Romsey and Southampton North (UK Parliament constituency)
Romsey and Southampton North | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 67,696 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Dunbridge, Mottisfont, Romsey, Swaythling |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Caroline Nokes (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Romsey |
Romsey and Southampton North is a
History
Parliament accepted the
Boundaries
Romsey and Southampton North is formed from electoral wards:
- Bassett; and Swaythling in the City of Southampton:
- Abbey, Ampfield and Braishfield, Blackwater, Broughton and Stockbridge, Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams, Cupernham, Dun Valley, Harewood, Kings Somborne and Michelmersh, North Baddesley, Over Wallop, Romsey Extra, Tadburn, Valley Park in Test Valley[2]
The area includes
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 Southampton wards of: Bassett; Swaythling.
- The Borough of Test Valley wards of: Ampfield & Braishfield; Anna; Bellinger; Blackwater; Charlton & the Pentons; Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams; Harewood; Mid Test; North Baddesley; Romsey Abbey; Romsey Cupernham; Romsey Tadburn.[3]
The boundaries will be extended northwards to included rural areas to the south and west of Andover, transferred from North West Hampshire. The Valley Park ward is to be transferred to Eastleigh.
Constituency profile
This section needs to be updated.(December 2021) |
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
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
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2010 | Caroline Nokes | Conservative | |
Sep 2019 | Independent[8] | ||
Oct 2019 | Conservative[9] |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caroline Nokes | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Cooper[11] | ||||
Labour | Christie Lambert | ||||
Green | Connor Shaw[12] | ||||
Reform UK | Harry Sheffield[13] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Nokes | 27,862 | 54.2 | -2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Fletcher | 16,990 | 33.1 | +11.8 | |
Labour | Claire Ransom | 5,898 | 11.5 | -7.7 | |
UKIP | Geoff Bentley | 640 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,872 | 21.1 | -14.7 | ||
Turnout | 51,390 | 75.3 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.35 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Nokes | 28,668 | 57.1 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Royce | 10,662 | 21.3 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Darren Paffey | 9,614 | 19.2 | +7.3 | |
Green | Ian Callaghan | 953 | 1.9 | -2.7 | |
Justice & Anti-Corruption | Don Jerrard | 271 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 18,006 | 35.8 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,168 | 74.7 | +1.94 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.35 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Nokes | 26,285 | 54.4 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Nicholls | 8,573 | 17.7 | -23.6 | |
Labour | Darren Paffey | 5,749 | 11.9 | +5.5 | |
UKIP | Sandra James | 5,511 | 11.4 | +8.8 | |
Green | Ian Callaghan | 2,218 | 4.6 | New | |
Majority | 17,712 | 36.7 | +28.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,336 | 72.76 | +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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Caroline Nokes | 24,345 | 49.7 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Gidley | 20,189 | 41.3 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Aktar Beg | 3,116 | 6.4 | -4.6 | |
UKIP
|
John Meropoulos | 1,289 | 2.6 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 4,156 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,939 | 72.6 | +6.2 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- ^ 2001 Census
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ 2011 census interactive maps Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- ^ "Whip stripped from Tory heavyweights after Brexit rebellion". ITV News. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Boris Johnson readmits 10 Brexit rebels to Tory party". BBC. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Romsey & Southampton North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Selected Candidates". Test Valley Green Party. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Romsey and Southampton North Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Romsey & Southampton North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Romsey & Southampton North parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.