Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)

Portsmouth North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Portsmouth North in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	71,798 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Portsmouth
Current constituency
Created	1974
Member of parliament	Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Portsmouth West and Portsmouth Langstone
1918–1950
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Portsmouth West
Created from	Portsmouth
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Portsmouth North is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Penny Mordaunt, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Charles Dickens, Mile End, North End, and Portsea.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Cosham, Farlington, Meredith, Nelson, North End, Paulsgrove, Portsea, and St Mary and Guildhall.

1983-1997: The City of Portsmouth wards of Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove, and the Borough of Havant wards of Purbrook and Stakes.

1997-2010: The City of Portsmouth wards of Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove.

2010-present: The City of Portsmouth wards of Baffins, Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove.

As its name suggests, the constituency covers the northern portion of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.

History

The constituency was created in 1918 when the two-seat Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South.

It was abolished for the 1950 general election and largely replaced by a new Portsmouth West constituency as the axis of division changed, but was re-established for the February 1974 general election.

Constituency profile

This urban seat is of average affluence^[2] and incomes, with relatively low unemployment compared to the national average measured at the end of 2012 at 3.8% (claimant count) as opposed to 2.3% average across the region.^[3]

Taken together with Portsmouth West has a been one of the most long-standing bellwethers (of the national election winner), having that status since 1966.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1950

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Bertram Falle, Bt.	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1934 by-election	Admiral Sir Roger Keyes	Conservative
	1943 by-election	Admiral Sir William James	Conservative
	1945	Donald Bruce	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished: see Portsmouth West

MPs since 1974

Election		Member	Party
	February 1974	Frank Judd	Labour
	1979	Peter Griffiths	Conservative
	1997	Syd Rapson	Labour
	2005	Sarah McCarthy-Fry	Labour Co-operative
	2010	Penny Mordaunt	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Portsmouth North^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Penny Mordaunt	21,343	47.0	+2.7
	Labour	John Ferrett[6]	10,806	23.8	-3.9
	UKIP	Mike Fitzgerald[7]	8,660	19.1	+15.0
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Sanders	2,828	6.2	-13.9
	Green	Gavin Ellis [8]	1,450	3.2	+2.1
	TUSC	Jon Woods	231	0.5	+0.2
Majority			10,537	23.2	+6.7
Turnout			45,318	62.1	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

General Election 2010: Portsmouth North^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Penny Mordaunt	19,533	44.3	+6.5
	Labour Co-op	Sarah McCarthy-Fry	12,244	27.8	−10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Sanders	8,874	20.1	−0.2
	UKIP	Mike Fitzgerald	1,812	4.1	+0.7
	English Democrat	David Knight	1,040	2.4	+2.4
	Green	Iain Maclennan	461	1.0	+1.0
	TUSC	Mick Tosh	154	0.3	+0.3
Majority			7,289	16.5
Turnout			44,118	62.7	+2.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Portsmouth North^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Sarah McCarthy-Fry	15,412	40.9	−9.8
	Conservative	Penny Mordaunt	14,273	37.8	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Lawson	6,684	17.7	+7.4
	UKIP	Michael Keith Smith	1,348	3.6	+2.1
Majority			1,139	3.0
Turnout			37,717	60.0	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.5

General Election 2001: Portsmouth North^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Syd Rapson	18,676	50.7	+3.5
	Conservative	Christopher John Day	13,542	36.7	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Sanders	3,795	10.3	−0.3
	UKIP	William McCabe	559	1.5	+0.9
	Independent	Brian Bundy	294	0.8	+0.6
Majority			5,134	14.0
Turnout			36,866	57.4	−12.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Portsmouth North^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Syd Rapson	21,339	47.1	+17.2
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	17,016	37.6	−15.0
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Roy Sollitt	4,788	10.6
	Referendum	Shaun Bonham Carter Evelegh	1,757	3.9
	UKIP	Peter John Coe	298	0.7
	Wessex Regionalist	Colin Roland Bex	72	0.2
Majority			4,323	9.5
Turnout			45,270	70.1	–
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.2

General Election 1992: Portsmouth North^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	32,240	52.6	−2.7
	Labour	Alan D. Burnett	18,359	29.9	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alex M. Bentley	10,101	16.5	−8.3
	Green	Mrs Helen Palmer	628	1.0	+1.0
Majority			13,881	22.6	−7.9
Turnout			61,328	77.1	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Portsmouth North^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	33,297	55.30
	Social Democratic	Elizabeth Mitchell	14,896	24.74
	Labour	David Miles	12,016	19.96
Majority			18,401	30.56
Turnout				74.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Portsmouth North^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	31,413	55.27
	Social Democratic	S Luxon	13,414	23.60
	Labour	Nigel Beard	12,013	21.13
Majority			17,999	31.67
Turnout				72.94
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Portsmouth North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	26,356	48.65
	Labour	Frank Judd	24,045	44.38
	Liberal	S Brewin	3,354	6.19
	National Front	R Hadlow	298	0.55
	Workers Revolutionary	T White	122	0.26
Majority			2,311	4.27
Turnout				78.66
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election October 1974: Portsmouth North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Judd	24,352	45.87
	Conservative	John Devereux Ward	23,007	43.33
	Liberal	E Brooks	5,208	9.81
	More Prosperous Britain	Tom Keen	527	0.99
Majority			1,345	2.53
Turnout				76.85
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Portsmouth North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Judd	23,847	43.61
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	23,527	43.03
	Liberal	A.J. Peaston	7,304	13.36
Majority			320	0.59
Turnout				79.85
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Portsmouth North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Donald William Trevor Bruce	15,352	51.09
	Conservative	Greville Reginald Charles Howard	14,310	47.62
	Democratic	John Edward Vincent Keast	388	1.29
Majority			1,042	3.47
Turnout				75.36
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Portsmouth North by-election, 1943

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Milbourne James	6,735	59.7
	Common Wealth	Sargant, ThomasThomas Sargant	4,545	40.3	n/a
Majority			2,190
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Portsmouth North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes	22,956	66.62
	Labour	Edward Thomas Humby	11,502	33.38
Majority			11,454	33.24
Turnout				64.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portsmouth North by-election, 1934^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes	17,582	59.6	-8.8
	Labour	Edward Thomas Humby	11,904	40.4	+8.8
Majority			5,678	19.2	-17.6
Turnout			-18.8	55.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Portsmouth North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Bertram Godfray Falle	26,331	69.37
	Labour	Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar	12,182	31.63
Majority			14,149	36.74
Turnout				74.49
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Portsmouth North ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Bertram Godfray Falle	15,352	44.5
	Labour	Edward Archbold	12,475	36.2
	Liberal	Archibald William Palmer	6,643	19.3
Majority			2,877	8.3
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Portsmouth North ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Bertram Godfray Falle	13,229	50.2
	Labour	Olaf Gleeson	9,523	36.2
	Liberal	William Llewellyn Williams	3,584	13.6	-3.6
Majority			3,706	14.0	-15.0
Turnout				71.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough 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. 2001 Census
3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] The Guardian
4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000883
6. http://www.labour.org.uk/candidates
7. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/portsmouthnorth/
8. https://portsmouth.greenparty.org.uk/people/
9. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
10. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
15. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
16. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
17. F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, p.218
18. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
19. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)