Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)
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Seats | One |
Created from | Southampton |
Southampton Test is a
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the previous two-member Southampton constituency was abolished. The boundaries of the seat have changed at most of the Boundary Commissions' periodic reviews.
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Constituency profile
The seat covers the western part of the
The seat is home to
Boundaries
1950–1955: The County Borough of Southampton wards of All Saints, Banister, Freemantle, Millbrook, St Nicholas, Shirley, and Town; and the (civil) Parish of Millbrook (which was then in the Romsey and Stockbridge Rural District).[5]
1955–1983: The County Borough of Southampton wards of Banister, Bargate, Bassett, Coxford, Freemantle, Millbrook, Portswood, Redbridge, and Shirley.
1983–1997: The City of Southampton wards of Bassett, Coxford, Freemantle, Millbrook, Portswood, Redbridge, and Shirley.
1997–2010: The City of Southampton wards of Coxford, Freemantle, Millbrook, Portswood, Redbridge, St Luke's, and Shirley.[6]
2010-present: The City of Southampton wards of Bevois, Coxford, Freemantle, Millbrook, Portswood, Redbridge, and Shirley.
The constituency is bounded to the east by Southampton Itchen, to the north by Romsey and Southampton North and to the west by New Forest East.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 United Kingdom general election remained unchanged.[7]
Following a review of local authority ward boundaries, which became effective in May 2023,[8][9] the constituency now comprises the following:
- The City of Southampton wards of: Banister & Polygon (majority); Bevois; Coxford; Freemantle; Millbrook; Portswood; Redbridge; Shirley; Swaythling (small part).[10]
Members of Parliament
Southampton prior to 1950
Election | Member[11] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Horace King
|
Labour | |
1955 | John Howard
|
Conservative | |
1964 | John Fletcher-Cooke | Conservative | |
1966 | Bob Mitchell
|
Labour | |
1970 | James Hill | Conservative | |
October 1974 | Bryan Gould | Labour | |
1979 | James Hill | Conservative | |
1997 | Alan Whitehead | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Katherine Barbour[13] | ||||
Conservative | Ben Burcombe-Filer[13] | ||||
Reform UK | John Edwards[14] | ||||
TUSC | Maggie Fricker | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Gravatt [13] | ||||
Labour | Satvir Kaur[15] | ||||
Workers Party | Wajahat Shaukat | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 22,256 | 49.5 | -9.2 | |
Conservative | Steven Galton | 16,043 | 35.7 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Richards | 3,449 | 7.7 | +3.7 | |
Brexit Party
|
Philip Crook | 1,591 | 3.5 | New | |
Green | Katherine Barbour | 1,433 | 3.2 | New | |
Independent | Kev Barry | 222 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 6,213 | 13.8 | -10.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,994 | 64.2 | -2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 27,509 | 58.7 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Holmes | 16,006 | 34.1 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Gravatt | 1,892 | 4.0 | -0.9 | |
Southampton Independents | Andrew Pope | 816 | 1.7 | New | |
Independent
|
Keith Morrell | 680 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 11,508 | 24.6 | +15.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,908 | 66.8 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 18,017 | 41.3 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Moulton | 14,207 | 32.5 | -0.5 | |
UKIP
|
Pearline Hingston | 5,566 | 12.8 | +8.9 | |
Green | Angela Mawle | 2,568 | 5.9 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Ford | 2,121 | 4.9 | -17.4 | |
Independent
|
Chris Davis | 770 | 1.8 | New | |
TUSC | Nick Chaffey | 403 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 3,810 | 8.8 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,652 | 62.1 | +0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 17,001 | 38.5 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Moulton | 14,588 | 33.0 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Callaghan | 9,865 | 22.3 | -1.8 | |
UKIP
|
Pearline Hingston | 1,726 | 3.9 | +0.9 | |
Green | Chris Bluemel | 881 | 2.0 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 2,413 | 5.5 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,187 | 61.4 | +5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 17,845 | 42.7 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | Stephen MacLoughlin | 10,827 | 25.9 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Sollitt | 10,368 | 24.8 | +6.7 | |
Green | John Spottiswoode | 1,482 | 3.5 | New | |
UKIP
|
Peter Day | 1,261 | 3.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 7,018 | 16.8 | -10.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,783 | 53.7 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 21,824 | 52.5 | -1.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Gueterbock | 10,617 | 25.5 | -2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Shaw | 7,522 | 18.1 | +4.4 | |
UKIP
|
Garry Rankin-Moore | 792 | 1.9 | +1.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Mark Abel | 442 | 1.1 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Paramjit Bahia | 378 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,207 | 27.0 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,575 | 56.3 | -15.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 28,396 | 54.1 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | James Hill | 14,712 | 28.1 | −15.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Dowden | 7,171 | 13.7 | +0.6 | |
