Romsey and Southampton North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Romsey and Southampton North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Romsey and Southampton North (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
South East England - Romsey and Southampton North constituency.svg
Boundary of Romsey and Southampton North in South East England
County Hampshire
Electorate 73,831 (2023) [1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Romsey

Romsey and Southampton North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Caroline Nokes for the Conservative Party. For the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer it is a county constituency.

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History

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which created this constituency for the 2010 general election primarily as an extended Romsey constituency.

Boundaries

Romsey and Southampton North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of 2010-2024 boundaries

2010–2024: Romsey and Southampton North was formed from electoral wards:


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

The boundaries were extended northwards to included rural areas to the south and west of Andover, transferred from North West Hampshire. The Valley Park ward was to be transferred to Eastleigh.

The area includes Stockbridge, which was a rotten borough until the its abolition under the Great Reform Act of 1832.

Constituency profile

The constituency takes in the bulk of a more affluent and older-population local government district with a fraction of a contrasting district: the net result is a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing. [4] At the end of 2012, the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.5% of the population claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.4%. [5] The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a low 13.5% of its population without a car, 18.4% of the population without qualifications and a high 30.5% with Level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure 70.4% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census in Test Valley district. [6]

Members of Parliament

Romsey prior to 2010

ElectionMember [7] Party
2010 Caroline Nokes Conservative
Sep 2019 Independent [8]
Oct 2019 Conservative [9]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Romsey and Southampton North [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 19,893 39.8 –18.1
Liberal Democrats Geoff Cooper [11] 17,70235.4+7.3
Reform UK Paul Barrett [12] 5,71611.4N/A
Labour Christie Lambert [13] 4,6409.3–2.8
Green Connor Shaw [14] 1,8933.8+3.1
Independent Fennie Yap1830.4N/A
Majority2,1914.4–25.3
Turnout 50,02769.6–4.5
Registered electors 71,871
Conservative hold Swing –12.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [15]
PartyVote %
Conservative 31,64757.9
Liberal Democrats 15,39628.1
Labour 6,63012.1
Others6401.2
Green 3910.7
Turnout54,70474.1
Electorate73,831
General election 2019: Romsey and Southampton North [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 27,862 54.2 –2.9
Liberal Democrats Craig Fletcher16,99033.1+11.8
Labour Claire Ransom5,89811.5–7.7
UKIP Geoff Bentley6401.2New
Majority10,87221.1–14.7
Turnout 51,39075.3+0.6
Conservative hold Swing –7.35
General election 2017: Romsey and Southampton North [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 28,668 57.1 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Catherine Royce10,66221.3+3.6
Labour Darren Paffey 9,61419.2+7.3
Green Ian Callaghan9531.9–2.7
JAC Don Jerrard2710.5New
Majority18,00635.8–0.9
Turnout 50,16874.7+1.94
Conservative hold Swing –0.35
General election 2015: Romsey and Southampton North [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 26,285 54.4 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Ben Nicholls8,57317.7–23.6
Labour Darren Paffey 5,74911.9+5.5
UKIP Sandra James5,51111.4+8.8
Green Ian Callaghan2,2184.6New
Majority17,71236.7+28.3
Turnout 48,33672.76+0.2
Conservative hold Swing +14.1

This constituency was contested for the first time at the 2010 general election. Liberal Democrat MP Sandra Gidley had been the MP for the predecessor seat of Romsey since 2000.

General election 2010: Romsey and Southampton North [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 24,345 49.7 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Sandra Gidley 20,18941.3–2.4
Labour Aktar Beg3,1166.4–4.6
UKIP John Meropoulos1,2892.6+0.3
Majority4,1568.4N/A
Turnout 48,93972.6+6.2
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

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  2. ↑ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  4. ↑ 2001 Census
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