paul Harvey | 14,706 | 27.7 | +7.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Stone | 8,290 | 15.6 | +11.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Janice Spalding | 3,919 | 7.4 | -17.1 | |
Independent | Omar Selim | 392 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,063 | 20.8 | -5.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,076 | 66.6 | -0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
For the 2015 election, the Green Party attempted to field two candidates who would job share.[5] Sarah Cope has young children and Clare Lorraine Phipps has a disability,[5] so neither could work as a full-time MP. Their application was rejected.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maria Miller | 25,590 | 50.5 | +11.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Shaw | 12,414 | 24.5 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Funda Pepperell | 10,327 | 20.4 | -12.2 | |
UKIP | Stella Howell | 2,076 | 4.1 | +1.9 | |
Basingstoke Common Man | Steve Saul | 247 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 13,176 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,654 | 67.1 | +6.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maria Miller | 19,955 | 41.5 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Paul Harvey | 15,275 | 31.7 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jen Smith | 9,952 | 20.7 | +6.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Effer | 1,044 | 2.2 | −0.3 | |
Green | Darren Shirley | 928 | 1.9 | N/A | |
BNP | Roger Robertson | 821 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Millennium Council | Roger MacNair | 148 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,680 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 48,123 | 63.0 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 20,490 | 42.7 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Jon Hartley | 19,610 | 40.9 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steve Sollitt | 6,693 | 13.9 | −3.1 | |
UKIP | Kim Graham | 1,202 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 880 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 47,995 | 60.7 | −13.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 24,751 | 43.3 | −10.2 | |
Labour | Nigel Lickley | 22,354 | 39.1 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Martin Rimmer | 9,714 | 17.0 | −3.4 | |
Independent | Elsayed Selim | 310 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,397 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 57,129 | 74.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 37,521 | 54.6 | −1.4 | |
Labour | David John Charles Bull | 16,323 | 23.8 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Chris I. Curtis | 14,119 | 20.6 | −5.7 | |
Green | Valerie J. Oldaker | 714 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,198 | 30.9 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 68,677 | 82.8 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.7 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 33,657 | 56.0 | ||
Social Democratic | David Anthony Bennett | 15,764 | 26.3 | ||
Labour | Peter Frederick Daden | 10,632 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | 17,893 | 29,7 | |||
Turnout | 77.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 28,381 | 51.32 | ||
Social Democratic | Ednyfed Hudson Davies | 15,931 | 28.81 | ||
Labour | J. McAllister | 10,646 | 19.25 | ||
BNP | I. Wilson | 344 | 0.62 | ||
Majority | 12,450 | 22.51 | |||
Turnout | 76.84 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Mitchell | 42,625 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | R.W. Harris | 20,879 | 26.5 | ||
Liberal | P. Clatworthy | 14,605 | 18.54 | ||
National Front | B. Packer | 677 | 0.86 | ||
Majority | 21,746 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 79.48 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Mitchell | 29,038 | 43.17 | ||
Labour | T.E. Hunt | 22,826 | 33.94 | ||
Liberal | N.A.L. Whitbread | 14,636 | 21.76 | ||
National Front | G. Goodall | 763 | 1,13 | ||
Majority | 6,212 | 9.24 | |||
Turnout | 77.51 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Mitchell | 30,886 | 43.15 | ||
Labour | T.E. Hunt | 23,089 | 32.26 | ||
Liberal | N.A.L. Whitbread | 17,598 | 24.59 | ||
Majority | 7,797 | 10.89 | |||
Turnout | 83.24 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bower Mitchell | 35,138 | 50.94 | ||
Labour | Denis Victor Carter | 25,664 | 37.2 | ||
Liberal | Ray A. Musselwhite | 8,138 | 11.86 | ||
Majority | 9,474 | 13.73 | |||
Turnout | 75.02 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bower Mitchell | 26,076 | 45.85 | ||
Labour | Alec J. Kazantzis | 22,417 | 39.42 | ||
Liberal | John W. Matthew | 8,379 | 14.73 | ||
Majority | 3,659 | 6.43 | |||
Turnout | 78.56 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bower Mitchell | 26,466 | 49.32 | ||
Labour | Brian Tilley | 18,490 | 34.46 | ||
Liberal | Basil E Goldstone | 8,708 | 16.23 | ||
Majority | 7,976 | 14.86 | |||
Turnout | 78.12 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denzil Kingston Freeth | 25,314 | 52.18 | ||
Labour | Sydney G. Conbeer | 14,070 | 29.00 | ||
Liberal | Leslie Gascoinge Housden | 9,126 | 18.81 | ||
Majority | 11,244 | 23.18 | |||
Turnout | 79.55 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denzil Kingston Freeth | 24,973 | 57.20 | ||
Labour | William Royle | 18,683 | 42.80 | ||
Majority | 6,290 | 14.41 | |||
Turnout | 76.55 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick William Donner | 26,045 | 55.86 | ||
Labour | Arthur Carr | 20,580 | 44.14 | ||
Majority | 5,465 | 11.72 | |||
Turnout | 79.86 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick William Donner | 25,151 | 55.39 | ||
Labour | Marjorie Clark | 20,257 | 44.61 | ||
Majority | 4,894 | 10.78 | |||
Turnout | 79.53 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick William Donner | 18,700 | 46.0 | ||
Labour | Edith Alice Weston | 13,763 | 33.8 | ||
Liberal | David Reginald Rhys | 8,206 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | 4,937 | 12.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick William Donner | 18,549 | 57.83 | ||
Liberal | John Mackintosh Foot | 10,317 | 32.17 | ||
Labour | James Silas William Whybrew | 3,207 | 10.00 | ||
Majority | 8,232 | 25.67 | |||
Turnout | 67.44 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Maxence Cavendish Drummond Wolff | 16,147 | 53.7 | -16.0 | |
Liberal | John Mackintosh Foot | 9,262 | 30.8 | +12.7 | |
Labour | James William Barker | 4,663 | 15.5 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 6,885 | 22.9 | |||
Turnout | 30,072 | 64.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Viscount Lymington | 23,523 | 69.7 | ||
Liberal | Frances Louise Josephy | 6,106 | 18.1 | ||
Labour | C A Goatcher | 4,124 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 17,417 | 51.6 | |||
Turnout | 67.44 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Viscount Lymington | 16,547 | 50.4 | -7.1 | |
Liberal | Laurence Harry Duniam Jones | 11,595 | 35.4 | +0.7 | |
Labour | W. J. Beck | 4,650 | 14.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 4,952 | 15.0 | -7.8 | ||
Turnout | 74.2 | -4.1 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook | 15,558 | 57.3 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher | 9,429 | 34.7 | -16.0 | |
Labour | Benjamin Greene | 2,172 | 8.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 6,129 | 22.6 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 78.3 | +9.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +12.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher | 11,879 | 50.7 | +20.3 | |
Unionist | Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook | 11,531 | 49.3 | -6.7 | |
Majority | 348 | 1.4 | 27.0 | ||
Turnout | 68.8 | +1.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +13.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook | 12,514 | 56.0 | +21.8 | |
Liberal | Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher | 6,780 | 30.4 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Samuel Ledbury | 3,035 | 13.6 | -14.2 | |
Majority | 5,734 | 25.6 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 66.9 | +6.9 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +9.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook | 8,515 | 44.2 | -19.9 | |
Liberal | Sir Harry Calvert Williams Verney | 5,393 | 28.0 | n/a | |
Labour | J H Round | 5,352 | 27.8 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 3,122 | 16.2 | -12.0 | ||
Turnout | 60.0 | +4.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.0 | |||
Election in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 11,218 | 64.1 | |||
Independent Labour | A. Close | 6,277 | 35.9 | ||
Majority | 4,941 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 55.2 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Election in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Clavell Salter | 4,852 | 49.0 | -1.6 | |
Liberal | Harry Calvert Williams Verney | 4,593 | 46.3 | -3.1 | |
Independent Liberal | J.E. Polden | 467 | 4.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 259 | 2.7 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 82.3 | +3.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Election in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Frederick Jeffreys | 3,158 | 56.6 | n/a | |
Liberal | R. Eve | 2,426 | 43.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 732 | 13.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 69.6 | n/a | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the first past the post system of election is used with elections at least every five years.
- ↑ Burgesses (ie freeholders in boroughs could elect their borough member and county members.
- References
- ↑ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Parliamentary election - Statement of Persons Nominated (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 6 Dec 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.
- 1 2 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
- ↑ The Constitiutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 144 (168 in web page), Hampshire
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig