North West Hampshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of North West Hampshire in Hampshire
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Location of Hampshire within England
CountyHampshire
Electorate77,020 (December 2010)
Major settlementsAndover, Tadley and Whitchurch
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentKit Malthouse (Conservative)
Created fromWinchester and Basingstoke[1]

North West Hampshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Conservative Kit Malthouse, who served as Education Secretary in 2022.[n 2]

History

This constituency's results suggest a Conservative safe seat since its creation for the 1983 general election. The outgoing MP for Basingstoke, David Mitchell, was elected the first MP as he chose to represent the area carved out from the old seat, where he lived instead, and served for fourteen years. On Sir David Mitchell's retirement in 1997 George Young won the seat and held it until his resignation in 2015. Young was previously MP for the marginal constituency of Ealing, Acton from 1974 to 1997, and was Transport Secretary in the Government of John Major from 1995 to 1997. He also ran for Speaker of the House in 2000 and 2009, being defeated on both occasions.[2] Young was appointed Leader of the House of Commons in the coalition government following the 2010 general election, but returned to the backbenches in David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle of 4 September 2012 and returned to the government frontbenches as Chief Whip a few weeks later, in October 2012 in place of Mitchell's son Andrew Mitchell. In 2015, Young was succeeded by Kit Malthouse, also a Conservative.

The 2010 result placed the seat 31st of the 307 Conservative seats by share of the vote polled.[3]

Constituency profile

The constituency is in the county of Hampshire focused around the town of Andover which has small pockets of regionally high levels of social housing and unemployment;[4] however, the seat overall had the 32nd lowest level of claimants of the 84 seats in the South East, at 1.7%, lower than the regional average of 2.4%.[5]

The economy is built on the military research, building and operations in the area and larger homes attracting wealthy older families and retirees, a high proportion of which are detached or semi-detached in both authorities covered,[6] building and engineering industries and the ease of most areas to access London, Basingstoke, Reading and the Commuter Belt. Smaller towns in the constituency include Tadley and Whitchurch.

Boundaries

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Map of current boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Alamein, Anna, Bourne Valley, Dun Valley, Harewood, Harrow Way, Kings Somborne and Michelmersh, Millway, Nether Wallop and Broughton, Over Wallop, St Mary's, Stockbridge, Tedworth, Weyhill, and Winton, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Baughurst, Burghclere, East Woodhay, Kingsclere, Overton, St Mary Bourne, Tadley Central, Tadley North, Tadley South, and Whitchurch.

1997–2010: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Alamein, Anna, Bourne Valley, Harrow Way, Millway, St Mary's, Tedworth, Weyhill, and Winton, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Baughurst and Heath End, Burghclere, East Woodhay, Highclere and Bourne, Kingsclere, Oakley and North Waltham, Overton and Laverstoke, Sherborne St John, Tadley, and Whitchurch.

2010–present: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Alamein, Amport, Anna, Bourne Valley, Charlton, Harrow Way, Millway, Penton Bellinger, St Mary's, and Winton, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Baughurst, Burghclere, East Woodhay, Highclere and Bourne, Kingsclere, Oakley and North Waltham, Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon, Tadley North, Tadley South, and Whitchurch.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

To bring the electorate within the permitted range, rural areas to the west and south of Andover will be transferred to Romsey and Southampton North and, in the east, the village of Oakley will be transferred to Basingstoke. The Sherborne St John & Rooksdown ward will be transferred in.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[8] Party
1983 Sir David Mitchell Conservative
1997 Sir George Young Conservative
2015 Kit Malthouse Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: North West Hampshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kit Malthouse[9]
Liberal Democrats Luigi Gregori[10]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North West Hampshire[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kit Malthouse 36,591 62.1 0.0
Liberal Democrats Luigi Gregori 10,283 17.5 +7.8
Labour Liz Bell 9,327 15.8 -7.7
Green Lance Mitchell 2,717 4.6 +2.3
Majority 26,308 44.6 +6.0
Turnout 58,918 70.9 -1.3
Conservative hold Swing -3.85
General election 2017: North West Hampshire[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kit Malthouse 36,471 62.1 +4.0
Labour Andy Fitchet 13,792 23.5 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Alex Payton 5,708 9.7 +0.4
UKIP Roger Clark 1,467 2.5 -12.2
Green Dan Hill 1,334 2.3 -2.3
Majority 22,679 38.6 -4.8
Turnout 58,772 72.2 +2.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.5
General election 2015: North West Hampshire[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kit Malthouse[14] 32,052 58.1 −0.2
UKIP Susan Perkins[15] 8,109 14.7 +9.5
Labour Andrew Adams [16] 7,342 13.3 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Alexander Payton [16] 5,151 9.3 −14.1
Green Dan Hill[17] 2,541 4.6 New
Majority 23,943 43.4 +3.5
Turnout 55,195 69.7 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing −4.9

