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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

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Aldershot BC 78,553 5,683   Alex Baker ‡   Leo Docherty †
Basingstoke BC 78,487 6,484   Luke Murphy ‡   Maria Miller †
East Hampshire CC 70,659 1,275   Damian Hinds †   Dominic Martin ¤
Eastleigh BC 69,965 1,546   Liz Jarvis ¤   Samuel Joynson †
Fareham and Waterlooville CC 76,947 6,079   Suella Braverman †   Matthew Randall ‡
Farnham and Bordon CC (Part) 75,920 1,349   Greg Stafford †   Khalil Yousuf ¤
Gosport BC 73,261 6,066   Caroline Dinenage †   Edward Batterbury ‡
Hamble Valley CC 76,902 4,802   Paul Holmes †   Prad Bains ¤
Havant BC 72,323 92   Alan Mak †   Stefanie Harvey ‡
New Forest East CC 70,618 8,495   Julian Lewis †   Sasjkia Otto ‡
New Forest West CC 68,644 5,600   Desmond Swayne †   Sally Johnston ‡
North East Hampshire CC 76,923 634   Alex Brewer ¤   Ranil Jayawardena †
North West Hampshire CC 78,629 3,288   Kit Malthouse †   Andy Fitchet ‡
Portsmouth North BC 70,446 780   Amanda Martin ‡   Penny Mordaunt †
Portsmouth South BC 73,711 13,155   Stephen Morgan ‡   Mark Zimmer
(Reform)
Romsey and Southampton North CC 71,871 2,191   Caroline Nokes †   Geoff Cooper ¤
Southampton Itchen BC 68,379 6,105   Darren Paffey ‡   Sidney Yankson †
Southampton Test BC 65,520 9,333   Satvir Kaur ‡   Ben Burcombe-Filer †
Winchester CC 78,289 13,821   Danny Chambers ¤   Flick Drummond †

Boundary changes

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2024

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Former name Boundaries 2010–2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–present
  1. Aldershot BC
  2. Basingstoke BC
  3. East Hampshire CC
  4. Eastleigh BC
  5. Fareham CC
  6. Gosport BC
  7. Havant BC
  8. Meon Valley CC
  9. New Forest East CC
  10. New Forest West CC
  11. North East Hampshire CC
  12. North West Hampshire CC
  13. Portsmouth North BC
  14. Portsmouth South BC
  15. Romsey and Southampton North CC
  16. Southampton Itchen BC
  17. Southampton Test BC
  18. Winchester CC
Constituencies in Hampshire (2010–2024)
Constituencies in Hampshire (2010–2024)
  1. Aldershot BC
  2. Basingstoke BC
  3. East Hampshire CC
  4. Eastleigh BC
  5. Fareham and Waterlooville CC
  6. Farnham and Bordon CC
  7. Gosport BC
  8. Hamble Valley BC
  9. Havant CC
  10. New Forest East CC
  11. New Forest West CC
  12. North East Hampshire CC
  13. North West Hampshire CC
  14. Portsmouth North BC
  15. Portsmouth South BC
  16. Romsey and Southampton North CC
  17. Southampton Itchen BC
  18. Southampton Test BC
  19. Winchester CC
Constituencies in Hampshire (2024–present)
Constituencies in Hampshire (2024–present)

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 current constituency of East Hampshire were transferred to a new cross-county boundary constituency with Surrey named Farnham and Bordon. In addition, Fareham and Meon Valley was abolished and replaced by the new constituencies of Fareham and Waterlooville, and Hamble Valley.[1][2]

The following constituencies are proposed:

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

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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.

1997-2010 name Boundaries 1997–2010 2010–2024 name Boundaries 2010–2024
  1. Aldershot CC
  2. Basingstoke CC
  3. East Hampshire CC
  4. Eastleigh BC
  5. Fareham CC
  6. Gosport BC
  7. Havant BC
  8. New Forest East CC
  9. New Forest West CC
  10. North East Hampshire CC
  11. North West Hampshire CC
  12. Portsmouth North BC
  13. Portsmouth South BC
  14. Romsey CC
  15. Southampton Itchen BC
  16. Southampton Test BC
  17. Winchester CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire (1997–2010)
Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire (1997–2010)
  1. Aldershot BC
  2. Basingstoke BC
  3. East Hampshire CC
  4. Eastleigh BC
  5. Fareham CC
  6. Gosport BC
  7. Havant BC
  8. Meon Valley CC
  9. New Forest East CC
  10. New Forest West CC
  11. North East Hampshire CC
  12. North West Hampshire CC
  13. Portsmouth North BC
  14. Portsmouth South BC
  15. Romsey and Southampton North CC
  16. Southampton Itchen BC
  17. Southampton Test BC
  18. Winchester CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Hampshire (2010–present)
Proposed Revised constituencies in Hampshire (2010–present)

