Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)

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Eastleigh Borough constituency
Eastleigh shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England
Created:	1955
MP:	Chris Huhne
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hampshire
EP constituency:	South East England

Eastleigh is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the town of Eastleigh in Hampshire, sharing similar borders as the borough of Eastleigh.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1955)
• 1955 — 1992: David Price, Conservative
• 1992 — 1994: Stephen Milligan, Conservative
• 1994 — 2005: David Chidgey, Liberal Democrat
• 2005 — present: Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Huhne	19,216	38.6	−2.1
	Conservative	Conor Burns	18,648	37.5	+3.2
	Labour	Chris Watt	10,238	20.6	−1.3
	UK Independence	Christopher Murphy	1,669	3.4	+1.6
Majority			568	1.1
Turnout			49,771	64.8	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−2.6

General Election 2001: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Chidgey	19,360	40.7	+5.6
	Conservative	Conor Burns	16,302	34.3	+0.6
	Labour	Sam Jaffa	10,426	21.9	-4.9
	UK Independence	Stephen Challis	849	1.8	+1.0
	Green	Martha Lyn	636	1.3	N/A
Majority			3,058	6.4
Turnout			47,573	63.8	-12.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Chidgey	19,453	35.1	+7.1
	Conservative	Stephen Reid	18,699	33.7	-17.6
	Labour	Alan Lloyd	14,883	26.8	+6.1
	Referendum Party	V. Eldridge	2,013	3.6	N/A
	UK Independence	P. Robinson	446	0.8	N/A
Majority			754	1.4
Turnout			55,494	76.9	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.4

By-election 1994: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Chidgey	24,473	44.3	+16.3
	Labour	M. Birks	15,234	27.6	+6.9
	Conservative	Stephen Allison	13,675	24.7	-26.6
	UK Independence	Nigel Farage	952	1.7	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	David Edward Sutch	783	1.4	N/A
	Natural Law	P Warburton	145	0.3	N/A
Majority			9,239	16.7
Turnout			55,272	58.2	-24.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.5

General Election 1992: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Milligan	38,998	51.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Chidgey	21,296	28.0
	Labour	Jo Sugrue	15,768	20.7
Majority			17,702	23.3
Turnout			76,062	82.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot | Arundel and South Downs | Ashford | Aylesbury | Banbury | Basingstoke | Beaconsfield | Bexhill and Battle | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Bracknell | Buckingham | Canterbury | Chesham and Amersham | Chichester | East Hampshire | East Surrey | East Worthing and Shoreham | Eastbourne | Epsom and Ewell | Esher and Walton | Fareham | Faversham and Mid Kent | Folkestone and Hythe | Gosport | Gravesham | Guildford | Havant | Henley | Horsham | Isle of Wight | Maidenhead | Maidstone and The Weald | Mid Sussex | Mole Valley | New Forest East | New Forest West | Newbury | North East Hampshire | North East Milton Keynes | North Thanet | North West Hampshire | Reading East | Reigate | Runnymede and Weybridge | Sevenoaks | South West Surrey | Spelthorne | Surrey Heath | Tonbridge and Malling | Tunbridge Wells | Wantage | Wealden | Windsor | Witney | Woking | Wokingham | Worthing West | Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown | Brighton Pavilion | Chatham and Aylesford | Crawley | Dartford | Dover | Gillingham | Hastings and Rye | Hove | Medway | Milton Keynes South West | Oxford East | Portsmouth North | Reading West | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Slough | Southampton Itchen | Southampton Test | South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh | Lewes | Oxford West and Abingdon | Portsmouth South | Romsey | Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (2) | Labour (1) | Green (1)