Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)

Winchester
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Winchester in Hampshire
Location of Hampshire within England
County	Hampshire
Electorate	74,138 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements	Winchester, Chandler's Ford, Hiltingbury and New Alresford
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	Steve Brine (Conservative)
Seats	One
1295–1918
Seats	1295–1885: Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:	Romsey Meon Valley

Winchester is a constituency ^{[n 1]} in Hampshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Steve Brine, a Conservative. ^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

The constituency is in mid-Hampshire and comprises the northern bulk of the large City of Winchester District as well as Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury in the Borough of Eastleigh. The largest settlement is Winchester.

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

1918–1950: The Borough of Winchester, the Urban District of Eastleigh and Bishopstoke, the Rural Districts of Hursley and Winchester, and the Rural District of South Stoneham except the parish of Bittern.

1950–1955: The Boroughs of Eastleigh, Romsey, and Winchester, in the Rural District of Romsey and Stockbridge the parishes of Ampfield, Chilworth, East Dean, Lockerley, Melchet Park and Plaitford, Michelmersh, Mottisfont, North Baddesley, Nursling and Rownhams, Romsey Extra, Sherfield English, and Wellow, and part of the Rural District of Winchester.

1955–1974: The Boroughs of Romsey and Winchester, and parts of the Rural Districts of Romsey and Stockbridge, and Winchester.

1974–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Andover and Winchester, the Rural District of Andover, and parts of the Rural Districts of Romsey and Stockbridge, and Winchester.

1983–1997: The City of Winchester wards of Bishop's Sutton, Bishop's Waltham, Cheriton, Compton, Durley and Upham, Itchen Valley, Littleton, Micheldever, New Alresford, Olivers Battery, Otterbourne and Hursley, Owlesbury and Colden Common, St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St John and All Saints, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul, Sparsholt, The Worthys, Twyford, Upper Meon Valley, and Wonston, and the District of East Hampshire wards of Alton Holybourne, Alton North East, Alton North West, Alton South East, Alton South West and Beech, Farringdon, Four Marks, Medstead, North Downland and Ropley, and West Tisted.

1997–2010: The City of Winchester.

2010–present: The City of Winchester wards of Colden Common and Twyford, Compton and Otterbourne, Itchen Valley, Kings Worthy, Littleton and Harestock, Olivers Battery and Badger Farm, St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St John and All Saints, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul, Sparsholt, The Alresfords, and Wonston and Micheldever, and the Borough of Eastleigh wards of Chandler's Ford East, Chandler's Ford West, Hiltingbury East, and Hiltingbury West.

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies by making slight changes to this constituency for the 2010 general election, removing 11 mostly rural wards in and around Bishops Waltham to a new seat, Meon Valley. In return, Winchester gained four suburban and partially urban wards at the northern edge of Eastleigh. ^[2]

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 City of Winchester wards of: Alresford & Itchen Valley; Badger Farm & Oliver’s Battery; Bishop’s Waltham; Central Meon Valley; Colden Common & Twyford; St. Barnabas; St. Bartholomew; St. Luke; St. Michael; St. Paul; The Worthys; Upper Meon Valley; Wonston & Micheldever. ^[3]

The constituency will again solely comprise areas within the City of Winchester local authority with the transfer of Chandler's Ford and Hitlingbury back to Eastleigh. Bishop's Waltham and the Meon valley area will be transferred back from the Meon Valley seat (to be abolished).

History

1295–1885

The chartered city sent burgesses (equivalent to advisory MPs) to the Model Parliament of 1295 and then to most Parliaments convened by the monarch in the medieval period and thereafter; its representation being fixed at two in number during this long period of English history. As is common, major disruption in representation caused by both infrequency of Parliaments convened and allegiance of the incumbents (whether a Royalist or a Parliamentarian) led to sporadic representation during the Protectorate of England and its Commonwealth which followed the end of most fighting during the English Civil War, in this case the stripping of wealth and status from Sir William Ogle followed his being supportive of the wrong faction at the wrong time.

