Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
51°16′26″N 0°45′22″W / 51.274°N 0.756°W
Aldershot | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Aldershot in Hampshire | |
![]() Location of Hampshire within England | |
County | Hampshire |
Population | 103,922 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 72,430 (December 2015)[2] |
Major settlements | Aldershot, Farnborough |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Gerald Howarth (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Aldershot /ˈɔːldərˌʃɒt/ is a constituency[n 1] in Hampshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Gerald Howarth of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
The constituency is primarily based around the town of Aldershot which is in the north-east of Hampshire, in the borough of Rushmoor. The town of Farnborough is also in the constituency.
Latest boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hampshire, the Boundary Commission for England made changes across the county as a consequence of population changes.
The electoral wards, as modified, in the Aldershot constituency are:
- The entire borough of Rushmoor
- Small localities in the district of Hart: Blackwater and Hawley; Frogmore and Darby Green in the Yateley post town
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | Viscount Wolmer | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1940 by-election | Oliver Lyttelton | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1954 by-election | Sir Eric Errington | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1970 | Sir Julian Critchley | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Sir Gerald Howarth | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 23,369 | 50.6 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Gary Puffett | 8,468 | 18.3 | +6.2 | |
UKIP | Bill Walker | 8,253 | 17.9 | +13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Hilliar | 4,076 | 8.8 | −25.6 | |
Green | Carl Hewitt | 2,025 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,901 | 32.3 | +20.0 | ||
Turnout | 46,191 | 63.8 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 21,203 | 46.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Paul Collett | 15,617 | 34.4 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Jonathan Slater | 5,489 | 12.1 | −9.6 | |
UKIP | Robert Snare | 2,041 | 4.5 | +2.1 | |
English Independence Party | Gary Cowd | 999 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Christian | Juliana Brimicombe | 231 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,586 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 45,384 | 63.5 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 20,572 | 42.7 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Paul Collett | 15,238 | 31.7 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Howard Linsley | 9,895 | 20.6 | −4.6 | |
UKIP | Derek Leonard Rumsey | 1,182 | 2.5 | +0.7 | |
English Democrat | Gary Cowd | 701 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 553 | 1.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 5,334 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 48,141 | 61.3 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 19,106 | 42.2 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Paul Collett | 12,512 | 27.6 | −2.8 | |
Labour | Luke Akehurst | 11,394 | 25.2 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Derek Leonard Rumsey | 797 | 1.8 | +0.3 | |
Green | Adam Julian Stacey | 630 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Arthur Uther Pendragon | 459 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 390 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,594 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,288 | 57.9 | −12.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 23,119 | 42.7 | −14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Paul Collett | 16,498 | 30.5 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Terence Bridgeman | 13,057 | 24.1 | +10.8 | |
UKIP | John Howe | 794 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Arthur Uther Pendragon | 361 | 0.7 | N/A | |
BNP | Donald Stevens | 322 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,621 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 54,153 | 70.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 36,974 | 57.5 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Paul Collett | 17,786 | 27.6 | −1.6 | |
Labour | John Anthony Smith | 8,552 | 13.3 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | David H. Robinson | 1,038 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,188 | 29.8 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 64,350 | 78.7 | +4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 35,272 | 59.0 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Roger Alan Hargreaves | 17,488 | 29.2 | −4.6 | |
Labour | Ian Howard Pearson | 7,061 | 11.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 17,784 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 59,822 | 74.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 31,288 | 55.5 | ||
Liberal | N. Westbrook | 19,070 | 33.8 | ||
Labour | A. Crawford | 6,070 | 10.8 | ||
Majority | 12,218 | 21.7 | |||
Turnout | 56,425 | 72.72 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 38,014 | 57.5 | ||
Liberal | N. Westbrook | 14,438 | 21.4 | ||
Labour | D. Somerville | 13,698 | 20.7 | ||
Majority | 23,576 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 66,150 | 76.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 26,463 | 45.1 | ||
