Constituencies
Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤
The ceremonial county of Hampshire , which includes the unitary authorities of Portsmouth and Southampton, is divided into 19 parliamentary constituencies: 9 borough constituencies and 10 county constituencies. One of the county constituencies, Farnham and Bordon is split between Hampshire and Surrey
Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤
| Former name | Boundaries 2010–2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Hampshire with Berkshire and Surrey as a sub-region of the South East Region. As a result, parts of the current constituency of East Hampshire were transferred to a new cross-county boundary constituency with Surrey named Farnham and Bordon. In addition, Fareham and Meon Valley was abolished and replaced by the new constituencies of Fareham and Waterlooville, and Hamble Valley. [1] [2]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Basingstoke and Deane
Containing electoral wards from East Hampshire
Containing electoral wards from Eastleigh
Containing electoral wards from Fareham
Containing electoral wards from Gosport
Containing electoral wards from Hart
Containing electoral wards from Havant
Containing electoral wards from New Forest
Containing electoral wards from Portsmouth
Containing electoral wards from Rushmoor
Containing electoral wards from Southampton
Containing electoral wards from Test Valley
Containing electoral wards from Winchester
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats which covered Hampshire from 17 to 18, with the creation of Meon Valley. As a consequence of resulting boundary changes, Romsey was renamed Romsey and Southampton North. The Aldershot and Basingstoke seats, more predominantly urban than previously defined, were redesignated as borough constituencies.
| 1997-2010 name | Boundaries 1997–2010 | 2010–2024 name | Boundaries 2010–2024 |
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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019. [3] The Isle of Wight is excluded throughout.
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Hampshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
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| Conservative | 273,242 | 32.4% |  24.7% | 9 | 7 |
| Labour | 209,643 | 24.8% |  4.7% | 6 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | 177,830 | 21.1% | 2.5% | 3 | 3 |
| Reform UK | 128,853 | 15.3% | 15.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 45,751 | 5.4% | 2.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 8,778 | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 844,097 | 100.0 | 18 |
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Hampshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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| Conservative | 536,633 | 57.1% | 0.5% | 16 | 0 |
| Labour | 188,738 | 20.1% | 6.5% | 2 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 175,173 | 18.6% | 6.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 30,710 | 3.3% | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 2,585 | 0.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 6,473 | 0.6% | 2.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 940,312 | 100.0 | 18 |
Note that before 1983 Hampshire also included the Bournemouth and Christchurch areas.
| Election year | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1935 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (F) | 1974 (O) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
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| Conservative 1 | 50.2 | 63.8 | 46.9 | 68.0 | 49.5 | 54.3 | 58.1 | 60.0 | 60.6 | 50.5 | 47.4 | 52.0 | 46.5 | 45.9 | 56.1 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 54.2 | 41.2 | 41.6 | 42.8 | 49.5 | 52.2 | 56.6 | 57.1 | 32.4 |
| Labour | 22.7 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 37.7 | 38.8 | 40.3 | 38.1 | 34.9 | 34.1 | 33.7 | 29.9 | 26.9 | 29.4 | 26.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 18.6 | 28.3 | 27.6 | 23.2 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 26.6 | 20.1 | 24.8 |
| Liberal Democrat 2 | 27.0 | 9.1 | 23.7 | 3.1 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 15.3 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 17.3 | 29.9 | 30.0 | 26.0 | 25.3 | 27.8 | 29.6 | 29.7 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 18.6 | 21.1 |
| Brexit Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.3 | 15.3 |
| Green Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | * | * | * | * | * | 0.7 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 5.4 |
| UKIP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | * | * | * | 3.9 | 14.7 | 2.0 | * | * |
| Other | – | – | 2.2 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 0.3 | – | – | – | 0.04 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
1Including National Liberal, and one National candidate in 1945
2pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Accurate vote percentages for the 1918, 1922 and 1931 elections cannot be obtained because at least one candidate stood unopposed.
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
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| Conservative | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 9 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name. Unlike elsewhere in this article, the Isle of Wight is included in these tables.