1885–present

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 reduced the narrow borough constituency that elected two MPs to only one, permitting the creation of new broader replacement seats in surrounding Hampshire countryside for two abolished boroughs: Andover and Fareham (also known as West and South Hampshire respectively).

Political history

The seat was a Conservative safe seat in terms of majority and length of time held from 1950 until 1997.

At the 1997 general election the incumbent MP Gerry Malone of the Conservative Party was defeated by Mark Oaten of the Liberal Democrats by just two votes. This was the closest result in any of the 659 constituencies contested at the 1997 general election, followed by the Liberal Democrats 12 vote majority (also over the Conservatives) in Torbay. ^[4] Malone petitioned the result and it was declared void by the High Court on the grounds of mis-stamped ballots having altered the outcome, necessitating a by-election. This was won definitively by Oaten with a very large majority of 21,556, in an election that saw the Labour vote collapse to 1.7% hence the candidate, Patrick Davies, losing his deposit.

The events of 1997 swung the constituency strongly away from its usual status as a fairly safe Conservative seat.

Avoidance of confusion in party names

The candidacy of Richard Huggett in both 1997 elections as a "Literal Democrat" candidate led in part to the creation of the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.

Oaten stood down at the 2010 general election and was replaced as Liberal Democrat candidate by Martin Tod. Following significant boundary changes, Tod was defeated by Conservative candidate Steve Brine, who took the seat with a majority of 3,048 votes. Brine held the seat in 2015, 2017 and 2019, although in 2019 his majority was reduced to just 985 votes over Paula Ferguson of the Liberal Democrats, making Winchester one of the most marginal seats in the UK.

Prominent frontbenchers

• Sir George Hennessy was a senior whip (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household then Treasurer of the Household) from 1925 to 1929, being given the style 'sir' through a baronetcy in 1927.
• Peter Smithers resigned the seat in 1964 to serve as Secretary General of the Council of Europe until 1969.
• Gerry Malone became a Health Minister in 1994.
• Mark Oaten became Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesman from 2003 until January 2006.

Constituency profile

The ancient capital of Wessex, Winchester is a cathedral city with the arts and humanities-oriented University and an affluent population. Poverty is very low, and the population is a mixture of students, academics, London and Southampton commuters, and those employed locally in high-tech and creative industries. ^[5]

The only other large settlement in the constituency is Chandler's Ford which has over 21,000 residents and is largely a dormitory town. The constituency also includes several villages, mostly to the north and east of Winchester, including Micheldever, New Alresford and Kings Worthy. Much of the rural territory previously in the constituency was moved to Meon Valley from the 2010 general election.

Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . ^[6]

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1295)

