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 borough 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 seat for the Conservatives for nearly forty years until the bizarre and accidental death of its 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, has gained national attention as environment spokesman for the Lib Dems, having previously stood as a candidate for party leader in 2006 and finished runner-up to Sir Menzies Campbell. Mrs Maria Hutchings, an Essex housewife who challenged Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair on a Five chat show about special needs education for her autistic son, was selected by the local Conservative Association in September 2007 to contest a future general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1955)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | David Price | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Stephen Milligan | Conservative | |
| 1994 | David Chidgey | Liberal Democrat | |
| 2005 | Chris Huhne | Liberal Democrat | |
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Eastleigh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | −2.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Eastleigh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Eastleigh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| By-election 1994: Eastleigh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Chidgey | 24,473 | 44.3 | +16.3 | |
| Labour | Marilyn 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 Democrat 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 Democrat | 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 | ||||
