Havant (UK Parliament constituency)

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Havant Borough constituency

Havant shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	David Willetts
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hampshire
EP constituency:	South East England

Havant 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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Member of Parliament
4 Elections
5 Sources
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the borough (and town) of Havant in Hampshire. This includes the towns of Waterlooville and Emsworth, but after 2005 Waterlooville will be moved into the new Meon Valley constituency, to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election.

[edit] History

The constituency was preceded by Havant and Waterloo which was also represented by Ian Stewart Lloyd.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)
1983 — 1992: Sir Ian Stewart Lloyd, Conservative
1992 — present: David Willetts, Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Havant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Willetts	18,730	44.4	+0.5
	Labour	Sarah Bogle	11,862	28.7	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Bentley	8,358	20.2	+1.6
	Green	Timothy Dawes	1,006	2.4	+0.4
	UK Independence	Steve Harris	998	2.4	+1.0
	British National	Ian Johnson	562	1.4	N/A
	Veritas	Russell Thomas	195	0.5	N/A
Majority			6,508	15.7
Turnout			41,351	60.3	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Havant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Willetts	17,769	43.9	+4.2
	Labour	Peter Guthrie	13,562	33.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helena Cole	7,508	18.6	-3.8
	Green	Kevin Jacks	793	2.0	N/A
	UK Independence	Tim Cuell	561	1.4	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Roy Stanley	244	0.6	N/A
Majority			4,207	10.4
Turnout			40,437	57.6	-12.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Havant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Willetts	19,204	39.7
	Labour	Lynne Armstrong	15,475	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Kooner	10,806	22.4
	Referendum Party	Anthony Green	2,395	5.0
	British Isles People First Party	Major Atwal	442	0.9
Majority			3,729	7.7
Turnout			48,322	70.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Havant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Willetts	32,233	55.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Van Hagen	14,649	25.0
	Labour	Graham Morris	10,968	18.7
	Green	T A F Mitchell	793	1.3
Majority			17,584	30.0
Turnout			58,643	79.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Havant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Stewart Lloyd	32,527	57.1
	Social Democrat	E E Cleaver	16,017	28.1
	Labour	J A Philips	8,030	14.1
	Creek Road Fresh Bread Party	G W Fuller	373	0.7
Majority			16,510	29.0
Turnout			56,947	74.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Havant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Stewart Lloyd	29,148	55.3
	Social Democrat	E E Cleaver	17,192	32.7
	Labour	R J Norris	6,335	12.0
Majority			11,956	22.6
Turnout			52,675	72.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)

[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)