1295–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Richard Frye	Mark Le Faire [7]
1388 (February)	Mark Le Faire	Gilbert Forster [7]
1388 (September)	William Wygge	John Blake [7]
1390 (January)	Mark Le Faire	John West [7]
1390 (November)
1391	Mark Le Faire	Gilbert Forster [7]
1393	Mark Le Faire	Edmund Picard [7]
1394	John Peverel	Richard Gould [7]
1395	Mark Le Faire	John Blake [7]
1397 (January)	Henry Clerk	Nicholas Tanner [7]
1397 (September)	William Bolt	Richard Pachford [7]
1399	Mark Le Faire	Edmund Picard [7]
1401
1402	John Snell	John Steor [7]
1404 (January)
1404 (October)
1406	Thomas Smale	Edmund Picard [7]
1407	John Steor	Robert Archer [7]
1410
1411	Mark Le Faire	Robert Archer [7]
1413 (February)	Mark Le Faire	William Wood [7]
1413 (May)	Mark Le Faire	William Wood [7]
1414 (April)
1414 (November)	Mark Le Faire	William Wood [7]
1415	Richard Gould	Richard Bolt [7]
1416 (March)	Mark Le Faire	William Wood [7]
1416 (October)	Richard Turnaunt	William Reson [7]
1417	Mark Le Faire	Richard Turnaunt [7]
1419	Richard Bolt	Richard Turnaunt [7]
1420	William Reson	William Wood [7]
1421 (May)	John French	William Wood [7]
1421 (December)	John French	Thomas Cutler [7]
1510-1523	No names known [8]
1529	William Hawles	Thomas Coke, died and replaced after 1532 by ?Walter Chandler [8]
1536	?William Hawles	?Walter Chandler [8]
1539	Thomas Lee	? [8]
1542	Walter Chandler	? [8]
1545	?
1547	William Honing	John Foster [8]
1553 (March)	Richard Bethell	William Lawrence I [8]
1553 (October)	Richard Bethell	William Lawrence I [8]
1554 (April)	William Lawrence I	Robert Hodson [8]
1554 (November)	William Lawrence I	Robert Hodson [8]
1555	William Lawrence I	Robert Hodson [8]
1558	Giles White	William Lawrence I [8]
1559 (January)	William Lawrence	Robert Bethell [9]
1562 (December)	William Lawrence	Thomas Michelborne [9]
1571	Thomas Michelborne	Richard Birde? [9]
1572 (May)	Thomas Michelborne, died and replaced in January 1583 by William Bethell	John Caplyn [9]
1584 (November)	John Wolley	Thomas Fleming I [9]
1586 (October)	John Wolley	Thomas Fleming I [9]
1588 (October)	Thomas Fleming I	Francis Mylles [9]
1593	Sir Edward Stafford	Thomas Fleming I [9]
1597 (October)	William Badger	John Moore [9]
1601 (October)	Edward Cole	Sir Thomas Fleming II [9]
1604	John Moore	Edward Cole
1614	Sir William Sandys	Sir Thomas Bilson
1621	Richard Tichborne	William Savage
1624	Richard Tichborne	James Lord Wriothesley
1625	Richard Tichborne	Sir Thomas Phelipps
1626	Richard Tichborne	Henry Whitehead
1628	Richard Tichborne	Robert Mason
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (April)	John Lisle	Sir William Ogle
1640 (November)	John Lisle	Sir William Ogle, disabled June 1643 replaced in 1645 by Nicholas Love
1654	John Hildesley
1656	John Hildesley
1659	John Hildesley	Nicholas Love
1659	John Lisle	Nicholas Love

MPs 1660–1885

Year	First member [10]	First party		Second member [10]	Second party
1660	John Hooke			Thomas Cole
1660				Charles Paulet
1661	Richard Goddard			Lawrence Hyde
1666	Sir Robert Mason
1669	Sir Robert Holmes
1679	James Annesley			Sir John Cloberry
1685	Roger L'Estrange			Charles Hanses
1689	Francis Morley			Lord William Powlett
1690	Frederick Tylney
1701	George Rodney Brydges
1710				Thomas Lewis
1714	George Brydges			John Popham
1715				Lord William Powlett
1730				Norton Powlett
1734				Paulet St John
1741				William Powlett
1747				Henry Penton
1751	Paulet St John
1754	James Brydges
1761	Henry Penton			Lord Harry Powlett
1765				George Paulet
1774				Lovell Stanhope
1783				Henry Flood
1784				Richard Grace Gamon
1796	Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
1802	Sir Henry St John-Mildmay
1807	Sir Henry St John-Mildmay
1812				Richard Meyler
1818	James Henry Leigh		Tory [11]
1818				Paulet St John-Mildmay		Whig [11] [12]
1823	Sir Edward East		Tory [11]
1831	James Buller East		Tory [11]
1832	Bingham Baring		Whig [13] [11]
1835				Sir James Buller East		Conservative [13] [11]
1837	Paulet St John-Mildmay		Whig [13] [11] [12]
1841	Bickham Escott		Conservative [13] [11]
1847	John Bonham-Carter		Whig [14] [15]
1859			Liberal [13]
1864 by-election				Thomas Willis Fleming		Conservative [13]
1865				William Barrow Simonds		Conservative [13]
1874	Arthur Robert Naghten		Conservative [13]
1880	Francis Baring		Liberal	Richard Moss		Conservative [13]
1885	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

Election	Member [10]	Party
1885	Arthur Loftus Tottenham		Conservative
1888 by-election	Richard Moss		Conservative
1892	William Myers		Conservative
1906	Guy Baring		Conservative
1916 by-election	Douglas Carnegie		Conservative
1917			National
1918	Sir George Hennessy		Coalition Conservative
1922			Conservative
1931	Sir Geoffrey Ellis		Conservative
1935	Gerald Palmer		Conservative
1945	George Jeger		Labour
1950	Peter Smithers		Conservative
1964 by-election	Morgan Morgan-Giles		Conservative
1979	John Browne		Conservative
1992	Gerry Malone		Conservative
1997	Mark Oaten		Liberal Democrats
2010	Steve Brine		Conservative
Sep 2019			Independent
Oct 2019			Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Chambers [16]
	Independent	Kevin D'Cruze [17]
	SDP	Andrew Davis [18]
	Conservative	Flick Drummond [19]
	Labour	Hannah Dawson [20]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Winchester ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Brine	28,430	48.3	–3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Ferguson	27,445	46.6	+12.1
	Labour	George Baker	2,723	4.6	–5.9
	Justice & Anti-Corruption	Teresa Skelton	292	0.5	+0.2
Majority			985	1.7	–15.8
Turnout			58,890	77.9	–1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	–7.9

General election 2017: Winchester ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Brine	29,729	52.0	–3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Porter	19,730	34.5	+10.1
	Labour	Mark Chaloner	6,007	10.5	+2.2
	Green	Andrew Wainwright	846	1.5	–3.3
	UKIP	Martin Lyon	695	1.2	–6.3
	Justice & Anti-Corruption	Teresa Skelton	149	0.3	New
Majority			9,999	17.5	–13.1
Turnout			57,156	79.0	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	–6.5

General election 2015: Winchester ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Brine	30,425	55.0	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Porter	13,511	24.4	–18.7
	Labour	Mark Chaloner	4,613	8.3	+2.8
	UKIP	Martin Lyon	4,122	7.5	+5.5
	Green	Michael Wilks	2,645	4.8	New
Majority			16,914	30.6	+25.2
Turnout			53,316	74.6	–1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.6

General election 2010: Winchester ^{[24] [25]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Brine	27,155	48.5	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Tod	24,107	43.1	–7.0
	Labour	Patrick Davies	3,051	5.5	–3.9
	UKIP	Jocelyn Penn-Bull	1,139	2.0	–0.2
	English Democrat	Mark Lancaster	503	0.9	New
Majority			3,048	5.4	N/A
Turnout			55,955	75.8	+3.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+9.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Winchester ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Oaten	31,225	50.6	−4.0
	Conservative	George Hollingbery	23,749	38.5	+0.2
	Labour	Patrick Davies	4,782	7.8	+1.9
	UKIP	David Abbott	1,321	2.1	+1.0
	Independent	Arthur Uther Pendragon	581	0.9	New
Majority			7,473	12.1	-4.2
Turnout			61,655	71.9	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−2.1

General election 2001: Winchester ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Oaten	32,282	54.6	+12.5
	Conservative	Andrew Hayes	22,648	38.3	-3.8
	Labour	Stephen Wyeth	3,498	5.9	-4.6
	UKIP	Joan Martin	664	1.1	+0.3
	Wessex Regionalist	Henrietta Rous	66	0.1	New
Majority			9,634	16.3	+16.3
Turnout			59,158	72.3	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Note: The percentage differences are compared to the previous general election poll, not the by-election.

Elections in the 1990s

1997 Winchester by-election ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Oaten	37,006	68.0	+25.9
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	15,450	28.4	−13.7
	Labour	Patrick Davies	944	1.7	−8.8
	UKIP	Robin Page	521	1.0	+0.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	316	0.6	+0.1
	Literal Democrat Mark Here To Win	Richard Huggett	59	0.1	−0.9
	Natural Law	Rosemary Barry	48	0.1	New
	Ind. Conservative	Roger Everest	40	0.1	New
Majority			21,556	39.6	N/A
Turnout			54,384	68.7	-9.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.8

General election 1997: Winchester ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Oaten	26,100	42.1	+4.3
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	26,098	42.1	−8.0
	Labour	Patrick Davies	6,528	10.5	+3.1
	Referendum	Peter Strand	1,598	2.6	New
	"Liberal Democrat Top Choice for Parliament"	Richard Huggett	640	1.0	New
	UKIP	Derek Rumsey	476	0.8	New
	Independent	John Browne	307	0.5	−4.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter Stockton	307	0.5	New
Majority			2	0.0	N/A
Turnout			62,054	78.6	-4.6
Void election result			Swing

Note: The result reflects the official return made at the time. It was subsequently declared void upon petition. Because of the presence on the ballot paper of Richard Huggett as "Liberal Democrat Top Choice for Parliament", Oaten used the description "Liberal Democrat: Leader: Paddy Ashdown" to identify himself as the official Liberal Democrat candidate.

General election 1992: Winchester ^{[30] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	33,113	50.1	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Barron	24,992	37.8	−2.4
	Labour	PJ Jenks	4,917	7.4	+0.8
	Ind. Conservative	John Browne	3,095	4.7	New
Majority			8,121	12.3	+0.1
Turnout			66,117	83.2	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Winchester ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Browne	32,195	52.4	−5.2
	SDP	John MacDonald	24,716	40.2	+6.2
	Labour	Fred Inglis	4,028	6.6	−1.5
	Green	Julie Patricia Walker	565	0.9	New
Majority			7,479	12.2	−11.4
Turnout			76,507	80.4	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.7