Conservative Independent Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist National Party
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 87 | 88 | 1892 | 1895 | 96 | 97 | 00 | 1900 | 01 | 04 | 05 | 1906 | 06 | Jan 10 | Dec 10 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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| Andover | Beach | E. Faber | W. Faber | ||||||||||||||||||
| Basingstoke | Sclater-Booth | Jeffreys | Salter | Geddes | |||||||||||||||||
| Christchurch | Young | Smith | Balfour | Allen | Croft | Croft | |||||||||||||||
| Fareham | Fitzwygram | Lee | Davidson | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Forest | F. Compton | Douglas-Scott-Montagu | H. Compton | Hobart | Perkins | ||||||||||||||||
| Petersfield | Palmer | → | Wickham | Nicholson | |||||||||||||||||
| Portsmouth | Crossman | → | Baker | Majendie | Baker | Falle | → | ||||||||||||||
| Vanderbyl | Wilson | Clough | Bramsdon | Lucas | Bramsdon | Beresford | Meux | ||||||||||||||
| Southampton | Giles | Chamberlayne | Evans | Chamberlayne | Philipps | ||||||||||||||||
| Commerell | Evans | Simeon | Ward | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winchester | Tottenham | Moss | Myers | G. V. Baring | Carnegie | → | |||||||||||||||
| Isle of Wight | Webster | Seely | → | G. Baring | Hall | ||||||||||||||||
Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23) Conservative Labour Liberal National Government National Liberal (1931–68) National Party
| Constituency | 1918 | 20 | 21 | 1922 | 22 | 23 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 32 | 34 | 1935 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 1945 | 45 |
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| Aldershot | Palmer | Lyttelton | |||||||||||||||||||
| Basingstoke | Geddes | Holbrook | Fletcher | Holbrook | Wallop | Wolff | Donner | ||||||||||||||
| Bournemouth | Croft | → | Lyle | Bracken | |||||||||||||||||
| Fareham | Davidson | Inskip | White | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Forest & Christchurch | Perkins | Ashley | Mills | Crosthwaite-Eyre | |||||||||||||||||
| Petersfield | Nicholson | Dorman-Smith | Jeffreys | ||||||||||||||||||
| Portsmouth Central | Bramsdon | Privett | Bramsdon | Foster | Hall | Beaumont | Snow | ||||||||||||||
| Portsmouth North | Falle | Keyes | James | Bruce | |||||||||||||||||
| Portsmouth South | Cayzer | Wilson | Cayzer | Lucas | |||||||||||||||||
| Southampton | Philipps | Perkins | Morley | Barrie | Reith | Thomas | Morley | ||||||||||||||
| Ward | Bathurst | Lewis | Craven-Ellis | Lewis | |||||||||||||||||
| Winchester | Hennessy | Ellis | Palmer | Jeger | |||||||||||||||||
| Isle of Wight | Hall | Chatfeild-Clarke | Seely | Macdonald | |||||||||||||||||
Conservative Labour Liberal Social Democratic Speaker
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 52 | 54 | 1955 | 1959 | 60 | 64 | 1964 | 65 | 1966 | 68 | 1970 | 71 | Feb 74 | Oct 74 | 77 | 1979 | 81 |
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| Aldershot | Lyttelton | Errington | Critchley | ||||||||||||||||
| Basingstoke | Donner | Freeth | Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||
| Bournemouth East & Christchurch / Bth East (1974) | Bracken | Nicolson | Cordle | Atkinson | |||||||||||||||
| Bournemouth West | Gascoyne-Cecil | Eden | |||||||||||||||||
| Christchurch and Lymington | N/A | Adley | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastleigh | N/A | Price | |||||||||||||||||
| Gosport | N/A | Viggers | |||||||||||||||||
| Gosport and Fareham / Fareham (1974) | Bennett | Lloyd | |||||||||||||||||
| New Forest | Crosthwaite-Eyre | McNair-Wilson | |||||||||||||||||
| Petersfield | Jeffreys | Legh | Quennell | Mates | |||||||||||||||
| Portsmouth Langstone / Havant & Waterloo (1974) | Stevens | Lloyd | |||||||||||||||||
| Portsmouth South | Lucas | Pink | |||||||||||||||||
| Portsmouth West / Portsmouth North (1974) | Clarke | Judd | Griffiths | ||||||||||||||||
| Southampton Itchen | Morley | King | → | Mitchell | → | ||||||||||||||
| Southampton Test | King | Howard | Fletcher-Cooke | Mitchell | Hill | Gould | Hill | ||||||||||||
| Winchester | Smithers | Morgan-Giles | Browne | ||||||||||||||||
| Isle of Wight | Macdonald | Woodnutt | Ross | ||||||||||||||||
Conservative Democratic Unionist Independent Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats Social Democratic
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
1parts transferred in 2024 to the constituency of Farnham and Bordon which is partially in Surrey
Hampshire is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. The city of Southampton is the largest settlement.
Winchester, or the City of Winchester, is a local government district with city status in Hampshire, England.
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