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

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Hampshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Conservative 273,242 32.4% Decrease24.7% 9 Decrease7
Labour 209,643 24.8% Increase4.7% 6 Increase4
Liberal Democrats 177,830 21.1% Increase2.5% 3 Increase3
Reform UK 128,853 15.3% Increase15.0% 0 0
Greens 45,751 5.4% Increase2.1 0 0
Others 8,778 1.0% Increase0.4% 0 0
Total 844,097 100.0 18

2019

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Hampshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 536,633 57.1% Increase0.5% 16 0
Labour 188,738 20.1% Decrease6.5% 2 0
Liberal Democrats 175,173 18.6% Increase6.4% 0 0
Greens 30,710 3.3% Increase1.3% 0 0
Brexit 2,585 0.3% new 0 0
Others 6,473 0.6% Decrease2.0% 0 0
Total 940,312 100.0 18

Percentage votes

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

Election year 1923 1924 1929 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (F) 1974 (O) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative1 50.2 63.8 46.9 68.0 49.5 54.3 58.1 60.0 60.6 50.5 47.4 52.0 46.5 45.9 56.1 55.1 55.3 54.2 41.2 41.6 42.8 49.5 52.2 56.6 57.1 32.4
Labour 22.7 27.1 27.2 27.4 37.7 38.8 40.3 38.1 34.9 34.1 33.7 29.9 26.9 29.4 26.1 14.7 14.5 18.6 28.3 27.6 23.2 14.9 16.9 26.6 20.1 24.8
Liberal Democrat2 27.0 9.1 23.7 3.1 6.9 6.7 1.6 1.9 4.6 15.3 13.7 12.1 26.0 24.0 17.3 29.9 30.0 26.0 25.3 27.8 29.6 29.7 11.3 12.2 18.6 21.1
Brexit Party – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0.3 15.3
Green Party – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – * * * * * 0.7 4.3 2.0 3.3 5.4
UKIP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – * * * 3.9 14.7 2.0 * *
Other – – 2.2 1.5 5.9 0.3 – – – 0.04 5.1 6.0 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.2 5.1 3.0 4.4 1.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.0

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

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 15 15 14 11 10 10 14 17 16 16 9
Labour 0 0 1 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 6
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 3
Total 15 15 15 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18

11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1885–1910

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  • 1885
    1885
  • 1886
    1886
  • 1892
    1892
  • 1895
    1895
  • 1900
    1900
  • 1906
    1906
  • Jan 1910
    Jan 1910
  • Dec 1910
    Dec 1910

1918–1945

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  • 1918
    1918
  • 1922
    1922
  • 1923
    1923
  • 1924
    1924
  • 1929
    1929
  • 1931
    1931
  • 1935
    1935
  • 1945
    1945

1950–1979

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  • 1950
    1950
  • 1951
    1951
  • 1955
    1955
  • 1959
    1959
  • 1964
    1964
  • 1966
    1966
  • 1970
    1970
  • 1974 (Feb)
    1974 (Feb)
  • 1974 (Oct)
    1974 (Oct)
  • 1979
    1979

1983–present

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  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019
  • 2024
    2024

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

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  Conservative   Independent Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist   National Party

Constituency 1885 1886 87 88 1892 1895 96 97 00 1900 01 04 05 1906 06 Jan 10 Dec 10 12 16 17 18
Andover Beach E. Faber W. Faber
Basingstoke Sclater-Booth Jeffreys Salter Geddes
Christchurch Young Smith Balfour Allen Croft Croft
Fareham Fitzwygram Lee Davidson
New Forest F. Compton Douglas-Scott-Montagu H. Compton Hobart Perkins
Petersfield Palmer → Wickham Nicholson
Portsmouth Crossman → Baker Majendie Baker Falle →
Vanderbyl Wilson Clough Bramsdon Lucas Bramsdon Beresford Meux
Southampton Giles Chamberlayne Evans Chamberlayne Philipps
Commerell Evans Simeon Ward
Winchester Tottenham Moss Myers G. V. Baring Carnegie →
Isle of Wight Webster Seely → G. Baring Hall

