North West Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North West Hampshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2010
Boundary of North West Hampshire in South East England
County	Hampshire
Electorate	76,004 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Andover Tadley Whitchurch
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
Created from	Winchester Basingstoke [2]

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. ^[3] 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. ^[4]

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; ^[5] 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%. ^[6]

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, ^[7] 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

Map of 2010–2024 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.

2010–2024: 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.

2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of: Evingar; Sherborne St. John & Rooksdown; Tadley & Pamber; Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst; Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstoke.
• The Borough of Test Valley wards of: Andover Downlands; Andover Harroway; Andover Millway; Andover Romans; Andover St. Mary's; Andover Winton; Bourne Valley. ^[8]

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

Members of Parliament

Basingstoke and Winchester prior to 1983

Election		Member [9]	Party
	1983	Sir David Mitchell	Conservative
	1997	Sir George Young	Conservative
	2015	Kit Malthouse	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North West Hampshire ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kit Malthouse	17,770	35.0	–25.1
	Labour	Andy Fitchet	14,482	28.5	+11.6
	Reform UK	Andy Meacham	7,734	15.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Luigi Gregori	7,626	15.0	–3.5
	Green	Hina West	2,745	5.4	+0.8
	Hampshire Ind.	Phil Heath	466	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,288	6.5	–35.1
Turnout			50,823	65.0	–3.0
Registered electors			78,629
	Conservative hold		Swing	−18.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	31,051	60.1
	Liberal Democrats	9,544	18.5
	Labour	8,730	16.9
	Green	2,362	4.6
Turnout		51,687	68.0
Electorate		76,004

General election 2019: North West Hampshire ^[12]

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 ^[13]

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 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kit Malthouse [15]	32,052	58.1	−0.2
	UKIP	Susan Perkins [16]	8,109	14.7	+9.5
	Labour	Andrew Adams [17]	7,342	13.3	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Payton [17]	5,151	9.3	−14.1
	Green	Dan Hill [18]	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, ^[19] then shortly afterwards by Susan Perkins. ^[20] Bint became candidate in North Durham.

General election 2010: North West Hampshire ^[21]

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 ^[22]

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 ^[23]

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 ^[24]

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 ^{[25] [26]}

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 ^[27]

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 ^[28]

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

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)

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

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15. "London Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse to take over from Sir George Young". Andover Advertiser. 3 July 2014.
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17. "Labour announce candidate to contest North West Hampshire seat". Andover Advertiser. 16 December 2014.
18. "Winchester Green Party | Candidate Announcement – North West Hampshire". winchester.greenparty.org.uk.
19. "New UKIP candidate selected for North West Hampshire". Basingstoke Gazette. 5 March 2015.
20. 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.
21. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
22. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
23. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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26. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
27. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
28. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• North West Hampshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• North West Hampshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• North West Hampshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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