East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| East Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of East Hampshire in Hampshire. |
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 Location of Hampshire within England. |
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| County | Hampshire |
| Electorate | 72,648 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Damian Hinds (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Petersfield |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
East Hampshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Damian Hinds of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
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[edit] History
East Hampshire as a seat was created in 1983 to replace the Petersfield constituency. The first MP for the seat was Michael Mates, who held the seat from 1983 until the 2010 election when he retired.
[edit] Boundaries and Profile
The constituency is based on a similar area to that of the East Hampshire district, which it does not fill completely. The constituency includes the medium sized towns of Petersfield, Alton, smaller towns of Bordon, Liss and Liphook, and a small part of the Havant borough north of Waterlooville, in turn north of Portsmouth. Much of the seat is the East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Results to date, apart from in 1997 result, suggest the seat is a Conservative Party safe seat and on national opinion-poll adjusted results, Hinds has the 28th highest share of the vote for the party in the country.[2]
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Michael Mates | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Damian Hinds | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: East Hampshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Damian Hinds | 29,137 | 56.8 | +9.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Adam Carew | 15,640 | 30.5 | −3.5 | |
| Labour | Jane Edbrooke | 4,043 | 7.9 | −8.6 | |
| UKIP | Hugh McGuiness | 1,477 | 2.9 | +0.3 | |
| English Democrats | Matt Williams | 710 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Justice & Anti-Corruption Party | Don Jerrard | 310 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,467 | 26.3 | |||
| Turnout | 51,317 | 71.0 | +6.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: East Hampshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 24,273 | 45.7 | −1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ruth Bright | 18,764 | 35.3 | +5.4 | |
| Labour | Marjorie Broughton | 8,519 | 16.0 | −3.6 | |
| UKIP | David Samuel | 1,583 | 3.0 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 5,509 | 10.4 | |||
| Turnout | 53,139 | 66.9 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: East Hampshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 23,950 | 47.6 | -0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bob Booker | 15,060 | 29.9 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Barbara Burfoot | 9,866 | 19.6 | +2.5 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Coles | 1,413 | 2.8 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 8,890 | 17.7 | |||
| Turnout | 50,289 | 64.3 | -11.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Hampshire East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 27,927 | 48.04 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Bob Booker | 16,337 | 28.11 | ||
| Labour | R. Hoyle | 9,945 | 17.11 | ||
| Referendum Party | J. Hayter | 2,757 | 4.74 | ||
| Green | I. Foster | 649 | 1.12 | ||
| UKIP | S. Coles | 513 | 0.88 | ||
| Majority | 11,590 | 19.94 | |||
| Turnout | 75.60 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Hampshire East[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 47,541 | 64.2 | −0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs SM Baring | 18,376 | 24.8 | −4.1 | |
| Labour | JA Phillips | 6,840 | 9.2 | +2.6 | |
| Green | IC Foster | 1,113 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Independent | SL Hale | 165 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 29,165 | 39.4 | +3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 74,035 | 79.3 | +1.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1987: Hampshire East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 43,093 | 64.47 | ||
| Liberal | R. Booker | 19,307 | 28.88 | ||
| Labour | C. Lloyd | 4,443 | 6.65 | ||
| Majority | 23,786 | 35.58 | |||
| Turnout | 77.40 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Hampshire East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Mates | 36,968 | 62.81 | ||
| Liberal | R. Bryan | 18,641 | 31.67 | ||
| Labour | S.J. Cowan | 3,247 | 5.52 | ||
| Majority | 18,327 | 31.14 | |||
| Turnout | 74.22 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and References
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Electoral Calculus - percentage by party columns
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
