Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°16′26″N 0°45′22″W / 51.274°N 0.756°W / 51.274; -0.756

Aldershot
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Aldershot in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Population	103,922 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	72,430 (December 2015)^[2]
Major settlements	Aldershot, Farnborough
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Gerald Howarth (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Aldershot /ˈɔːldərˌʃɒt/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Hampshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Gerald Howarth of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The constituency is primarily based around the town of Aldershot which is in the north-east of Hampshire, in the borough of Rushmoor. The town of Farnborough is also in the constituency.

Latest boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hampshire, the Boundary Commission for England made changes across the county as a consequence of population changes.

The electoral wards, as modified, in the Aldershot constituency are:

The entire borough of Rushmoor
Small localities in the district of Hart: Blackwater and Hawley; Frogmore and Darby Green in the Yateley post town

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1918	Viscount Wolmer	Conservative
1940 by-election	Oliver Lyttelton	Conservative
1954 by-election	Eric Errington	Conservative
1970	Julian Critchley	Conservative
1997	Gerald Howarth	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Aldershot^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	23,369	50.6	+3.9
	Labour	Gary Puffett	8,468	18.3	+6.2
	UKIP	Bill Walker	8,253	17.9	+13.4
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Hilliar	4,076	8.8	-25.6
	Green	Carl Hewitt	2,025	4.4	N/A
Majority			14,901	32.3	+20.0
Turnout			46,191	63.8	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.2

General Election 2010: Aldershot^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	21,203	46.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Paul Collett	15,617	34.4	+5.5
	Labour	Jonathan Slater	5,489	12.1	−9.6
	UKIP	Robert Snare	2,041	4.5	+2.1
	English Independence Party	Gary Cowd	999	1.8	N/A
	Christian	Juliana Brimicombe	231	0.5	N/A
Majority			5,586	12.3
Turnout			45,384	63.5	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Aldershot^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	20,572	42.7	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Paul Collett	15,238	31.7	+4.1
	Labour	Howard Linsley	9,895	20.6	−4.6
	UKIP	Derek Leonard Rumsey	1,182	2.5	+0.7
	English Democrats	Gary Cowd	701	1.5	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	553	1.1	+0.2
Majority			5,334	11.1
Turnout			48,141	61.3	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.8

General Election 2001: Aldershot^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	19,106	42.2	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Paul Collett	12,512	27.6	−2.8
	Labour	Luke Akehurst	11,394	25.2	+1.0
	UKIP	Derek Leonard Rumsey	797	1.8	+0.3
	Green	Adam Julian Stacey	630	1.4	N/A
	Independent	Arthur Uther Pendragon	459	1.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	390	0.9	N/A
Majority			6,594	14.6	N/A
Turnout			45,288	57.9	−12.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Aldershot^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Howarth	23,119	42.7	−14.8
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Paul Collett	16,498	30.5	+2.9
	Labour	Terence Bridgeman	13,057	24.1	+10.8
	UKIP	John Howe	794	1.5	N/A
	Independent	Arthur Uther Pendragon	361	0.7	N/A
	BNP	Donald Stevens	322	0.6	N/A
Majority			6,621	12.2
Turnout			54,153	70.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.9

General Election 1992: Aldershot^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	36,974	57.5	−1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Paul Collett	17,786	27.6	−1.6
	Labour	John Anthony Smith	8,552	13.3	+1.5
	Liberal	David H. Robinson	1,038	1.6	N/A
Majority			19,188	29.8	+0.1
Turnout			64,350	78.7	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Aldershot^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	35,272	59.0	+3.5
	Liberal	Roger Alan Hargreaves	17,488	29.2	−4.6
	Labour	Ian Howard Pearson	7,061	11.8	+1.0
Majority			17,784	29.7
Turnout			59,822	74.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

General Election 1983: Aldershot^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	31,288	55.5
	Liberal	N. Westbrook	19,070	33.8
	Labour	A. Crawford	6,070	10.8
Majority			12,218	21.7
Turnout			56,425	72.72
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Aldershot^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	38,014	57.5
	Liberal	N. Westbrook	14,438	21.4
	Labour	D. Somerville	13,698	20.7
Majority			23,576	35.6
Turnout			66,150	76.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

