North East Hampshire | |
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County constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of North East Hampshire in Hampshire. |
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Location of Hampshire within England. |
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County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 72,548 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | James Arbuthnot (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | East Hampshire, Aldershot |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
North East Hampshire is a county constituency in the English county of Hampshire, 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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The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Aldershot and East Hampshire. Towns and villages include Eversley, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Fleet, Odiham, Bentley, Bordon, Headley, Selborne, Silchester, Lindford and Liphook. The constituency is largely based around the district of Hart.
In boundary changes which took effect at the 2010 general election, the seat's southernmost part was transferred to East Hampshire while it gained some wards from Basingstoke and some Hart wards from Aldershot.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1997 | James Arbuthnot | Conservative |
General Election 2010: North East Hampshire [3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | James Arbuthnot | 32,075 | 60.6 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Denzil Coulson | 13,478 | 25.5 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Barry Jones | 5,173 | 9.8 | -6.8 | |
UKIP | Ruth Duffin | 2,213 | 4.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 18,597 | 35.1 | |||
Turnout | 52,939 | 73.3 | +10.7 |
General Election 2005: North East Hampshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | James Arbuthnot | 25,407 | 53.7 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Adam Carew | 12,858 | 27.2 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Kevin McGrath | 7,630 | 16.1 | −3.8 | |
UKIP | Paul Birch | 1,392 | 2.9 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 12,549 | 26.5 | |||
Turnout | 47,287 | 64.8 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.8 |
General Election 2001: North East Hampshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | James Arbuthnot | 23,379 | 53.2 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Plummer | 10,122 | 23.0 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Barry Jones | 8,744 | 19.9 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | Graham Mellstrom | 1,702 | 3.9 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 13,257 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 43,947 | 61.6 | -12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1997: North East Hampshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | James Arbuthnot | 26,017 | 50.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Ian Mann | 11,619 | 22.7 | ||
Labour | Peter Dare | 8,203 | 16.0 | ||
Referendum Party | Dai Rees | 2,420 | 4.7 | ||
Independent | Keki Jessavala | 2,400 | 4.7 | ||
UKIP | Christopher Berry | 452 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 14,398 | ||||
Turnout | 74.0 |