North West Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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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
County Hampshire
Electorate 77,020 (December 2010)
Major settlements Andover, Tadley and Whitchurch
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
Created from Winchester 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]

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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

North West Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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

ElectionMember [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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Luigi Gregori [9]
Conservative Kit Malthouse [10]
Green Hina West [11]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North West Hampshire [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kit Malthouse 36,591 62.1 0.0
Liberal Democrats Luigi Gregori10,28317.5+7.8
Labour Liz Bell9,32715.8-7.7
Green Lance Mitchell2,7174.6+2.3
Majority26,30844.6+6.0
Turnout 58,91870.9-1.3
Conservative hold Swing -3.85
General election 2017: North West Hampshire [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kit Malthouse 36,471 62.1 +4.0
Labour Andy Fitchet13,79223.5+10.2
Liberal Democrats Alex Payton5,7089.7+0.4
UKIP Roger Clark1,4672.5-12.2
Green Dan Hill1,3342.3-2.3
Majority22,67938.6-4.8
Turnout 58,77272.2+2.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.5
General election 2015: North West Hampshire [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kit Malthouse [15] 32,052 58.1 −0.2
UKIP Susan Perkins [16] 8,10914.7+9.5
Labour Andrew Adams [17] 7,34213.3+0.2
Liberal Democrats Alexander Payton [17] 5,1519.3−14.1
Green Dan Hill [18] 2,5414.6New
Majority23,94343.4+3.5
Turnout 55,19569.7+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, [19] then shortly afterwards by Susan Perkins. [20] Bint became candidate in North Durham.

General election 2010: North West Hampshire [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Young 31,072 58.3 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Tom McCann12,48923.4−1.5
Labour Sarah Evans6,98013.1−7.7
UKIP Stan Oram2,7515.2+1.4
Majority18,58334.9+9.0
Turnout 53,29269.6+3.5
Conservative hold Swing +4.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North West Hampshire [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Young 26,005 50.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Tod12,74124.9+3.7
Labour Michael Mumford10,59420.7−4.7
UKIP Peter Sumner1,9253.8+0.6
Majority13,26425.8+1.1
Turnout 51,26564.3+2.0
Conservative hold Swing −1.5
General election 2001: North West Hampshire [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Young 24,374 50.1 +4.8
Labour Michael Mumford12,36525.4+1.8
Liberal Democrats Alex Bentley10,32921.2−2.9
UKIP Stanley Oram1,5633.2+0.7
Majority12,00924.7+3.5
Turnout 48,63162.3−11.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North West Hampshire [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Young 24,730 45.3 −12.8
Liberal Democrats Charlie Fleming13,17924.1−3.9
Labour Michael Mumford12,90023.6+11.0
Referendum Pamela Callaghan1,5332.8New
UKIP Tim Rolt1,3832.5New
Green William Baxter4860.9N/A
Independent anti-Newbury bypass Helen Anscomb2310.4New
IndependentBob Dodd2250.4New
Majority11,55121.2-9.0
Turnout 54,66774.2-6.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1992: North West Hampshire [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Mitchell 34,310 58.1 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Simpson16,46227.9−5.2
Labour Michael Stockwell7,43312.6+3.5
Green Doreen Ashley8251.4New
Majority17,84830.2+5.5
Turnout 59,03080.8+2.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: North West Hampshire [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Mitchell 31,470 57.8 +0.5
Liberal Ian Willis18,03333.1+0.5
Labour Anne Burnage4,9809.1−1.0
Majority13,43724.70.0
Turnout 54,48377.9+3.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: North West Hampshire [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Mitchell 28,044 57.3
Liberal Ian Willis15,92232.6
Labour Michael Davis4,95710.1
Majority12,12224.7
Turnout 48,92374.4
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.

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