Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)
51°15′43″N 1°05′02″W / 51.262°N 1.084°W
Basingstoke | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Basingstoke in Hampshire for the 2010 general election | |
![]() Location of Hampshire within England | |
County | Hampshire |
Population | 107,996 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 75,470 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Basingstoke |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Maria Miller (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Hampshire |
Basingstoke /ˈbeɪz[invalid input: 'ɨ']ŋˌstoʊk/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament. With the exception of a 1923-1924 Liberal Party MP, since modern creation in 1885 it has elected Conservative MPs so has been a Conservative safe seat. The current MP is Maria Miller.[n 1]
History
The town was represented in the Model Parliament convened in 1295 but not again until the modern constituency was created in 1885. From 1295 inclusive[n 2] to the one year parliament of 1831-32 its area was part of the Hampshire constituency and from 1832-1885 its area lay in the North Hampshire constituency.
Boundaries
The Basingstoke constituency is based around the town of Basingstoke, and the surrounding countryside, in Hampshire.
The Boundary Commission has proposed that the boundaries of Basingstoke and North West Hampshire be aligned to more closely match the town area.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maria Miller | 25,769 | 48.6 | -2.0 | |
Labour | Paul Harvey | 14,706 | 27.7 | +7.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Stone | 8,290 | 15.6 | +11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janice Spalding | 3,919 | 7.4 | -17.1 | |
Independent | Omar Selim | 392 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,063 | 20.8 | -5.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,076 | 66.6 | -0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
For the 2015 election, the Green Party attempted to field two candidates who would job share.[5] Sarah Cope has young children and Clare Lorraine Phipps has a disability,[5] so neither could work as a full-time MP. Their application was rejected.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maria Miller | 25,590 | 50.5 | +11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Shaw | 12,414 | 24.5 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Funda Pepperell | 10,327 | 20.4 | -12.2 | |
UKIP | Stella Howell | 2,076 | 4.1 | +1.9 | |
Basingstoke Common Man | Steve Saul | 247 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 13,176 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,654 | 67.1 | +6.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maria Miller | 19,955 | 41.5 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Paul Harvey | 15,275 | 31.7 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jen Smith | 9,952 | 20.7 | +6.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Effer | 1,044 | 2.2 | −0.3 | |
Green | Darren Shirley | 928 | 1.9 | N/A | |
BNP | Roger Robertson | 821 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Millennium Council | Roger MacNair | 148 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,680 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 48,123 | 63.0 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 20,490 | 42.7 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Jon Hartley | 19,610 | 40.9 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Sollitt | 6,693 | 13.9 | −3.1 | |
UKIP | Kim Graham | 1,202 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 880 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 47,995 | 60.7 | −13.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 24,751 | 43.3 | −10.2 | |
Labour | Nigel Lickley | 22,354 | 39.1 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Rimmer | 9,714 | 17.0 | −3.4 | |
Independent | Elsayed Selim | 310 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,397 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 57,129 | 74.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 37,521 | 54.6 | −1.4 | |
Labour | David John Charles Bull | 16,323 | 23.8 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris I. Curtis | 14,119 | 20.6 | −5.7 | |
Green | Valerie J. Oldaker | 714 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,198 | 30.9 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 68,677 | 82.8 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 33,657 | 56.0 | ||
SDP | David Anthony Bennett | 15,764 | 26.3 | ||
Labour | Peter Frederick Daden | 10,632 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | 17,893 | 29,7 | |||
Turnout | 77.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 28,381 | 51.32 | ||
SDP | Ednyfed Hudson Davies | 15,931 | 28.81 | ||
Labour | J. McAllister | 10,646 | 19.25 | ||
BNP | I. Wilson | 344 | 0.62 | ||
Majority | 12,450 | 22.51 | |||
Turnout | 76.84 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Mitchell | 42,625 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | R.W. Harris | 20,879 | 26.5 | ||
Liberal | P. Clatworthy | 14,605 | 18.54 | ||
National Front | B. Packer | 677 | 0.86 | ||
Majority | 21,746 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 79.48 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Mitchell | 29,038 | 43.17 | ||
Labour | T.E. Hunt | 22,826 | 33.94 | ||
Liberal | N.A.L. Whitbread | 14,636 | 21.76 | ||
National Front | G. Goodall | 763 | 1,13 | ||
Majority | 6,212 | 9.24 | |||
Turnout | 77.51 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Mitchell | 30,886 | 43.15 | ||
Labour | T.E. Hunt | 23,089 | 32.26 | ||
Liberal | N.A.L. Whitbread | 17,598 | 24.59 | ||
Majority | 7,797 | 10.89 | |||
Turnout | 83.24 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bower Mitchell | 35,138 | 50.94 | ||
Labour | Denis Victor Carter | 25,664 | 37.2 | ||
Liberal | Ray A. Musselwhite | 8,138 | 11.86 | ||
Majority | 9,474 | 13.73 | |||
Turnout | 75.02 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bower Mitchell | 26,076 | 45.85 | ||
Labour | Alec J. Kazantzis | 22,417 | 39.42 | ||
Liberal | John W. Matthew | 8,379 | 14.73 | ||
Majority | 3,659 | 6.43 | |||
Turnout | 78.56 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bower Mitchell | 26,466 | 49.32 | ||
Labour | Brian Tilley | 18,490 | 34.46 | ||
Liberal | Basil E Goldstone | 8,708 | 16.23 | ||
Majority | 7,976 | 14.86 | |||
Turnout | 78.12 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denzil Kingston Freeth | 25,314 | 52.18 | ||
Labour | Sydney G. Conbeer | 14,070 | 29.00 | ||
Liberal | Leslie Gascoinge Housden | 9,126 | 18.81 | ||
Majority | 11,244 | 23.18 | |||
Turnout | 79.55 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denzil Kingston Freeth | 24,973 | 57.20 | ||
Labour | William Royle | 18,683 | 42.80 | ||
Majority | 6,290 | 14.41 | |||
Turnout | 76.55 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick William Donner | 26,045 | 55.86 | ||
Labour | Arthur Carr | 20,580 | 44.14 | ||
Majority | 5,465 | 11.72 | |||
Turnout | 79.86 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick William Donner | 25,151 | 55.39 | ||
Labour | Marjorie Clark | 20,257 | 44.61 | ||
Majority | 4,894 | 10.78 | |||
Turnout | 79.53 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick William Donner | 18,700 | 46.0 | ||
Labour | A E Weston | 13,763 | 33.8 | ||
Liberal | David Reginald Rhys | 8,206 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | 4,937 | 12.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick William Donner | 18,549 | 57.83 | ||
Liberal | John Mackintosh Foot | 10,317 | 32.17 | ||
Labour | J.S. Whybrew | 3,207 | 10.00 | ||
Majority | 8,232 | 25.67 | |||
Turnout | 67.44 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Maxence Cavendish Drummond Wolff | 16,147 | |||
Liberal | John Mackintosh Foot | 9,262 | |||
Labour | J. Barker | 4,663 | |||
Majority | 6,885 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Viscount Lymington | 23,523 | 69.7 | ||
Liberal | Frances Louise Josephy | 6,106 | 18.1 | ||
Labour | C A Goatcher | 4,124 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 17,417 | 51.6 | |||
Turnout | 67.44 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Election in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Viscount Lymington | 16,547 | 50.4 | -7.1 | |
Liberal | Laurence Harry Duniam Jones | 11,595 | 35.4 | +0.7 | |
Labour | W. J. Beck | 4,650 | 14.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 4,952 | 15.0 | -7.8 | ||
Turnout | 74.2 | -4.1 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook | 15,558 | 57.3 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher | 9,429 | 34.7 | -16.0 | |
Labour | Benjamin Greene | 2,172 | 8.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 6,129 | 22.6 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 78.3 | +9.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +12.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher | 11,879 | 50.7 | +20.3 | |
Unionist | Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook | 11,531 | 49.3 | -6.7 | |
Majority | 348 | 1.4 | 27.0 | ||
Turnout | 68.8 | +1.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +13.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook | 12,514 | 56.0 | +21.8 | |
Liberal | Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher | 6,780 | 30.4 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Samuel Ledbury | 3,035 | 13.6 | -14.2 | |
Majority | 5,734 | 25.6 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 66.9 | +6.9 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +9.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook | 8,515 | 44.2 | -19.9 | |
Liberal | Sir Harry Calvert Williams Verney | 5,393 | 28.0 | n/a | |
Labour | J H Round | 5,352 | 27.8 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 3,122 | 16.2 | -12.0 | ||
Turnout | 60.0 | +4.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Election in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 11,218 | 64.1 | |||
Independent Labour | A. Close | 6,277 | 35.9 | ||
Majority | 4,941 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 55.2 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Clavell Salter | 4,852 | 49.0 | -1.6 | |
Liberal | Harry Calvert Williams Verney | 4,593 | 46.3 | -3.1 | |
Independent Liberal | J.E. Polden | 467 | 4.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 259 | 2.7 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 82.3 | +3.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Election in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Frederick Jeffreys | 3,158 | |||
Liberal | G Judd | 2,426 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ As with all constituencies, the first past the post system of election is used with elections at least every five years.
- ^ Burgesses (ie freeholders in boroughs could elect their borough member and county members.
- References
- ^ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 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 "B" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/content/page/38824/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated.pdf
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
- ^ The Constitiutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 144 (168 in web page), Hampshire