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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 19 parliamentary constituencies: 9 borough constituencies and 10 county constituencies. One of the county constituencies, Farnham and Bordon is split between Hampshire and Surrey
Constituencies
Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤
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Boundary changes
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2024
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Hampshire with Berkshire and Surrey as a sub-region of the South East Region. As a result, parts of the constituency of East Hampshire were transferred into a new cross-county (and ‘majority-Surrey’) constituency with Surrey named Farnham and Bordon.
In addition, Fareham and Meon Valley were abolished and replaced by the constituencies of Fareham and Waterlooville, and Hamble Valley.[1][2]
The boroughs and districts and unitary authorities constituting the ceremonial county of Hampshire contributed to the new set of Hampshire constituencies as follows:
Containing electoral wards from Basingstoke and Deane
- Basingstoke
- East Hampshire (part)
- North East Hampshire (part)
- North West Hampshire (part)
Containing electoral wards from East Hampshire
- East Hampshire (part)
- Farnham and Bordon (also includes part in the Surrey borough of Waverley)
Containing electoral wards from Eastleigh
- Eastleigh (part)
- Hamble Valley (part)
Containing electoral wards from Fareham
- Fareham and Waterlooville (part)
- Gosport (part)
- Hamble Valley (part)
Containing electoral wards from Gosport
- Gosport (part)
Containing electoral wards from Hart
- Aldershot (part)
- North East Hampshire (part)
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
2010
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.
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Results history
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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019.[3] The Isle of Wight is excluded throughout.
2024
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Hampshire (excluding the new cross-county ‘majority-Surrey’ seat of Farnham and Bordon) in the 2024 general election were as follows:
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:
Percentage votes
Note that before 1983 Hampshire also included the Bournemouth and Christchurch areas.
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
11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885–1910
- 1885
- 1886
- 1892
- 1895
- 1900
- 1906
- Jan 1910
- Dec 1910
1918–1945
- 1918
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1929
- 1931
- 1935
- 1945
1950–1979
- 1950
- 1951
- 1955
- 1959
- 1964
- 1966
- 1970
- 1974 (Feb)
- 1974 (Oct)
- 1979
1983–present
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
- 2024
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Historical representation by party
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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 2010
Conservative Democratic Unionist Independent Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats Social Democratic
2010 to present
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
1parts transferred in 2024 to the constituency of Farnham and Bordon which is partially in Surrey
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