Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 50°47′13″N 1°04′44″W / 50.787°N 1.079°W
| Portsmouth South | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Portsmouth South in Hampshire. |
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 Location of Hampshire within England. |
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| County | Hampshire |
| Electorate | 71,947 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1918 |
| Member of Parliament | Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Portsmouth |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Portsmouth South is a borough 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 voting system. The current MP, since the 1997 general election, is Mike Hancock of the Liberal Democrats.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency represents part of the city of Portsmouth. The northern part is represented by Portsmouth North. It also includes Fratton, the seaside resort of Southsea and HMNB Portsmouth (Portsmouth Naval Dockyard).
[edit] History
The constituency was created in 1918 when the larger Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South. The Central constituency was abolished in 1950.
In the 2010 General Election campaign independent candidate Les Cummings distributed a leaflet claiming that incumbent MP Mike Hancock was a paedophile. This was later proved in court to be false. Cummings was subsequently convicted under the 1983 Representation of the People Act for distributing material which was known to be false with the intention of smearing or defaming to affect the return of a member of parilament. Cummings was fined £500.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Portsmouth South [3][4][5][6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Hancock | 18,921 | 45.9 | +4.2 | |
| Conservative | Flick Drummond | 13,721 | 33.3 | -0.4 | |
| Labour | John Ferrett | 5,640 | 13.7 | -8.7 | |
| UKIP | Robert Robinson | 876 | 2.1 | -0.2 | |
| BNP | Geoff Crompton | 873 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Green | Tim Dawes | 716 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| English Democrats | Ian Ducain | 400 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | Les Cummings | 117 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 5,200 | 12.6 | |||
| Turnout | 41,264 | 58.7 | +1.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Portsmouth South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Hancock | 17,047 | 42.2 | −2.4 | |
| Conservative | Caroline Dinenage | 13,685 | 33.9 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Mark Button | 8,714 | 21.6 | −2.3 | |
| UKIP | Dennis Pierson | 928 | 2.3 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 3,362 | 8.3 | |||
| Turnout | 40,374 | 56.9 | +6.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | −3.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Portsmouth South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Hancock | 17,490 | 44.6 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Philip Henry Warr | 11,397 | 29.1 | -2.1 | |
| Labour | Graham Heaney | 9,361 | 23.9 | -1.4 | |
| Socialist Alliance | John Christopher Molyneux | 647 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Mike Tarrant | 321 | 0.8 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 6,093 | 15.5 | |||
| Turnout | 39,216 | 50.9 | -12.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Portsmouth South[7] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Martin | 22,798 | 42.5 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Hancock | 22,556 | 42.0 | −0.9 | |
| Labour | Syd Rapson | 7,857 | 14.6 | +1.7 | |
| Green | Aleksander Zivkovic | 349 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Natural Law | William A. Trend | 91 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 242 | 0.5 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 53,651 | 69.1 | −2.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
| Portsmouth South by-election, 1984 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democrat) | Mike Hancock | 15,358 | 37.6 | +12.1 | |
| Conservative | Patrick Rock | 14,017 | 34.3 | -15.7 | |
| Labour | Sally Thomas | 10,846 | 26.5 | +4.0 | |
| National Front | Gordon Knight | 226 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Ecology | Terry Mitchell | 190 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent Liberal | Alan Evens | 113 | 0.3 | -0.8 | |
| Independent Ecology | Thomas Layton | 50 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Anthony Andrews | 42 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| New National Party | Peter Smith | 41 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,341 | 3.3 | -21.3 | ||
| Turnout | 54.5 | -12.8 | |||
| Social Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- ^ UK Polling Report, Portsmouth South
- ^ Guardian, Portsmouth South
- ^ They Work For You, Mike Hancock
- ^ Altius Directory, Portsmouth South
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