General Election October 1974: Aldershot^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	26,463	45.1
	Liberal	A. Burton	16,104	27.5
	Labour	E.P. Sudworth	14,936	25.5
	National Front	A. Greenslade	1,120	1.9
Majority			10,359	17.7
Turnout			58,620	72.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Aldershot^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	29,401	45.4
	Liberal	G. Floyd	18,743	28.9
	Labour	W.L.J.T. Card	15,492	23.9
	National Front	T. Greenslade	1,148	1.77
Majority			10,658	16.5
Turnout			64,781	81.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

General Election 1970: Aldershot^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Critchley	33,447	55.83
	Labour	RT Bogg	18,916	31.57
	Liberal	PM Gibbons	7,551	12.6
Majority			14,531	24.25
Turnout			59,909	70.89
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Aldershot^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Errington	25,672	48.92
	Labour	DH Silvester	16,776	31.97
	Liberal	GE Owen	10,025	19.11
Majority			8,896	16.95
Turnout			52,473	75.38
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

General Election 1964: Aldershot^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Errington	25,797	52.03
	Labour	EK Collard	13,718	27.67
	Liberal	PM Gibbons	10,066	20.30
Majority			12,079	24.36
Turnout			49,581	75.01
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Aldershot^[22] Electorate 56,820
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Eric Errington	25,161	58.4
	Labour	Roy E Brooks	12,270	28.5
	Liberal	Enid Lakeman	5,679	13.2
Majority			12,891	29.9
Turnout			43,110	75.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Aldershot^[23] Electorate 54,209
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Eric Errington	22,701	56.7
	Labour	Julian D Richards	13,129	32.8
	Liberal	Enid Lakeman	4,232	10.6
Majority			9,572	23.9
Turnout			40,062	73.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

1954 Aldershot by-election: Aldershot^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Errington	19,108	60.1
	Labour	W Cuthbertson	12,701	39.9
Majority			6,407	20.1
Turnout			31,809	58.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Aldershot^[25] Electorate 53,123
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Lyttelton	24,951	60.3
	Labour	Robert N Hales	16,402	39.7
Majority			8,549	20.7
Turnout			41,353	77.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Aldershot^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Lyttelton	21,238	52.2
	Labour	NF Hidden	15,066	37.0
	Liberal	John Henry Gooden	4,355	10.7
Majority			6,172	15.2
Turnout			40,659	79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Aldershot^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Lyttelton	19,456	57.41
	Common Wealth	Tom Wintringham	14,435	42.59
Majority			5,021	14.82
Turnout			33,891	69.18
	Conservative hold		Swing

By Election 1940: Aldershot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Lyttelton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Aldershot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Viscount Wolmer	17,730	73.4	-11
	Independent Progressive	Vernon Gerald Bailey	6,421	26.6	N/A
Majority			11,309	46.8
Turnout			24,151	58.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Aldershot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Viscount Wolmer	22,134	84.4
	Labour	Miss MR Richardson	4,091	15.6
Majority			18,043	68.8
Turnout			26,225	65.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Aldershot ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Viscount Wolmer	15,123	59.3
	Liberal	Henry Fabian Orpen	5,984	23.5	n/a
	Labour	J.R. McPhie	4,389	17.2
Majority			9,139	35.8
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

1923 General Election: Aldershot ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Viscount Wolmer	9,131	59.1
	Liberal	Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor	6,315	40.9
Majority			2,816	18.2
Turnout			15,446
	Unionist hold		Swing

For previous election results, see http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750365/cube/POL_PARTY

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer). It was a county constituency from 1918 to 2010.
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ Aldershot
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ UK General Election results: June 1987 [Archive]
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results: 1979 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results: October 1974 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results: February 1974 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results 1970 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results 1966 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results 1964 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results 1959 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results 1955 [Archive]
↑ 1954 Aldershot by-election [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results 1951 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results 1950 [Archive]
↑ UK General Election results 1945 [Archive]
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949

Constituencies in South East England (84)

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Labour (4)	Hove Oxford East Slough Southampton Test

Green (1)	Brighton Pavilion

Speaker (1)	Buckingham

South East England European constituency: UKIP (4) Conservative (3) Green (1) Labour (1) Liberal Democrats (1)

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