East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Hampshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of East Hampshire in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	72,648 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Damian Hinds (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Petersfield, Aldershot and Basingstoke[2]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

East Hampshire is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Damian Hinds of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

History

East Hampshire as a seat was created in 1983 to replace the Petersfield constituency. The first MP for the seat was Michael Mates, who held the seat from 1983 until the 2010 election when he retired.

Boundaries and profile

The constituency is based on a similar area to that of the East Hampshire district, which it does not fill completely. The constituency includes the medium-sized towns of Petersfield, Alton, smaller towns of Bordon, Liss and Liphook, and a small part of the Havant borough north of Waterlooville, in turn north of Portsmouth. Much of the seat is the East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Results to date, apart from in 1997 result, suggest the seat is a Conservative Party safe seat and on national opinion-poll adjusted results, Hinds has the 28th highest share of the vote for the party in the country. The Liberal Democrats or its predecessor the Liberals have finished second in every election bar 2015 where UKIP finished second with 12.3% of the vote.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[4]	Party
	1983	Michael Mates	Conservative
	2010	Damian Hinds	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: East Hampshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Damian Hinds	31,334	60.7	+3.9
	UKIP	Peter Baillie	6,187	12.0	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Robinson	5,732	11.1	−19.4
	Labour	Alex Wilks	5,220	10.1	+2.2
	Green	Peter Bisset	3,176	6.1	+6.1
Majority			25,147	48.7	+22.4
Turnout			51,649	71.1	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: East Hampshire^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Damian Hinds	29,137	56.8	+9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Carew	15,640	30.5	−3.5
	Labour	Jane Edbrooke	4,043	7.9	−8.6
	UKIP	Hugh McGuiness	1,477	2.9	+0.3
	English Democrat	Matt Williams	710	1.4	N/A
	Justice & Anti-Corruption Party	Don Jerrard	310	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,467	26.3
Turnout			51,317	71.0	+6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: East Hampshire^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Mates	24,273	45.7	−1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Bright	18,764	35.3	+5.4
	Labour	Marjorie Broughton	8,519	16.0	−3.6
	UKIP	David Samuel	1,583	3.0	+0.2
Majority			5,509	10.4
Turnout			53,139	66.9	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.7

General Election 2001: East Hampshire^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Mates	23,950	47.6	−0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Anthony Booker	15,060	29.9	+1.8
	Labour	Mrs. Barbara Anne Burfoot	9,866	19.6	+2.5
	UKIP	Stephen Ralph Coles	1,413	2.8	+1.9
Majority			8,890	17.7
Turnout			50,289	64.3	−11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hampshire East^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Mates	27,927	48.0
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Anthony Booker	16,337	28.1
	Labour	Robert Hoyle	9,945	17.1
	Referendum	John Hayter	2,757	4.7	N/A
	Green	Ian Charles Foster	649	1.1
	UKIP	Stephen Ralph Coles	513	0.9	N/A
Majority			11,590	19.94
Turnout			58,128	75.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Hampshire East^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Mates	47,541	64.2	−0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Susan Mary Baring	18,376	24.8	−4.1
	Labour	James Arthur Phillips	6,840	9.2	+2.6
	Green	Ian Charles Foster	1,113	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Stanley Leslie Hale	165	0.2	N/A
Majority			29,165	39.4	+3.8
Turnout			74,035	79.3	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hampshire East^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Mates	43,093	64.5	+1.7
	Liberal	Robert Anthony Booker	19,307	28.9	−2.8
	Labour	Colin Christopher Lloyd	4,443	6.7	+1.2
Majority			23,786	35.6
Turnout			66,843	77.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hampshire East^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Mates	36,968	62.8	N/A
	Liberal	Rebecca Carmichael Bryan	18,641	31.7	N/A
	Labour	Steven John Cowan	3,247	5.5	N/A
Majority			18,327	31.1	N/A
Turnout			58,856	74.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Notes and references

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

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. "'Hampshire East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
3. Electoral Calculus - percentage by party columns
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
5. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
8. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
11. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 50°59′N 0°59′W / 50.98°N 0.98°W