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The region [1] of South East is divided into 84 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 23 Borough Constituencies and 61 County Constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019, [2] 73 are represented by Conservative MPs, 8 by Labour MPs, 2 by Liberal Democrat MPs, and 1 by a Green MP.
† Conservative # Independent ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat ♣ Green Party
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the South East region will increase by 7 from 84 to 91. [5] This includes the Isle of Wight which will have two protected seats, compared to one at present.
The following seats are proposed: [6]
Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial county | Local authority |
---|---|---|---|
Aldershot BC | 76,765 | Hampshire | Hart / Rushmoor |
Arundel and Littlehampton CC | 75,896 | West Sussex | Arun / Chichester / Worthing |
Ashford CC | 73,546 | Kent | Ashford / Folkestone and Hythe |
Aylesbury CC | 75,636 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Banbury CC | 69,943 | Oxfordshire | Cherwell / West Oxfordshire |
Basingstoke BC | 77,050 | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane |
Bexhill and Battle CC | 70,869 | East Sussex | Rother / Wealden |
Bicester CC | 70,389 | Oxfordshire | Cherwell / West Oxfordshire |
Bognor Regis CC | 77,045 | West Sussex | Arun / Chichester |
Bracknell BC | 70,247 | Berkshire | Bracknell Forest |
Brighton Kemptown BC | 69,737 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove / Lewes |
Brighton Pavilion BC | 75,850 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove |
Buckingham and Bletchley CC | 73,644 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire / Milton Keynes |
Canterbury CC | 75,499 | Kent | Canterbury |
Chatham and Aylesford CC | 74,840 | Kent | Medway / Tonbridge and Malling |
Chesham and Amersham CC | 76,158 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Chichester CC | 76,180 | West Sussex | Chichester |
Crawley BC | 74,446 | West Sussex | Crawley |
Dartford CC | 70,038 | Kent | Dartford |
Didcot and Wantage CC | 71,460 | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire / Vale of White Horse |
Dorking and Horley CC | 75,001 | Surrey | Mole Valley / Reigate and Banstead |
Dover and Deal CC | 75,855 | Kent | Dover |
Earley and Woodley BC | 70,083 | Berkshire | Reading / Wokingham |
East Grinstead and Uckfield CC | 76,303 | East Sussex / West Sussex | Lewes / Mid Sussex / Wealden |
East Hampshire CC | 72,907 | Hampshire | East Hampshire |
East Isle of Wight CC | 57,004 | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight |
East New Forest CC | 73,823 | Hampshire | New Forest |
East Surrey CC | 73,145 | Surrey | Reigate and Banstead / Tandridge |
East Thanet BC | 73,790 | Kent | Thanet |
Eastbourne BC | 73,322 | East Sussex | Eastbourne |
Eastleigh BC | 69,982 | Hampshire | Eastleigh / Test Valley |
Epsom and Ewell BC | 76,844 | Surrey | Epsom and Ewell / Mole Valley |
Esher and Walton BC | 73,922 | Surrey | Elmbridge |
Fareham and Waterlooville CC | 77,036 | Hampshire | Fareham / Havant / Winchester |
Farnham and Bordon CC | 71,726 | Hampshire / Surrey | East Hampshire / Waverley |
Faversham and Mid Kent CC | 76,432 | Kent | Ashford / Maidstone / Swale |
Folkestone and Hythe CC | 70,023 | Kent | Folkestone and Hythe |
Gillingham and Rainham BC | 73,951 | Kent | Medway |
Godalming and Ash CC | 69,981 | Surrey | Guildford / Waverley |
Gosport BC | 73,763 | Hampshire | Fareham / Gosport |
Gravesham CC | 72,866 | Kent | Gravesham |
Guildford CC | 71,367 | Surrey | Guildford |
Hailsham and Crowborough CC | 70,015 | East Sussex | Wealden |
Hastings and Rye CC | 75,581 | East Sussex | Hastings / Rother |
Havant BC | 72,766 | Hampshire | Havant |
Hedge End CC | 76,902 | Hampshire | Eastleigh / Fareham / Winchester |
Henley CC | 70,626 | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire |
High Wycombe CC | 71,769 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Horsham CC | 76,981 | West Sussex | Horsham |
