Gosport and Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 50°49′05″N 1°10′23″W / 50.818°N 1.173°W / 50.818; -1.173

Gosport and Fareham
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Hampshire
1950–February 1974
Number of members One
Replaced by Gosport and Fareham
Created from Fareham

Gosport and Fareham was a parliamentary constituency in Hampshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

It was then replaced by two new constituencies, Gosport and Fareham. The incumbent MP, Reginald Bennett, was re-elected in the new Fareham constituency.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Gosport, and the Urban District of Fareham.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Reginald Bennett Conservative
Feb 1974 Constituency abolished: see Gosport and Fareham

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Gosport and Fareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Reginald Bennett 29,163 56.88 n/a
Labour Alfred Robert Nobes 18,579 36.24 n/a
Liberal Edgar Wilfred Borrow 3,531 6.89 n/a
Majority 10,584 20.64 n/a
Turnout 83.18 n/a
Conservative win
General Election 1951: Gosport and Fareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Reginald Bennett 30,727 60.21
Labour Norman Francis Stogdon 20,303 39.79
Majority 10,424 20.43
Turnout 80.89
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Gosport and Fareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Reginald Bennett 30,918 62.65
Labour S James Surrey 18,432 37.35
Majority 12,486 25.30
Turnout 74.24
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1959: Gosport and Fareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Reginald Bennett 35,808 64.56
Labour Alan S Pratley 19,654 35.44
Majority 16,154 29.13
Turnout 75.68
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Gosport and Fareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Reginald Bennett 32,369 51.90
Labour John R Sturges 18,321 29.37
Liberal Eric J Barber 11,684 18.73 n/a
Majority 14,048 22.52
Turnout 76.02
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1966: Gosport and Fareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Reginald Bennett 32,752 51.72
Labour John R Sturges 21,726 34.31
Liberal Brian V Newman 8,849 13.97
Majority 11,026 17.41
Turnout 75.36
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Gosport and Fareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Reginald Bennett 39,234 54.30
Labour John R Sturges 21,262 29.43
Liberal Peter Irvin Smith 11,754 16.27
Majority 17,972 24.87
Turnout 71.72
Conservative hold Swing

References

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