General election 1983: Winchester ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Browne	31,908	57.6
	SDP	John MacDonald	18,861	34.0
	Labour	William Allchin	4,512	8.1
	Wessex Regionalist	S. Winkworth	155	0.3
Majority			13,047	23.6
Turnout			55,436	76.2	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Browne	38,198	56.01
	Labour	W.H. Allchin	15,378	22.55
	Liberal	J. Morgan	14,228	20.86
	Wessex Regionalist	M. Mahoney	395	0.58	New
Majority			22,820	33.46
Turnout			68,199	78.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morgan Morgan-Giles	27,671	44.43
	Liberal	J.W. Matthew	18,451	29.63
	Labour	W.H. Allchin	16,153	25.94
Majority			9,220	14.80
Turnout			62,275	75.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morgan Morgan-Giles	30,843	46.15
	Liberal	J.W. Matthew	20,339	30.43
	Labour	W.H. Allchin	15,655	23.42
Majority			10,504	15.72
Turnout			66,837	81.49
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morgan Morgan-Giles	25,249	55.02
	Labour	Christopher Perry	11,773	25.66
	Liberal	John W. Matthew	8,867	19.32
Majority			13,476	29.36
Turnout			45,889	74.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morgan Morgan-Giles	21,162	51.57	-
	Labour	Stanley E. Spicer	12,485	30.42
	Liberal	E Terence S. Read	7,390	18.01
Majority			8,677	21.15
Turnout			41,037	77.87
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morgan Morgan-Giles	21,502	53.08
	Labour	C Patrick Seyd	12,495	30.85
	Liberal	E Terence S. Read	6,510	16.07	N/A
Majority			9,007	22.23
Turnout			40,507	79.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964 Winchester by-election ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morgan Morgan-Giles	18,032	52.17	15.09
	Labour	C Patrick Seyd	11,968	34.62	+1.88
	Liberal	J. Edwards	4,567	13.21	New
Majority			6,064	17.55	-26.98
Turnout			34,567
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Smithers	24,924	67.26
	Labour	Margaret J. Manning	12,132	32.74
Majority			12,792	44.52
Turnout			37,056	76.69
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Smithers	23,827	65.43
	Labour	Jasper Ridley	12,591	34.57
Majority			11,236	30.86
Turnout			36,418	76.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Smithers	31,700	56.49
	Labour	Eric Charles Neate	24,418	43.51
Majority			7,282	12.98
Turnout			56,118	83.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Winchester ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Smithers	31,462	56.77
	Labour Co-op	L.F. Cornillie	23,955	43.23
Majority			7,507	13.54	N/A
Turnout			55,417	84.02
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Jeger	30,290	52.63
	Conservative	Gerald Palmer	27,259	47.37
Majority			3,031	5.26	N/A
Turnout			57,819	71.70
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Palmer	28,506	64.43
	Labour	Leonard Williams	15,739	35.57
Majority			12,767	28.86
Turnout			44,245	71.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Ellis	31,131	69.71
	Labour	Robert Arthur Lyster	13,529	30.29
Majority			17,602	39.42
Turnout			44,660	77.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Winchester ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Hennessy	17,560	44.8	−12.4
	Labour	Robert Arthur Lyster	14,326	36.6	+5.3
	Liberal	Frances Josephy	7,278	18.6	+7.1
Majority			3,234	8.2	−17.7
Turnout			39,164	74.6	+2.8
Registered electors			52,522
	Unionist hold		Swing	−8.9

General election 1924: Winchester ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Hennessy	15,026	57.2	+10.4
	Labour	Reginald Stamp	8,216	31.3	+4.2
	Liberal	William West	3,012	11.5	−14.6
Majority			6,810	25.9	+6.2
Turnout			26,254	71.8	+3.9
Registered electors			36,583
	Unionist hold		Swing	+3.1

William West, the Liberal candidate in Winchester in the 1923 and 1924 elections

General election 1923: Winchester ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Hennessy	11,240	46.8	−18.5
	Labour	Reginald Stamp	6,495	27.1	−7.6
	Liberal	William West	6,252	26.1	New
Majority			4,745	19.7	−10.9
Turnout			23,987	67.9	+4.1
Registered electors			35,324
	Unionist hold		Swing	−5.5

General election 1922: Winchester ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Hennessy	14,173	65.3	+0.7
	Labour	Alexander Haycock	7,535	34.7	New
Majority			6,638	30.6	+1.4
Turnout			21,708	63.8	+15.7
Registered electors			34,045
	Unionist hold		Swing	+0.7

Election results 1885-1918

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Winchester ^{[37] [38] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	1,153	54.0	−7.8
	Liberal	Francis Baring	982	46.0	+7.8
Majority			171	8.0	N/A
Turnout			2,135	91.8	+2.9 (est)
Registered electors			2,326
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.8

General election 1886: Winchester ^{[37] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	1,119	58.8	+4.8
	Liberal	Archibald Grove	783	41.2	-4.8
Majority			336	17.6	+9.6
Turnout			1,902	81.8	-10.0
Registered electors			2,326
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8

Tottenham's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 5 Jan 1888: Winchester ^{[37] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Moss	1,364	61.6	+2.8
	Liberal	Philip Vanderbyl	849	38.4	−2.8
Majority			515	23.2	+5.6
Turnout			2,213	90.1	+8.3
Registered electors			2,455
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1890s

William Myers, MP for Winchester from 1892 to 1900

General election 1892: Winchester ^{[37] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Myers	1,213	58.5	−0.3
	Liberal	Willie Mathews	859	41.5	+0.3
Majority			354	17.0	-0.6
Turnout			2,072	86.6	+4.8
Registered electors			2,393
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.3