UKIP originally selected Diane James for this constituency. In March 2015 James was replaced firstly by Malcolm Bint,[18] then shortly afterwards by Susan Perkins.[19] Bint became candidate in North Durham.

General election 2010: North West Hampshire[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Young 31,072 58.3 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Tom McCann 12,489 23.4 −1.5
Labour Sarah Evans 6,980 13.1 −7.7
UKIP Stan Oram 2,751 5.2 +1.4
Majority 18,583 34.9 +9.0
Turnout 53,292 69.6 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing +4.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North West Hampshire[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Young 26,005 50.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Tod 12,741 24.9 +3.7
Labour Michael Mumford 10,594 20.7 −4.7
UKIP Peter Sumner 1,925 3.8 +0.6
Majority 13,264 25.8 +1.1
Turnout 51,265 64.3 +2.0
Conservative hold Swing −1.5
General election 2001: North West Hampshire[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Young 24,374 50.1 +4.8
Labour Michael Mumford 12,365 25.4 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Alex Bentley 10,329 21.2 −2.9
UKIP Stanley Oram 1,563 3.2 +0.7
Majority 12,009 24.7 +3.5
Turnout 48,631 62.3 −11.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North West Hampshire[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Young 24,730 45.3 −12.8
Liberal Democrats Charlie Fleming 13,179 24.1 −3.9
Labour Michael Mumford 12,900 23.6 +11.0
Referendum Pamela Callaghan 1,533 2.8 New
UKIP Tim Rolt 1,383 2.5 New
Green William Baxter 486 0.9 N/A
Independent anti-Newbury bypass Helen Anscomb 231 0.4 New
Independent Bob Dodd 225 0.4 New
Majority 11,551 21.2 -9.0
Turnout 54,667 74.2 -6.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1992: North West Hampshire[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Mitchell 34,310 58.1 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Simpson 16,462 27.9 −5.2
Labour Michael Stockwell 7,433 12.6 +3.5
Green Doreen Ashley 825 1.4 New
Majority 17,848 30.2 +5.5
Turnout 59,030 80.8 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: North West Hampshire[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Mitchell 31,470 57.8 +0.5
Liberal Ian Willis 18,033 33.1 +0.5
Labour Anne Burnage 4,980 9.1 −1.0
Majority 13,437 24.7 0.0
Turnout 54,483 77.9 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: North West Hampshire[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Mitchell 28,044 57.3
Liberal Ian Willis 15,922 32.6
Labour Michael Davis 4,957 10.1
Majority 12,122 24.7
Turnout 48,923 74.4
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ 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

  1. ^ "'Hampshire North West', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Sir George Young". www.sirgeorgeyoung.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ^ "General Election Results from the Electoral Commission".
  4. ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
  5. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  6. ^ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  7. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  8. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  9. ^ "Kit Malthouse named as candidate for reshuffled North West Hampshire". Andover Advertiser. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Hampshire North West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Hampshire North West parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  13. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ^ "London Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse to take over from Sir George Young". Andover Advertiser.
  15. ^ "UK Polling Report".
  16. ^ a b "Labour announce candidate to contest North West Hampshire seat". Andover Advertiser.
  17. ^ "Winchester Green Party | Candidate Announcement - North West Hampshire". winchester.greenparty.org.uk.
  18. ^ "New UKIP candidate selected for North West Hampshire". Basingstoke Gazette.
  19. ^ Susan Perkins 🔱 [@saperkins] (10 March 2015). "Delighted to have been selected last night as the new #UKIP Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for NW Hampshire" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  24. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  26. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  27. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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