Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)

Fareham
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Fareham in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	76,457 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Mark Hoban (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Gosport & Fareham
1885 (1885)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Gosport & Fareham
Created from	South Hampshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Fareham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The current MP is Mark Hoban of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 2001 general election. The constituency has always been represented by Conservatives.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises all wards of the Fareham borough except Stubbington and Hill Head. The largest town in the constituency, as the name suggests, is Fareham. Other communities in the constituency include Portchester, Locks Heath, Warsash and Titchfield.

History

The constituency was first created in 1885, however in 1950 it was abolished to form the constituency of Gosport and Fareham. It was revived again in 1974.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1950

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Frederick Fitzwygram	Conservative
	1900	Arthur Lee	Conservative
	1918	John Humphrey Davidson	Conservative
	1931 by-election	Thomas Inskip	Conservative
	1939 by-election	Dymoke White	Conservative
	1950	constituency abolished: see Gosport and Fareham

MPs since 1974

Election		Member	Party
	Feb. 1974	Reginald Bennett	Conservative
	1979	Sir Peter Lloyd	Conservative
	2001	Mark Hoban	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hoban	30,037	55.3	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Bentley	12,945	23.8	+2.1
	Labour	James Carr	7,719	14.2	-11.4
	UKIP	Steve Richards	2,235	4.1	+1.2
	Green	Peter Doggett	791	1.5	+1.5
	English Democrats	Joe Jenkins	618	1.1	+1.1
Majority			17,092	31.5	+7.4
Turnout			54,345	71.6	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hoban	24,151	49.7	+2.6
	Labour	James Carr	12,449	25.6	−6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Richard de Ste-Croix	10,551	21.7	+3.0
	UKIP	Peter Mason-Apps	1,425	2.9	+0.3
Majority			11,702	24.1	+8.7
Turnout			48,576	66.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

General Election 2001: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hoban	21,389	47.1	+0.3
	Labour	James Carr	14,380	31.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Pritchard	8,503	18.7	-0.9
	UKIP	William O’Brien	1,175	2.6	+2.6
Majority			7,009	15.4	-4.4
Turnout			45,447	63.5	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lloyd	24,151	46.8	-14.2
	Labour	Michael Prior	14,078	27.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Grace Hill	10,234	19.6	-5.0
	Referendum Party	D Markham	2,914	5.6	+5.6
	No to Europe	William O'Brien	515	1.0	+1.0
Majority			10,358	19.8	-16.6
Turnout			48,576	66.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lloyd	40,482	61.0	−0.1
	Liberal Democrat	JC Thompson	16,341	24.6	−5.3
	Labour	Ms. EM Weston	8,766	13.2	+4.1
	Green	MJ Brimecome	818	1.2	+1.2
Majority			24,141	36.4	+5.1
Turnout			66,407	81.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Sources

• Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X. 
• The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945. 
• The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950. 
• The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955.