Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)

Portsmouth North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Portsmouth North in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	71,798 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Portsmouth
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Portsmouth West
Created from	Portsmouth
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Portsmouth North is a borough constituency which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system. The current MP is Penny Mordaunt of the Conservative Party who was first elected at the 2010 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 MPs 1918-1950 3.2 MPs since 1974 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2010s 4.2 Elections in the 2000s 4.3 Elections in the 1990s 5 See also 6 Notes and references 7 Sources

Boundaries

The constituency covers the northern portion of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.

History

The constituency was created in 1918 when the two-seat Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South.

It was abolished for the 1950 general election and replaced by a new Portsmouth West constituency, but re-established for the February 1974 general election. It has a been a bellwether seat for decades.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918-1950

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Bertram Falle, Bt.	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1934 by-election	Admiral Sir Roger Keyes	Conservative
	1943 by-election	William James	Conservative
	1945	Donald Bruce	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished: see Portsmouth West

MPs since 1974

Election		Member	Party
	February 1974	Frank Judd	Labour
	1979	Peter Griffiths	Conservative
	1997	Syd Rapson	Labour
	2005	Sarah McCarthy-Fry	Labour Co-operative
	2010	Penny Mordaunt	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Portsmouth North[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Mordaunt	19,533	44.3	+6.5
	Labour Co-op	Sarah McCarthy-Fry	12,244	27.8	-10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Sanders	8,874	20.1	-0.2
	UKIP	Mike Fitzgerald	1,812	4.1	+0.7
	English Democrats	David Knight	1,040	2.4	+2.4
	Green	Iain Maclennan	461	1.0	+1.0
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	Mick Tosh	154	0.3	+0.3
Majority			7,289	16.5
Turnout			44,118	62.7	+2.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Portsmouth North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sarah McCarthy-Fry	15,412	40.9	−9.8
	Conservative	Penny Mordaunt	14,273	37.8	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Lawson	6,684	17.7	+7.4
	UKIP	Mike Smith	1,348	3.6	+2.1
Majority			1,139	3.0
Turnout			37,717	60.0	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.5

General Election 2001: Portsmouth North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Rapson	18,676	50.7	+3.5
	Conservative	Chris Day	13,542	36.7	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Sanders	3,795	10.3	-0.3
	UKIP	William McCabe	559	1.5	+0.9
	Independent	Brian Bundy	294	0.8	+0.6
Majority			5,134	14.0
Turnout			36,866	57.4	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Portsmouth North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Rapson	21,339	47.1	+17.2
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	17,016	37.6	-15
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Sollitt	4,788	10.6
	Referendum Party	Shaun Evelegh	1,757	3.9
	UKIP	P. Coe	298	0.7
	Wessex Regionalist	Colin Bex	72	0.2
Majority			4,323	9.5
Turnout			45,270	70.1	-
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-16.2

General Election 1992: Portsmouth North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	32,240	52.6	−2.7
	Labour	Alan D. Burnett	18,359	29.9	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alex M. Bentley	10,101	16.5	−8.3
	Green	Mrs Helen Palmer	628	1.0	+1.0
Majority			13,881	22.6	−7.9
Turnout			61,328	77.1	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.4

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Notes and references

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)

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