Gosport (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Gosport Borough constituency |
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| Gosport shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Peter Viggers |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hampshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Gosport 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 voting system.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is based around the town of Gosport, which is on the south coast of England, in Hampshire. It contains the whole of Gosport Borough including Lee-on-the-Solent. Stubbington from the neighbouring Fareham Borough is also part of the constituency.
[edit] History
Gosport constituency was created in 1974. The area had previously been part of the constituency of Fareham and Gosport.
It is a safe Conservative seat, though it has some stark social divisions; the large council estate of Rowner, for example, which is one of the most deprived areas in the United Kingdom.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1974)
- 1974 — present: Peter Viggers, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Gosport | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Viggers | 19,268 | 44.8 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Richard Williams | 13,538 | 31.5 | -5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Roberts | 7,145 | 16.6 | +1.5 | |
| UK Independence | John Bowles | 1,825 | 4.2 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Andrea Smith | 1,258 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 5,730 | 13.3 | |||
| Turnout | 43,034 | 60.5 | 3.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Gosport | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Viggers | 17,364 | 43.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Richard Williams | 14,743 | 37.1 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Roberts | 6,011 | 15.1 | -4.5 | |
| UK Independence | John Bowles | 1,162 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Kevin Chetwynd | 509 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,621 | 6.5 | |||
| Turnout | 39,789 | 57.1 | -13.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
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