General election 1895: Winchester ^{[37] [38] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Myers	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

Edward Hemmerde, Liberal candidate in Winchester in the 1900 election

General election 1900: Winchester ^{[37] [38] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Myers	1,342	61.3	N/A
	Liberal	Edward Hemmerde	846	38.7	New
Majority			496	22.6	N/A
Turnout			2,188	81.6	N/A
Registered electors			2,681
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Charles McCurdy, Liberal candidate in Winchester in the 1906 election

General election 1906: Winchester ^{[37] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Baring	1,322	51.0	-10.3
	Liberal	Charles McCurdy	1,272	49.0	+10.3
Majority			50	2.0	-20.6
Turnout			2,594	87.0	+5.4
Registered electors			2,982
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.3

Elections in the 1910s

Guy Baring, MP for Winchester from 1906 to 1916

General election January 1910: Winchester ^{[37] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Baring	1,729	57.7	+6.7
	Liberal	George William Ricketts	1,268	42.3	-6.7
Majority			461	15.4	+13.4
Turnout			2,997	93.7	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.7

General election December 1910: Winchester ^{[37] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Baring	1,719	60.5	+2.8
	Liberal	George William Ricketts	1,121	39.5	-2.8
Majority			598	21.0	+5.6
Turnout			2,840	88.7	-5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Guy Baring
• Liberal:

1916 Winchester by-election ^{[37] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Carnegie	1,218	72.0	+11.5
	Independent	Henry Charles Woods	473	28.0	New
Majority			745	44.0	+23.0
Turnout			1,691	52.0	-35.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1918: Winchester ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	George Hennessy	10,166	64.6	+4.1
	Liberal	William J. West	5,569	35.4	−4.1
Majority			4,597	29.2	+8.2
Turnout			15,735	48.1	−40.6
Registered electors			32,747
	Unionist hold		Swing	+4.1
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election results 1832-1885

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Winchester (2 seats) ^{[11] [42]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Paulet St John-Mildmay	351	45.9	−2.7
	Whig	Bingham Baring	263	34.4	+10.5
	Tory	James Buller East	151	19.7	−7.8
Majority			112	14.7	−6.4
Turnout			430	81.0	c. +22.1
Registered electors			531
	Whig hold		Swing	+0.6
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+7.2

General election 1835: Winchester (2 seats) ^{[11] [42]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Buller East	254	45.9	+26.2
	Whig	Bingham Baring	176	31.8	−2.6
	Whig	Paulet St John-Mildmay	123	22.2	−23.7
Turnout			408	79.2	−1.8
Registered electors			531
Majority			78	14.1	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+26.3
Majority			52	9.6	−5.1
	Whig hold		Swing	−7.9

General election 1837: Winchester (2 seats) ^{[11] [42]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Buller East	258	36.0	+13.1
	Whig	Paulet St John-Mildmay	242	33.8	−20.2
	Conservative	Bickham Escott	216	30.2	+7.3
Turnout			458	78.3	−0.9
Registered electors			585
Majority			16	2.2	−11.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.6
Majority			26	3.6	−6.0
	Whig hold		Swing	−20.3

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Winchester (2 seats) ^{[43] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Buller East	320	33.0	−3.0
	Conservative	Bickham Escott	292	30.1	−0.1
	Whig	Richard Crowder [44]	191	19.7	+2.8
	Whig	Francis Pigott	166	17.1	+0.2
Majority			101	10.4	+8.2
Turnout			485	85.5	+7.2
Registered electors			567
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	−0.8

