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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

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

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:

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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:

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Percentage votes

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

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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.

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11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885–1910

1918–1945

1950–1979

1983–present

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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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See also

Notes

  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.

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