Liberal | A. Burton | 16,104 | 27.5 | ||
Labour | E.P. Sudworth | 14,936 | 25.5 | ||
National Front | A. Greenslade | 1,120 | 1.9 | ||
Majority | 10,359 | 17.7 | |||
Turnout | 58,620 | 72.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 29,401 | 45.4 | ||
Liberal | G. Floyd | 18,743 | 28.9 | ||
Labour | W.L.J.T. Card | 15,492 | 23.9 | ||
National Front | T. Greenslade | 1,148 | 1.77 | ||
Majority | 10,658 | 16.5 | |||
Turnout | 64,781 | 81.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 33,447 | 55.83 | ||
Labour | RT Bogg | 18,916 | 31.57 | ||
Liberal | PM Gibbons | 7,551 | 12.6 | ||
Majority | 14,531 | 24.25 | |||
Turnout | 59,909 | 70.89 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Errington | 25,672 | 48.92 | ||
Labour | DH Silvester | 16,776 | 31.97 | ||
Liberal | GE Owen | 10,025 | 19.11 | ||
Majority | 8,896 | 16.95 | |||
Turnout | 52,473 | 75.38 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Errington | 25,797 | 52.03 | ||
Labour | EK Collard | 13,718 | 27.67 | ||
Liberal | PM Gibbons | 10,066 | 20.30 | ||
Majority | 12,079 | 24.36 | |||
Turnout | 49,581 | 75.01 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Eric Errington | 25,161 | 58.4 | ||
Labour | Roy E Brooks | 12,270 | 28.5 | ||
Liberal | Enid Lakeman | 5,679 | 13.2 | ||
Majority | 12,891 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 43,110 | 75.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Eric Errington | 22,701 | 56.7 | ||
Labour | Julian D Richards | 13,129 | 32.8 | ||
Liberal | Enid Lakeman | 4,232 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | 9,572 | 23.9 | |||
Turnout | 40,062 | 73.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Errington | 19,108 | 60.1 | ||
Labour | W Cuthbertson | 12,701 | 39.9 | ||
Majority | 6,407 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 31,809 | 58.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Lyttelton | 24,951 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | Robert N Hales | 16,402 | 39.7 | ||
Majority | 8,549 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 41,353 | 77.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Lyttelton | 21,238 | 52.2 | ||
Labour | NF Hidden | 15,066 | 37.0 | ||
Liberal | John Henry Gooden | 4,355 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 6,172 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 40,659 | 79.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Lyttelton | 19,456 | 57.41 | ||
Common Wealth | Tom Wintringham | 14,435 | 42.59 | ||
Majority | 5,021 | 14.82 | |||
Turnout | 33,891 | 69.18 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Lyttelton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Viscount Wolmer | 17,730 | 73.4 | −11 | |
Independent Progressive | Vernon Gerald Bailey | 6,421 | 26.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,309 | 46.8 | |||
Turnout | 24,151 | 58.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Viscount Wolmer | 22,134 | 84.4 | ||
Labour | Miss MR Richardson | 4,091 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 18,043 | 68.8 | |||
Turnout | 26,225 | 65.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Viscount Wolmer | 15,123 | 59.3 | −17.3 | |
Liberal | Henry Fabian Orpen | 5,984 | 23.5 | n/a | |
Labour | J.R. McPhie | 4,389 | 17.2 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 9,139 | 35.8 | 17.4 | ||
Turnout | 68.5 | +0.3 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Viscount Wolmer | 14,081 | 76.6 | +17.5 | |
Labour | Hubert Beaumont | 4,313 | 23.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,768 | 53.2 | +35.0 | ||
Turnout | 68.2 | +8.6 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Viscount Wolmer | 9,131 | 59.1 | −8.3 | |
Liberal | Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor | 6,315 | 40.9 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 2,816 | 18.2 | −16.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,446 | 59.6 | −5.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Viscount Wolmer | 10,952 | 67.4 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | Harry Ainger | 5,296 | 32.6 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 5,656 | 34.8 | −10.0 | ||
Turnout | 64.8 | +16.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 8,755 | 72.4 | |||
Liberal | Harry Ainger | 3,342 | 27.6 | ||
Majority | 5,413 | 44.8 | |||
Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- endorsed by Coalition Government
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer). It was a county constituency from 1918 to 2010.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Aldershot
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ UK General Election results: June 1987 [Archive]
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results: 1979 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results: October 1974 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results: February 1974 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results 1970 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results 1966 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results 1964 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results 1959 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results 1955 [Archive]
- ^ 1954 Aldershot by-election [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results 1951 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results 1950 [Archive]
- ^ UK General Election results 1945 [Archive]
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig