Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)

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Winchester
County constituency

Winchester shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England
Created: 1295
MP: Mark Oaten
Party: Liberal Democrat
Type: House of Commons
County: Hampshire
EP constituency: South East England

Winchester is a parliamentary 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 centred around the Winchester district in Hampshire, sharing similar borders. The main city in the constituency is Winchester.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hampshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new seat in the county. A new Meon Valley constituency has been formed from parts of the existing Winchester seat.

[edit] History

In the 1997 general election Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) beat the incumbent Conservative MP Gerry Malone with a majority of 2 votes. Malone successfully challenged the election in the High Court, which declared it void. A by-election was held which returned Mark Oaten as MP, this time with a larger majority of 21,556.

The candidacy of Richard Huggett in both 1997 elections as a "Literal Democrat" candidate led in part to the creation of the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1295)

[edit] MPs 1660-1885

Year First Member Second Member
1660 John Hooke Thomas Cole
1660 Charles Powlet,Baron St John of Basing
1661 Richard Goddard Lawrence Hyde
1666 Sir Robert Mason
1669 Sir Robert Holmes
1679 James Annesley,Baron Annesley Sir James Cloberry
1685 Roger L'Estrange Charles Hasnes
1689 Francis Morley Lord Willam Powlett
1690 Frederick Tynley
1701 George William Brydges
1710 Thomas Lewis
1714 George Brydges John Popham
1715 Lord William Powlett
1730 Norton Powlett
1734 Paulet St. John
1741 William Powlett
1747 Henry Penton
1751 Paulet St.John
1754 Marquess of Carnarvon
1761 Henry Penton Lord Harry Powlett
1765 George Powlett
1774 Lovell Stanhope
1783 Henry Flood
1784 Richard Grace Gamon
1796 Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
1802 Sir Henry Paulet St.John-Mildmay
1807 Sir Henry St.John Carew St.John Mildmay
1812 Richard Meyler
1818 James Henry Leigh
1818 Paulet St.John-Mildmay
1823 Sir Edward Hyde East
1831 James Buller East
1832 William Bingham Baring
1835 Sir James Buller East
1837 Paulet St.John Mildmay
1841 Bickham Escott
1847 John Bonham Carter
1864 Thomas Willis Flemming
1865 William Barrow Simmonds
1874 Arthur Robert Naghten
1880 Francis George Baring, Viscount Baring Richard Moss

Representation reduced to a single member in the Reform Act 1885

[edit] MPs since 1885

  • Representation reduced to one (1885)
Election first elected Member Party
1885 Arthur Tottenham Conservative
1888 by-election Richard Moss Conservative
1892 William Myers Conservative
1906 Guy Baring Conservative
1916 by-election Douglas Carnegie Conservative
1917 by-election National Party
1918 Sir George Hennessy Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1931 Sir Robert Geoffrey Ellis Conservative
1935 Gerald Palmer Conservative
1945 George Jeger Labour
1950 Peter Smithers Conservative
1964 by-election Morgan Morgan-Giles Conservative
1979 John Browne Conservative
1992 Gerry Malone Conservative
1997 Mark Oaten Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2000s

General Election 2005: Winchester
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Oaten 31,222 50.6 −4.0
Conservative George Hollingbery 23,749 38.5 +0.2
Labour Patrick Davies 4,782 7.8 +1.9
UKIP David Abbott 1,321 2.1 +1.0
Independent Arthur Uther Pendragon 581 0.9 N/A
Majority 7,473 12.1
Turnout 61,655 71.9 −0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −2.1
General Election 2001: Winchester
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Oaten 32,282 54.6 +12.5
Conservative Andrew Hayes 22,648 38.3 -3.8
Labour Stephen Wyeth 3,498 5.9 -4.6
UKIP Joan Martin 664 1.1 +0.4
Wessex Regionalist Henrietta Rous 66 0.1 N/A
Majority 9,634 16.3
Turnout 59,158 72.3 -6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Note: The percentage differences are compared to the previous general election poll, not the by-election.

[edit] 1990s

By-election 1997: Winchester
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Oaten 37,006 68.0 +26
Conservative Gerry Malone 15,450 28.4 −13.6
Labour Patrick Davies 944 1.7 −8.8
UKIP Robin Page 521 1.0 +0.2
Monster Raving Loony Lord David Sutch 316 0.6 +0.1
Literal Democrat Richard Huggett 51 0.1 −0.9
Natural Law Rosemary Barry 48 0.1 +0.1
Independent Conservative Roger Everest 40 0.1 +0.1
Majority 21,556
Turnout 68.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1997: Winchester (void)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Oaten 26,100 42.1
Conservative Gerry Malone 26,098 42.0
Labour Patrick Davies 6,528 10.5
Referendum Party Peter Strand 1,598 2.6
"Liberal Democrat Top Choice for Parliament" Richard Huggett 640 1.0
UKIP Derek Rumsey 476 0.8
Independent (politician) John Browne 307 0.5
Monster Raving Loony Peter Stockton 307 0.5
Majority 2
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Note: Because of the presence on the ballot paper of Richard Huggett as "Liberal Democrat Top Choice for Parliament", Oaten used the description "Liberal Democrat Leader Paddy Ashdown" to identify himself as the official Liberal Democrat candidate.

[edit] See also

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)