Hove and Brighton West BC | 73,726 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove |
Lewes CC | 71,204 | East Sussex | Lewes / Wealden |
Maidenhead CC | 73,463 | Berkshire | Bracknell Forest / Windsor and Maidenhead |
Maidstone and Malling CC | 74,685 | Kent | Maidstone / Tonbridge and Malling |
Marlow and South Buckinghamshire CC | 70,312 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Mid Berkshire CC | 69,999 | Berkshire | Reading / West Berkshire |
Mid Sussex CC | 72,255 | West Sussex | Mid Sussex |
Milton Keynes BC | 76,708 | Buckinghamshire | Milton Keynes |
Newbury CC | 71,631 | Berkshire | West Berkshire |
Newport Pagnell CC | 70,620 | Buckinghamshire | Milton Keynes |
North East Hampshire CC | 74,638 | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane / Hart |
North West Hampshire CC | 76,004 | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane / Test Valley |
Oxford East BC | 72,731 | Oxfordshire | Oxford |
Oxford West and Abingdon CC | 72,004 | Oxfordshire | Oxford / Vale of White Horse |
Portsmouth North BC | 71,844 | Hampshire | Portsmouth |
Portsmouth South BC | 74,253 | Hampshire | Portsmouth |
Princes Risborough CC | 72,240 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Reading BC | 71,283 | Berkshire | Reading |
Reigate CC | 69,805 | Surrey | Reigate and Banstead |
Rochester and Strood CC | 72,155 | Kent | Medway |
Romsey and Southampton North CC | 73,831 | Hampshire | Southampton / Test Valley |
Sevenoaks CC | 75,694 | Kent | Dartford / Sevenoaks |
Shoreham CC | 76,755 | West Sussex | Adur / Horsham |
Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC | 76,818 | Kent | Swale |
Slough BC | 75,287 | Berkshire | Slough |
Southampton Itchen BC | 72,150 | Hampshire | Southampton |
Southampton Test BC | 69,960 | Hampshire | Southampton |
Spelthorne BC | 72,897 | Surrey | Spelthorne |
Surrey Heath CC | 70,825 | Surrey | Guildford / Surrey Heath |
Tonbridge CC | 72,091 | Kent | Sevenoaks / Tonbridge and Malling |
Tunbridge Wells CC | 70,327 | Kent | Tunbridge Wells |
Weald of Kent CC | 70,362 | Kent | Ashford / Maidstone / Tunbridge Wells |
West Isle of Wight CC | 54,712 | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight |
West New Forest CC | 71,009 | Hampshire | New Forest |
West Thanet CC | 76,028 | Kent | Canterbury / Dover / Thanet |
Weybridge and Chertsey CC | 74,908 | Surrey | Elmbridge / Runnymede |
Winchester CC | 76,577 | Hampshire | Winchester |
Windsor CC | 72,566 | Berkshire / Surrey | Runnymede / Slough / Windsor and Maidenhead |
Witney CC | 72,938 | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse / West Oxfordshire |
Woking BC | 71,737 | Surrey | Woking |
Wokingham CC | 70,235 | Berkshire | Wokingham |
Worthing BC | 76,607 | West Sussex | Adur / Worthing |
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [7]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the South East region in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 2,512,866 | 54.0% | 0.2% | 74 | 1 |
Labour | 1,029,996 | 22.1% | 6.5% | 8 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 848,381 | 18.2% | 7.7% | 1 | 1 |
Greens | 183,724 | 3.9% | 0.8% | 1 | 0 |
Brexit | 12,868 | 0.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 64,917 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 4,652,752 | 100.0 | 84 |
Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019
Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)
Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966 (2010-2017 - includes The Speaker, John Bercow)
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
OTH - 2010-2019 - Green Party
The ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, is divided into 5 Parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 4 county constituencies. As with all constituencies for the House of Commons in the modern age, each constituency elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system.
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