1918 to 1950

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  Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23)   Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Government   National Liberal (1931–68)   National Party

Constituency 1918 20 21 1922 22 23 1923 1924 1929 31 1931 32 34 1935 39 40 40 41 43 1945 45
Aldershot Palmer Lyttelton
Basingstoke Geddes Holbrook Fletcher Holbrook Wallop Wolff Donner
Bournemouth Croft → Lyle Bracken
Fareham Davidson Inskip White
New Forest & Christchurch Perkins Ashley Mills Crosthwaite-Eyre
Petersfield Nicholson Dorman-Smith Jeffreys
Portsmouth Central Bramsdon Privett Bramsdon Foster Hall Beaumont Snow
Portsmouth North Falle Keyes James Bruce
Portsmouth South Cayzer Wilson Cayzer Lucas
Southampton Philipps Perkins Morley Barrie Reith Thomas Morley
Ward Bathurst Lewis Craven-Ellis Lewis
Winchester Hennessy Ellis Palmer Jeger
Isle of Wight Hall Chatfeild-Clarke Seely Macdonald

1950 to 1983

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  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Social Democratic   Speaker

Constituency 1950 1951 52 54 1955 1959 60 64 1964 65 1966 68 1970 71 Feb 74 Oct 74 77 1979 81
Aldershot Lyttelton Errington Critchley
Basingstoke Donner Freeth Mitchell
Bournemouth East & Christchurch / Bth East (1974) Bracken Nicolson Cordle Atkinson
Bournemouth West Gascoyne-Cecil Eden
Christchurch and Lymington N/A Adley
Eastleigh N/A Price
Gosport N/A Viggers
Gosport and Fareham / Fareham (1974) Bennett Lloyd
New Forest Crosthwaite-Eyre McNair-Wilson
Petersfield Jeffreys Legh Quennell Mates
Portsmouth Langstone / Havant & Waterloo (1974) Stevens Lloyd
Portsmouth South Lucas Pink
Portsmouth West / Portsmouth North (1974) Clarke Judd Griffiths
Southampton Itchen Morley King → Mitchell →
Southampton Test King Howard Fletcher-Cooke Mitchell Hill Gould Hill
Winchester Smithers Morgan-Giles Browne
Isle of Wight Macdonald Woodnutt Ross

1983 to 2010

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  Conservative   Democratic Unionist   Independent Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats   Social Democratic

Constituency 1983 84 1987 1992 94 1997 00 2001 02 04 2005
Aldershot Critchley Howarth
Basingstoke Hunter → → Miller
East Hampshire Mates
Eastleigh Price Milligan Chidgey Huhne
Fareham Lloyd Hoban
Gosport Viggers
Havant Lloyd Willetts
New Forest / New Forest East (1997) McNair-Wilson Lewis
New Forest West Swayne
North East Hampshire Arbuthnot
North West Hampshire Mitchell Young
Portsmouth North Griffiths Rapson McCarthy-Fry
Portsmouth South Pink Hancock Martin Hancock
Romsey and Waterside / Romsey (1997) Colvin Gidley
Southampton Itchen Chope Denham
Southampton Test Hill Whitehead
Winchester Browne Malone Oaten
Isle of Wight Ross Field Brand Turner

2010 to present

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  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 2010 13 2015 2017 2019 20 20 2024
Aldershot Howarth Docherty Baker
Basingstoke Miller Murphy
East Hampshire1 Hinds
Eastleigh Huhne Thornton Davies Holmes Jarvis
Fareham / F & Waterlooville (2024) Hoban Braverman
Gosport Dinenage
Hamble Valley Holmes
Havant Willetts Mak
Meon Valley Hollingbery Drummond N/A
New Forest East Lewis → →
New Forest West Swayne
North East Hampshire Arbuthnot Jayawardena Brewer
North West Hampshire Young Malthouse
Portsmouth North Mordaunt Martin
Portsmouth South Hancock → Drummond Morgan
Romsey and Southampton North Nokes
Southampton Itchen Denham Smith Paffey
Southampton Test Whitehead Kaur
Winchester Brine Chambers
Isle of Wight West Quigley
Isle of Wight / Isle of Wight E (2024) Turner Seely Robertson

1parts transferred in 2024 to the constituency of Farnham and Bordon which is partially in Surrey

See also

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Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ PA, David Hughes and Gavin Cordon; Stanley, Megan (8 June 2021). "Hampshire would get more MPs under new boundary proposals". hampshirelive. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 890–915. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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