Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament constituency)

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Southampton, Itchen
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Southampton, Itchen in Hampshire.
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Location of Hampshire within England.
County Hampshire
Electorate 74,513 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Southampton
Current constituency
Created 1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament John Denham (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Southampton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South East England

Southampton, Itchen is a parliamentary constituency in Hampshire, which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created in 1950, when the previous two-member Southampton constituency was abolished.

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[edit] History

The constituency is named after the River Itchen, the lesser of the two major rivers that flow through the city. Although until the 1970s it was a safe Labour seat, it elected a Conservative MP, Christopher Chope in 1983 and 1987 after the then sitting MP Bob Mitchell left Labour in 1981 for the SDP. The combination of Mitchell as a strong Alliance candidate in both 1983 and 1987, together with Conservative landslides, made Southampton Itchen highly competitive.

The current Labour MP, John Denham, narrowly defeated Chope by 551 votes in 1992 and held the seat safely until 2010 when he scraped home by just 192 votes. These two election results cause Southampton Itchen to be thought of currently as a marginal which just favours Labour.

[edit] Boundaries

The seat covers the eastern part of the City of Southampton, in southern England, specifically the city centre, the eastern port areas (the Port of Southampton is one of the principal ports of the UK), the exclusive Ocean Village quarter and the inner city council estates including the impoverished Thornhill area. It is seen as the more working class of the two constituencies in the city (the other is Southampton Test - named after the other major river).

Southampton Itchen covers the city wards of (with their associated neighbourhoods):

The constituency is bounded to the west by Southampton Test (Labour), to the north and east by Eastleigh (Liberal Democrat) and in the far north by Romsey and Southampton North (Conservative).

[edit] Members of Parliament

Former Cabinet minister John Denham currently represents the seat.

Election Member [2] Party
1950 Ralph Morley Labour
1955 Dr Horace King Labour
1965 Speaker
1971 by-election Bob Mitchell Labour
1981 SDP
1983 Christopher Chope Conservative
1992 John Denham Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Denham 16,326 36.8 -11.5
Conservative Royston Smith 16,134 36.3 +9.0
Liberal Democrat David Goodall 9,256 20.8 +0.1
UKIP Alan Kebbell 1,928 4.3 +0.6
Green John Spottiswoode 600 1.4 +1.4
Trade Unionist & Socialist Tim Cutter 168 0.4 +0.4
Majority 192 0.4
Turnout 44,412 59.6 +4.8
Labour hold Swing -10.3

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Denham 20,871 48.3 -6.2
Conservative Flick Drummond 11,569 26.8 -0.6
Liberal Democrat David Goodall 9,162 21.2 +6.2
UKIP Kim Rose 1,623 3.8 +1.8
Majority 9,302 21.5
Turnout 43,225 55.5 1.5
Labour hold Swing -2.8
General Election 2001: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Denham 22,553 54.5 -0.3
Conservative Caroline Nokes 11,330 27.4 -1.0
Liberal Democrat Mark Cooper 6,195 15.0 +3.3
UKIP Kim Rose 829 2.0 +1.7
Socialist Alliance Gavin Marsh 241 0.6
Socialist Labour Michael Holmes 225 0.5
Majority 11,223 27.1
Turnout 41,373 54.0
Labour hold Swing +0.37

Electorate: 76,603

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Southampton Itchen[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Denham 29,498 54.8 +10.8
Conservative Peter Fleet 15,269 28.4 −13.7
Liberal Democrat David Harrison 6,289 11.7 −2.2
Referendum Party John Clegg 1,660 3.1 N/A
Socialist Labour Ken Rose 628 1.2 N/A
UKIP Clive Hoar 172 0.3 N/A
Socialist Alternative Gavin Marsh 113 0.2 N/A
Natural Law Rosemary Barry 110 0.2 N/A
ProLife Alliance Ferdi McDermott 99 0.2 N/A
Majority 14,220 26.4 +21.4
Turnout 53,838 70.0
Labour hold Swing +12.3

Electorate: 76,869

General Election 1992:Southampton Itchen[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Denham 24,402 44.0 +11.9
Conservative Christopher Chope 23,851 43.0 -1.3
Liberal Democrat JRT Hodgson 7,221 13.0 -10.6
Majority 551 1.0 -11.2
Turnout 55,474 76.9 +1.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.6

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Chope 24,419 44.3
Labour John Denham 17,703 32.1
Social Democrat Bob Mitchell 13,006 23.6
Majority 6,716 12.2
Turnout 75.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Chope 21,937 41.5
Social Democrat Bob Mitchell 16,647 31.5
Labour John Denham 14,324 27.1
Majority 5,290 10.0
Turnout 73.3
Conservative gain from Social Democrat Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Mitchell 28,036 46.3
Conservative Andrew Hunter 26,434 43.6
Liberal J. Pinder 6,132 10.1
Majority 1,602 2.6
Turnout 74.7
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Mitchell 28,168 48.9
Conservative P. T. James 20,373 35.4
Liberal Joseph Cherryson 9,071 15.7
Majority 7,795 13.5
Turnout 70.3
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Mitchell 27,557 44.0
Conservative P. T. James 21,967 35.0
Liberal Joseph Cherryson 13,173 21.0
Majority 5,590 8.9
Turnout 77.2
Labour hold Swing
Southampton Itchen by-election, 1971
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Mitchell 22,575 N/A
Conservative James Spicer 12,900 N/A
National Democratic Edwin Bray 3,090
Liberal Joseph Cherryson 2,214
Majority 9,675
Turnout 29,779
Labour gain from Speaker Swing
General Election 1970: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker Horace Maybray King 29,417 67.2
National Democratic Edwin Melbourne Ian Bray 9,581 21.9
Independent Brian Henry Phillips 4,794 11.0
Majority 19,836 45.3
Turnout 54.1
Speaker hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker Horace King 30,463 85.4
Independent K. D. Hunt 5,217 14.6
Majority 25,246 70.8
Turnout 49.0
Speaker hold Swing
General Election 1964: Southampton Itchen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Horace King 28,949 52.7
Conservative G. G. Olson 18,974 34.5
Liberal Joseph Cherryson 7,007 12.8
Majority 9.975 18.2
Turnout 76.1
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I" [self-published source?][better source needed]
  3. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/224.htm. Retrieved 7 Jan 2011. 
  4. ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.150 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
  5. ^ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
  6. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010. 
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Cities of London and Westminster		 Constituency represented by the Speaker
1965–1971		 Succeeded by
Wirral
Constituencies in South East England (84)
Conservative (74)
Labour (4)
Liberal Democrats (4)
Green (1)
Speaker (1)
Areas and Suburbs of Southampton
City of Southampton Electoral Wards (and their neighbourhoods) listed by Constituency — sources: 1 2.
Southampton Itchen
Southampton Test
Romsey and Southampton North

Coordinates: 50°55′N 1°21′W / 50.917°N 1.35°W / 50.917; -1.35

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