General election 1847: Winchester (2 seats) ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Bonham-Carter	363	39.4	+2.6
	Conservative	James Buller East	315	34.2	+1.2
	Radical	Bickham Escott [45]	243	26.4	−3.7
Turnout			461 (est)	67.3 (est)	−18.2
Registered electors			684
Majority			48	5.2	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.2
Majority			72	7.8	−2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Winchester (2 seats) ^{[43] [46]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Bonham-Carter	381	36.4	−3.0
	Conservative	James Buller East	379	36.2	+2.0
	Independent Liberal	William Whitear Bulpett [47] [48]	288	27.5	New
Turnout			524 (est)	66.5 (est)	−0.8
Registered electors			788
Majority			2	0.2	−5.0
	Whig hold		Swing	−2.0
Majority			91	8.7	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

General election 1857: Winchester (2 seats) ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Bonham-Carter	398	38.5	+2.1
	Conservative	James Buller East	384	37.1	+0.9
	Whig	Sir Wyndham Portal, 1st Baronet	253	24.4	N/A
Turnout			518 (est)	61.5 (est)	−5.0
Registered electors			842
Majority			14	1.4	+1.2
	Whig hold		Swing	+0.6
Majority			131	12.7	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.6

General election 1859: Winchester (2 seats) ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Buller East	402	30.4	+11.8
	Liberal	John Bonham-Carter	349	26.4	−12.1
	Conservative	Thomas Willis Fleming	341	25.8	+7.2
	Liberal	George Shaw-Lefevre	231	17.5	−6.9
Turnout			662 (est)	76.4 (est)	+14.9
Registered electors			866
Majority			53	4.0	−8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.7
Majority			8	0.6	−0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.8

Elections in the 1860s

East's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 10 February 1864: Winchester ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Willis Fleming	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1865: Winchester (2 seats) ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Bonham-Carter	459	39.5	−4.4
	Conservative	William Barrow Simonds	367	31.6	+1.2
	Conservative	Thomas Willis Fleming	336	28.9	+3.1
Majority			92	7.9	+7.3
Turnout			811 (est)	84.2 (est)	+7.8
Registered electors			963
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

Carter was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 4 June 1866: Winchester ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Bonham-Carter	361	88.7	+49.2
	Conservative	Charles Lempriere [49]	46	11.3	−49.2
Majority			315	77.4	+69.5
Turnout			407	42.3	−41.9
Registered electors			963
	Liberal hold		Swing	+49.2

General election 1868: Winchester (2 seats) ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Barrow Simonds	830	40.5	−20.0
	Liberal	John Bonham-Carter	690	33.7	+13.9
	Liberal	Arthur Jervoise Scott [50]	529	25.8	+6.0
Majority			140	6.8
Turnout			1,440 (est)	88.8 (est)	+4.6
Registered electors			1,621
	Conservative hold		Swing	−20.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.0

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Winchester (2 seats) ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Barrow Simonds	949	39.6	+19.3
	Conservative	Arthur Robert Naghten	793	33.1	+12.8
	Liberal	John Bonham-Carter	657	27.4	−32.1
Majority			136	5.7	−1.1
Turnout			1,528 (est)	85.2 (est)	−3.6
Registered electors			1,793
	Conservative hold		Swing	+17.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.4

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Winchester (2 seats) ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Baring	979	38.2	+10.8
	Conservative	Richard Moss	808	31.6	−1.5
	Conservative	William Barrow Simonds	773	30.2	−9.4
Turnout			1,787 (est)	88.9 (est)	+3.7
Registered electors			2,011
Majority			171	6.6	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

Elections before 1832

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Winchester (2 seats) ^{[11] [42]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Paulet St John-Mildmay	Unopposed
	Tory	Edward East	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 129
	Whig hold
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Winchester (2 seats) ^{[11] [42]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Paulet St John-Mildmay	69	48.6
	Tory	James Buller East	39	27.5
	Whig	Bingham Baring	34	23.9
Turnout			76	c. 58.9
Registered electors			c. 129
Majority			30	21.1
	Whig hold
Majority			5	3.6
	Tory hold

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.

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