Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Basingstoke County constituency |
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| Basingstoke shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295, 1885 |
| MP: | Maria Miller |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hampshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Basingstoke is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The town was represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, but not again until a constituency was created in 1885. It has elected Conservative MPs for decades.
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[edit] Boundaries
The Basingstoke constituency is based around the town of Basingstoke, and the surrounding countryside, in Hampshire.
The Boundary Commission has proposed that the boundaries of Basingstoke and North West Hampshire be aligned to more closely match the town area.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Arthur Frederick Jeffreys | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Arthur Clavell Salter | Conservative | |
| 1917 | Auckland Campbell Geddes | Unionist | |
| 1920 | Arthur Richard Holbrook | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1923 | Reginald Fletcher | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Arthur Richard Holbrook | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Viscount Lymington | Conservative | |
| 1934 | Henry Maxence Cavendish Drummond Wolff | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Patrick Donner | Conservative | |
| 1955 | Denzil Freeth | Conservative | |
| 1964 | David Mitchell | Conservative | |
| 1983 | Andrew Hunter | Conservative | |
| 2002 | Independent Conservative | ||
| 2004 | Democratic Unionist | ||
| 2005 | Maria Miller | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Basingstoke | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Maria Miller | 19,955 | 41.5 | −1.2 | |
| Labour | Paul Harvey | 15,275 | 31.7 | −9.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jen Smith | 9,952 | 20.7 | +6.8 | |
| UK Independence | Peter Effer | 1,044 | 2.2 | −0.3 | |
| Green | Darren Shirley | 928 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| British National Party | Roger Robertson | 821 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Millennium Council | Roger MacNair | 148 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,680 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 48,123 | 63.0 | +2.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Basingstoke | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Hunter | 20,490 | 42.7 | -0.6 | |
| Labour | Jon Hartley | 19,610 | 40.9 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Steve Sollitt | 6,693 | 13.9 | -3.1 | |
| UK Independence | Kim Graham | 1,202 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 880 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 47,995 | 60.7 | -13.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
