Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Eastleigh Borough constituency |
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| 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is based around the town of Eastleigh in Hampshire, sharing similar borders as the borough of Eastleigh.
[edit] History
Eastleigh was a fairly safe Tory seat for nearly forty years until the bizarre and accidental death of it's then MP,former journalist Stephen Milligan,in 1994.At the subsequent by-election,the Liberal Democrats gained the seat on a very large swing,and have since held Eastleigh in the three following General Elections,though with somewhat narrow majorities.The current MP,Chris Huhne,is rapidly gaining status as a high-flyer for the Lib-Dems (he stood as a candidate for party leader in 2006,and finished runner-up) ,though he will perhaps need to work hard to stave off a strong Conservative challenge in the next General Election with a majority of only 568 votes in his favour.
[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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
