North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hampshire is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Alex Brewer, a Liberal Democrat.^{[n 2]}

North East Hampshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of North East Hampshire in South East England
County	Hampshire
Electorate	73,306 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Fleet Church Crookham Hook Yateley (part)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Alex Brewer (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	East Hampshire Aldershot

History

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Aldershot and East Hampshire. It was represented at Westminster by James Arbuthnot until 2015 when he was succeeded by Ranil Jayawardena. The constituency has, since its creation, given large majorities to the Conservatives, and in 2015, Jayawardena was elected with a lead of 29,916 votes, or 55.4%. This made North East Hampshire the safest Conservative seat at that election in both percentage and numerical terms.^[2] Nevertheless, at the 2024 General Election the seat was gained by the Liberal Democrats with a swing of over 20%.

Boundaries

Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

1997–2010: The District of Hart wards of Church Crookham, Crondall, Eversley, Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet Pondtail, Fleet West, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Long Sutton, Odiham, and Whitewater, and the District of East Hampshire wards of Binsted, Bramshott and Liphook, Froyle and Bentley, Grayshott, Headley, Selborne, Whitehill Bordon and Whitehill, and Whitehill Lindford.

2010–2024: The District of Hart wards of Church Crookham East, Church Crookham West, Crondall, Eversley, Fleet Central, Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet North, Fleet Pondtail, Fleet West, Greywell, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Long Sutton, Odiham, Yateley East, Yateley North, and Yateley West, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Calleva, Pamber, Sherborne St John, and Upton Grey and The Candovers.

This constituency was slightly altered for the 2010 general election. The seat's southernmost part was transferred to East Hampshire while it gained some wards from Basingstoke and additional Hart wards from Aldershot.

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: Basing & Upton Grey; Bramley.
• The District of Hart wards of: Crookham East; Crookham West and Ewshot; Fleet Central; Fleet East; Fleet West; Hartley Wintney; Hook; Odiham; Yateley West.^[3]

Revised boundaries largely arising from changes to local authority ward structures since the previous review.

Towns and villages in the constituency include Bramley, Church Crookham, Elvetham Heath, Eversley, Ewshot, Fleet, Greywell, Hartley Wintney, Herriard, Hook, Odiham, Old Basing, Sherfield on Loddon, Silchester, Upton Grey and Yateley (west).

Constituency profile

The seat includes significant software, hardware and military sectors and a significant proportion of Basingstoke, Bracknell and City of London commuters, particularly the latter towards Hook railway station on the South West Main Line; the average income level is higher than the national average.^[4] This area also has low unemployment^[5] and a high proportion of semi-detached and detached properties.^[6]

Members of Parliament

East Hampshire and Aldershot prior to 1997

Election		Member[7]	Party
	1997	James Arbuthnot	Conservative
	2015	Ranil Jayawardena	Conservative
	2024	Alex Brewer	Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North East Hampshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Brewer	21,178	38.1	+15.7
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena	20,544	36.9	−24.9
	Reform UK	Paul Morton	6,673	12.0	N/A
	Labour	Bradley Phillips	5,057	9.1	−1.1
	Green	Mohamed Miah	1,425	2.5	−0.4
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	340	0.6	−0.4
	Hampshire Ind.	Duncan Stone	274	0.4	N/A
	Libertarian	Alex Zychowski	69	0.1	N/A
Majority			634	1.1
Turnout			55,560	72.4	−5.0
Registered electors			76,975
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+20.3

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	35,124	61.9
	Liberal Democrats	12,691	22.4
	Labour	5,808	10.2
	Green	1,700	3.0
	Others	1,407	2.5
Turnout		56,730	77.4
Electorate		73,306

General election 2019: North East Hampshire^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena	35,280	59.5	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	15,069	25.4	+13.3
	Labour	Barry Jones	5,760	9.7	−7.6
	Green	Culann Walsh	1,754	3.0	+0.4
	Independent	Tony Durrant	831	1.4	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	576	1.0	N/A
Majority			20,211	34.1	−14.1
Turnout			59,270	75.1	−2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−9.6

General election 2017: North East Hampshire^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena	37,754	65.5	−0.4
	Labour	Barry Jones	9,982	17.3	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	6,987	12.1	+1.6
	Green	Chas Spradbery	1,476	2.6	−1.8
	UKIP	Mike Gascoigne	1,061	1.8	−7.0
	Independent	Robert Blay	367	0.6	N/A
Majority			27,772	48.2	−7.2
Turnout			57,627	76.3	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.95

General election 2015: North East Hampshire^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena	35,573	65.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	5,657	10.5	−15.0
	Labour	Amran Hussain	5,290	9.8	0.0
	UKIP	Robert Blay1	4,732	8.8	+4.6
	Green	Andrew Johnston	2,364	4.4	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Mad Max Bobetsky	384	0.7	N/A
Majority			29,916	55.4	+20.3
Turnout			54,000	72.9	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.15

¹: After nominations were closed, Blay was suspended from UKIP after threatening to shoot his Conservative opponent.^[13][14] His name still appeared on ballot papers as it was too late to remove him.^[15]

General election 2010: North East Hampshire^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	32,075	60.6	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Denzil Coulson	13,478	25.5	−1.6
	Labour	Barry Jones	5,173	9.8	−6.8
	UKIP	Ruth Duffin	2,213	4.2	+0.9
Majority			18,597	35.1	+8.6
Turnout			52,939	73.3	+8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.55

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North East Hampshire^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	25,407	53.7	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Carew	12,858	27.2	+4.2
	Labour	Kevin McGrath	7,630	16.1	−3.8
	UKIP	Paul Birch	1,392	2.9	−1.0
Majority			12,549	26.5	−3.7
Turnout			47,287	64.8	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.8

General election 2001: North East Hampshire^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	23,379	53.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Plummer	10,122	23.0	+0.3
	Labour	Barry Jones	8,744	19.9	+3.9
	UKIP	Graham Mellstrom	1,702	3.9	+3.0
Majority			13,257	30.2	+2.0
Turnout			43,947	61.6	−12.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North East Hampshire^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	26,017	50.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Mann	11,619	22.7
	Labour	Peter Dare	8,203	16.0
	Referendum	Winston Rees	2,420	4.7
	Independent	Keki Jessavala	2,400	4.7
	UKIP	Christopher Berry	452	0.9
Majority			14,398	28.2
Turnout			51,111	73.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.