Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°15′43″N 1°05′02″W / 51.262°N 1.084°W / 51.262; -1.084

Basingstoke
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Basingstoke in Hampshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Population	107,996 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	75,470 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Basingstoke
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Maria Miller (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Hampshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Basingstoke /ˈbeɪzᵻŋˌstoʊk/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament. With the exception of a 1923-1924 Liberal Party MP, since modern creation in 1885 it has elected Conservative MPs so has been a Conservative safe seat. The current MP is Maria Miller.^{[n 1]}

History

The town was represented in the Model Parliament convened in 1295 but not again until the modern constituency was created in 1885. From 1295 inclusive^{[n 2]} to the one year parliament of 1831-32 its area was part of the Hampshire constituency and from 1832-1885 its area lay in the North Hampshire constituency.

Boundaries

The Basingstoke constituency is based around the town of Basingstoke, and the surrounding countryside, in Hampshire.

The Boundary Commission has proposed that the boundaries of Basingstoke and North West Hampshire be aligned to more closely match the town area.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1885	George Sclater-Booth	Conservative
1887 by-election	Arthur Frederick Jeffreys	Conservative
1906	Arthur Salter	Conservative
1917 by-election	Auckland Campbell Geddes	Unionist
1920 by-election	Arthur Richard Holbrook	Coalition Conservative
1923	Reginald Fletcher	Liberal
1924	Arthur Richard Holbrook	Conservative
1929	Viscount Lymington	Conservative
1934 by-election	Henry Maxence Cavendish Drummond Wolff	Conservative
1935	Patrick Donner	Conservative
1955	Denzil Freeth	Conservative
1964	David Mitchell	Conservative
1983	Andrew Hunter	Conservative
2002		Independent Conservative
2004		Democratic Unionist
2005	Maria Miller	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Basingstoke^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Miller	25,769	48.6	-2.0
	Labour	Paul Harvey	14,706	27.7	+7.3
	UKIP	Alan Stone	8,290	15.6	+11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Spalding	3,919	7.4	-17.1
	Independent	Omar Selim	392	0.7	N/A
Majority			11,063	20.8	-5.2
Turnout			53,076	66.6	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

For the 2015 election, the Green Party attempted to field two candidates who would job share.^[5] Sarah Cope has young children and Clare Lorraine Phipps has a disability,^[5] so neither could work as a full-time MP. Their application was rejected.^[6]

General Election 2010: Basingstoke^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Miller	25,590	50.5	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Shaw	12,414	24.5	+2.6
	Labour	Funda Pepperell	10,327	20.4	-12.2
	UKIP	Stella Howell	2,076	4.1	+1.9
	Basingstoke Common Man	Steve Saul	247	0.5	+0.5
Majority			13,176	26.0
Turnout			50,654	67.1	+6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Basingstoke^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Miller	19,955	41.5	−1.2
	Labour	Paul Harvey	15,275	31.7	−9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jen Smith	9,952	20.7	+6.8
	UKIP	Peter Effer	1,044	2.2	−0.3
	Green	Darren Shirley	928	1.9	N/A
	BNP	Roger Robertson	821	1.7	N/A
	Millennium Council	Roger MacNair	148	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,680	9.7
Turnout			48,123	63.0	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Basingstoke^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hunter	20,490	42.7	−0.6
	Labour	Jon Hartley	19,610	40.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Sollitt	6,693	13.9	−3.1
	UKIP	Kim Graham	1,202	2.5	N/A
Majority			880	1.8
Turnout			47,995	60.7	−13.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Basingstoke^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hunter	24,751	43.3	−10.2
	Labour	Nigel Lickley	22,354	39.1	+14.0
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Rimmer	9,714	17.0	−3.4
	Independent	Elsayed Selim	310	0.6	N/A
Majority			2,397	4.2
Turnout			57,129	74.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Basingstoke^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hunter	37,521	54.6	−1.4
	Labour	David John Charles Bull	16,323	23.8	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Chris I. Curtis	14,119	20.6	−5.7
	Green	Valerie J. Oldaker	714	1.0	N/A
Majority			21,198	30.9	+1.1
Turnout			68,677	82.8	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Basingstoke^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hunter	33,657	56.0
	Social Democratic	David Anthony Bennett	15,764	26.3
	Labour	Peter Frederick Daden	10,632	17.7
Majority			17,893	29,7
Turnout				77.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Basingstoke^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hunter	28,381	51.32
	Social Democratic	Ednyfed Hudson Davies	15,931	28.81
	Labour	J. McAllister	10,646	19.25
	BNP	I. Wilson	344	0.62
Majority			12,450	22.51
Turnout				76.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mitchell	42,625	54.1
	Labour	R.W. Harris	20,879	26.5
	Liberal	P. Clatworthy	14,605	18.54
	National Front	B. Packer	677	0.86
Majority			21,746	27.6
Turnout				79.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mitchell	29,038	43.17
	Labour	T.E. Hunt	22,826	33.94
	Liberal	N.A.L. Whitbread	14,636	21.76
	National Front	G. Goodall	763	1,13
Majority			6,212	9.24
Turnout				77.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mitchell	30,886	43.15
	Labour	T.E. Hunt	23,089	32.26
	Liberal	N.A.L. Whitbread	17,598	24.59
Majority			7,797	10.89
Turnout				83.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bower Mitchell	35,138	50.94
	Labour	Denis Victor Carter	25,664	37.2
	Liberal	Ray A. Musselwhite	8,138	11.86
Majority			9,474	13.73
Turnout				75.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bower Mitchell	26,076	45.85
	Labour	Alec J. Kazantzis	22,417	39.42
	Liberal	John W. Matthew	8,379	14.73
Majority			3,659	6.43
Turnout				78.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bower Mitchell	26,466	49.32
	Labour	Brian Tilley	18,490	34.46
	Liberal	Basil E Goldstone	8,708	16.23
Majority			7,976	14.86
Turnout				78.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denzil Kingston Freeth	25,314	52.18
	Labour	Sydney G. Conbeer	14,070	29.00
	Liberal	Leslie Gascoinge Housden	9,126	18.81
Majority			11,244	23.18
Turnout				79.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denzil Kingston Freeth	24,973	57.20
	Labour	William Royle	18,683	42.80
Majority			6,290	14.41
Turnout				76.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick William Donner	26,045	55.86
	Labour	Arthur Carr	20,580	44.14
Majority			5,465	11.72
Turnout				79.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick William Donner	25,151	55.39
	Labour	Marjorie Clark	20,257	44.61
Majority			4,894	10.78
Turnout				79.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick William Donner	18,700	46.0
	Labour	A E Weston	13,763	33.8
	Liberal	David Reginald Rhys	8,206	20.2
Majority			4,937	12.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick William Donner	18,549	57.83
	Liberal	John Mackintosh Foot	10,317	32.17
	Labour	J.S. Whybrew	3,207	10.00
Majority			8,232	25.67
Turnout				67.44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Basingstoke by-election, 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Maxence Cavendish Drummond Wolff	16,147
	Liberal	John Mackintosh Foot	9,262
	Labour	J. Barker	4,663
Majority			6,885
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Viscount Lymington	23,523	69.7
	Liberal	Frances Louise Josephy	6,106	18.1
	Labour	C A Goatcher	4,124	12.2
Majority			17,417	51.6
Turnout				67.44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Viscount Lymington	16,547	50.4	-7.1
	Liberal	Laurence Harry Duniam Jones	11,595	35.4	+0.7
	Labour	W. J. Beck	4,650	14.2	+6.2
Majority			4,952	15.0	-7.8
Turnout				74.2	-4.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.9

General Election 29 October 1924: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Richard Holbrook	15,558	57.3
	Liberal	Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher	9,429	34.7
	Labour	Benjamin Greene	2,172	8.0
Majority			6,129	22.6
Turnout				78.3	+9.5

General Election 6 December 1923: Basingstoke ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher	11,879	50.7	+20.3
	Unionist	Arthur Richard Holbrook	11,531	49.3	-6.7
Majority			348	1.4	27.0
Turnout				68.8	+1.9
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+13.5

General Election 15 November 1922: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Richard Holbrook	12,514
	Liberal	Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher	6,780
	Labour	Samuel Ledbury	3,035
Majority
Turnout

Basingstoke by-election, 1920 ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Richard Holbrook	8,515	44.2	-19.9
	Liberal	Harry Calvert Williams Verney	5,393	28.0	n/a
	Labour	J H Round	5,352	27.8	-8.1
Majority			3,122	16.2
Turnout				60.0	+4.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	-5.9

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Auckland Campbell Geddes	11,218
	Labour	A. Close	6,277
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1880s

Basingstoke by-election, 1887^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Frederick Jeffreys	3,158
	Liberal	G Judd	2,426
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ As with all constituencies, the first past the post system of election is used with elections at least every five years.
↑ Burgesses (ie freeholders in boroughs could elect their borough member and county members.

References

↑ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 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 "B" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
1 2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-england-32248191
↑ http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/content/page/38824/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated.pdf
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ Parliamentary election - Statement of Persons Nominated (PDF)
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ The Constitiutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 144 (168 in web page), Hampshire

Constituencies in South East England (84)

Conservative (78)	Aldershot Arundel and South Downs Ashford Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Beaconsfield Bexhill and Battle Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Bracknell Brighton Kemptown Canterbury Chatham and Aylesford Chesham and Amersham Chichester Crawley Dartford Dover Eastbourne East Hampshire Eastleigh East Surrey East Worthing and Shoreham Epsom and Ewell Esher and Walton Fareham Faversham and Mid Kent Folkestone and Hythe Gillingham and Rainham Gosport Gravesham Guildford Hastings and Rye Havant Henley Horsham Isle of Wight Lewes Maidenhead Maidstone and The Weald Meon Valley Mid Sussex Milton Keynes North Milton Keynes South Mole Valley Newbury New Forest East New Forest West North East Hampshire North Thanet North West Hampshire Oxford West and Abingdon Portsmouth North Portsmouth South Reading East Reading West Reigate Rochester and Strood Romsey and Southampton North Runnymede and Weybridge Sevenoaks Sittingbourne and Sheppey Southampton Itchen South Thanet South West Surrey Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells Wantage Wealden Winchester Windsor Witney Woking Wokingham Worthing West Wycombe

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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