North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hampshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North East Hampshire in Hampshire
Location of Hampshire within England
County	Hampshire
Electorate	72,548 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements	Fleet, Church Crookham, Hook and Yateley
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	East Hampshire, Aldershot

North East Hampshire is a constituency ^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Ranil Jayawardena, a Conservative. ^{[n 2]}

History

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Aldershot and East Hampshire. It was represented at Westminster by James Arbuthnot until 2015 when he was succeeded by Ranil Jayawardena. The constituency has, since its creation, given large majorities to the Conservatives, and in 2015, Jayawardena was elected with a lead of 29,916 votes, or 55.4%. This made North East Hampshire the safest Conservative seat at that election in both percentage and numerical terms. ^[2]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

1997–2010: The District of Hart wards of Church Crookham, Crondall, Eversley, Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet Pondtail, Fleet West, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Long Sutton, Odiham, and Whitewater, and the District of East Hampshire wards of Binsted, Bramshott and Liphook, Froyle and Bentley, Grayshott, Headley, Selborne, Whitehill Bordon and Whitehill, and Whitehill Lindford.

2010–present: The District of Hart wards of Church Crookham East, Church Crookham West, Crondall, Eversley, Fleet Central, Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet North, Fleet Pondtail, Fleet West, Greywell, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Long Sutton, Odiham, Yateley East, Yateley North, and Yateley West, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Calleva, Pamber, Sherborne St John, and Upton Grey and The Candovers.

Towns and villages in the constituency include Elvetham Heath, Eversley, Fleet, Greywell, Hartley Wintney, Headley, Herriard, Hook, Odiham, Sherfield on Loddon, Silchester and Yateley.

This constituency was slightly altered for the 2010 general election. The seat's southernmost part was transferred to East Hampshire while it gained some wards from Basingstoke and Hart wards from Aldershot.

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):

• The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of: Basing & Upton Grey; Bramley.
• The District of Hart wards of: Crookham East; Crookham West and Ewshot; Fleet Central; Fleet East; Fleet West; Hartley Wintney; Hook; Odiham; Yateley West. ^[3]

The contents will be adjusted largely to take account of modifications to local authority ward boundaries.

Constituency profile

The seat includes significant software, hardware and military sectors and a significant proportion of Basingstoke, Bracknell and City of London commuters, particularly the latter towards Hook railway station on the South West Main Line; the average income level is higher than the national average. ^[4] This area also has low unemployment ^[5] and a high proportion of semi-detached and detached properties. ^[6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [7]	Party
	1997	James Arbuthnot	Conservative
	2015	Ranil Jayawardena	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: North East Hampshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Brewer [8]
	Reform UK	Andrew Mullen [9]
	Libertarian	Alex Zychowski [10]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North East Hampshire ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena	35,280	59.5	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	15,069	25.4	13.3
	Labour	Barry Jones	5,760	9.7	7.6
	Green	Culann Walsh	1,754	3.0	0.4
	Independent	Tony Durrant	831	1.4	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	576	1.0	New
Majority			20,211	34.1	14.1
Turnout			59,270	75.1	2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.6

General election 2017: North East Hampshire ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena	37,754	65.5	0.4
	Labour	Barry Jones	9,982	17.3	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	6,987	12.1	1.6
	Green	Chas Spradbery	1,476	2.6	1.8
	UKIP	Mike Gascoigne	1,061	1.8	7.0
	Independent	Robert Blay	367	0.6	New
Majority			27,772	48.2	7.2
Turnout			57,627	76.3	3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.95

General election 2015: North East Hampshire ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena	35,573	65.9	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	5,657	10.5	15.0
	Labour	Amran Hussain	5,290	9.8	0.0
	UKIP	Robert Blay1	4,732	8.8	4.6
	Green	Andrew Johnston	2,364	4.4	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Mad Max Bobetsky	384	0.7	New
Majority			29,916	55.4	20.3
Turnout			54,000	72.9	0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.15

¹: After nominations were closed, Blay was suspended from UKIP after threatening to shoot his Conservative opponent. ^{[15] [16]} His name still appeared on ballot papers as it was too late to remove him. ^[17]

General election 2010: North East Hampshire ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	32,075	60.6	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Denzil Coulson	13,478	25.5	1.6
	Labour	Barry Jones	5,173	9.8	6.8
	UKIP	Ruth Duffin	2,213	4.2	0.9
Majority			18,597	35.1	8.6
Turnout			52,939	73.3	8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.55

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North East Hampshire ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	25,407	53.7	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Carew	12,858	27.2	4.2
	Labour	Kevin McGrath	7,630	16.1	3.8
	UKIP	Paul Birch	1,392	2.9	1.0
Majority			12,549	26.5	3.7
Turnout			47,287	64.8	3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

General election 2001: North East Hampshire ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	23,379	53.2	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Plummer	10,122	23.0	0.3
	Labour	Barry Jones	8,744	19.9	3.9
	UKIP	Graham Mellstrom	1,702	3.9	3.0
Majority			13,257	30.2	2.0
Turnout			43,947	61.6	12.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North East Hampshire ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Arbuthnot	26,017	50.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Mann	11,619	22.7
	Labour	Peter Dare	8,203	16.0
	Referendum	Winston Rees	2,420	4.7
	Independent	Keki Jessavala	2,400	4.7
	UKIP	Christopher Berry	452	0.9
Majority			14,398	28.2
Turnout			51,111	73.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

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. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Williams, Zoe (1 June 2017). "In the country's safest Tory seat, prosperity seeks a steady hand | Zoe Williams". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 7 October 2019.
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
4. "2001 Census". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
5. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
6. "2011 census interactive maps". Ons.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
7. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
8. "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 9 February 2024.
9. "North East Hampshire Constituency". Reform UK . Retrieved 9 February 2024.
10. "NE Hampshire PPC Announced". Libertarian Party UK.
11. "Hart Council Statement of Persons Nominated" . Retrieved 20 November 2019.
12. "Loony Party Candidates" . Retrieved 7 May 2017.
13. "North Hampshire general election candidates". Basingstoke Observer. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
14. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
15. "UKIP candidate Robert Blay suspended over shooting threat". BBC News. 5 May 2015.
16. Rawlinson, Kevin (5 May 2015). "Ukip candidate suspended for threatening to 'put a bullet in' Tory rival". The Guardian.
17. Myers, Russell; Sorrell, Lee (5 May 2015). "Robert Blay: UKIP suspends parliamentary candidate". Daily Mirror.
18. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
19. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
20. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
21. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)

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