Referendum | Peter Day | 1,397 | 2.7 | New | |
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Howard Marks | 388 | 0.7 | New | |
UKIP
|
Anthony McCabe | 219 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent
|
Paul Taylor | 81 | 0.2 | New | |
Natural Law | John Sinel | 77 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,684 | 26.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,441 | 71.9 | -5.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hill | 24,504 | 43.4 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 23,919 | 42.4 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diana Maddock
|
7,391 | 13.1 | −8.1 | |
Green | Jonathan M. Michaelis | 535 | 0.9 | New | |
Natural Law | David Plummer | 101 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 585 | 1.0 | −11.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,450 | 77.4 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hill | 25,722 | 45.6 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 18,768 | 33.3 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | Vivienne Rayner | 11,950 | 21.2 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 6,954 | 12.3 | -4.8 | ||
Turnout | 56,440 | 76.4 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hill | 24,657 | 45.2 | ||
Labour | Alan Whitehead | 15,311 | 28.1 | ||
SDP | Adrian Vinson | 14,592 | 26.7 | ||
Majority | 9,346 | 17.1 | |||
Turnout | 54,560 | 73.1 | -3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hill | 27,198 | 46.36 | ||
Labour | Bryan Gould | 25,075 | 42.74 | ||
Liberal | D. Hughes | 6,393 | 10.90 | ||
Majority | 2,123 | 3.62 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58,666 | 76.30 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Gould | 22,780 | 42.17 | ||
Conservative | James Hill | 22,250 | 41.19 | ||
Liberal | J.R. Wallis | 8,994 | 16.65 | ||
Majority | 530 | 0.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,024 | 73.11 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hill | 23,742 | 40.88 | ||
Labour | Bryan Gould | 22,339 | 38.46 | ||
Liberal | J.R. Wallis | 12,000 | 20.66 | ||
Majority | 1,403 | 2.42 | |||
Turnout | 58,081 | 79.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hill | 24,660 | 47.54 | ||
Labour | Bob Mitchell
|
22,858 | 44.07 | ||
Liberal | Jack Wallis | 4,349 | 8.38 | ||
Majority | 1,802 | 3.47 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,867 | 73.33 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Mitchell
|
24,628 | 48.37 | ||
Conservative | John Fletcher-Cooke | 22,188 | 43.58 | ||
Liberal | Graham Cleverley | 4,102 | 8.06 | New | |
Majority | 2,440 | 4.79 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,918 | 78.13 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Fletcher-Cooke | 25,700 | 50.34 | ||
Labour | Bob Mitchell
|
25,352 | 49.66 | ||
Majority | 348 | 0.68 | |||
Turnout | 51,052 | 76.69 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Howard
|
30,176 | 56.31 | ||
Labour | Shirley Williams | 23,410 | 43.69 | ||
Majority | 6,766 | 12.62 | |||
Turnout | 53,586 | 79.88 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Howard
|
26,707 | 51.21 | ||
Labour | Anthony Crosland | 22,865 | 43.84 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Little | 2,583 | 4.95 | New | |
Majority | 3,842 | 7.37 | |||
Turnout | 52,155 | 78.72 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Horace King
|
26,430 | 50.44 | ||
National Liberal
|
John Paul | 25,965 | 49.56 | ||
Majority | 465 | 0.88 | |||
Turnout | 52,395 | 83.52 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Horace King
|
25,052 | 47.08 | ||
National Liberal
|
P. Brembridge | 23,663 | 45.15 | ||
Liberal | Stephen Fry | 3,697 | 7.05 | ||
Majority | 1,389 | 1.93 | |||
Turnout | 52,412 | 84.39 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
Notes
- borough constituency(for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- first past the postsystem of election at least every five years.
References
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- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
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- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
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- ^ "The Southampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2023".
- ^ "New Seat Details – Southampton Test". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- ^ Southampton Test
- ^ a b c "Southampton Test - UK General election 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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- ^ "Council leader to fight Southampton Test seat at next general election". 10 July 2022.
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- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2015 – Southampton Test". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Southampton Test". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
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- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
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External links
- Southampton, Test UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Southampton Test UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK