North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hampshire is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Ranil Jayawardena, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Aldershot and East Hampshire. It was represented at Westminster by James Arbuthnot until 2015 when he was succeeded by Ranil Jayawardena. The constituency has, since its creation, given large majorities to the Conservatives, and in 2015, Jayawardena was elected with a lead of 29,916 votes, or 55.4%. This made North East Hampshire the safest Conservative seat at that election in both percentage and numerical terms.

Boundaries

1997-2010: The District of Hart wards of Church Crookham, Crondall, Eversley, Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet Pondtail, Fleet West, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Long Sutton, Odiham, and Whitewater, and the District of East Hampshire wards of Binsted, Bramshott and Liphook, Froyle and Bentley, Grayshott, Headley, Selborne, Whitehill Bordon and Whitehill, and Whitehill Lindford.

2010–present: The District of Hart wards of Church Crookham East, Church Crookham West, Crondall, Eversley, Fleet Central, Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet North, Fleet Pondtail, Fleet West, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Long Sutton, Odiham, Yateley East, Yateley North, and Yateley West, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Calleva, Pamber, Sherborne St John, and Upton Grey and The Candovers.

Towns and villages in the constituency include Elvetham Heath, Eversley, Fleet, Hartley Wintney, Headley, Herriard, Hook, Odiham, Sherfield on Loddon, Silchester and Yateley.

This constituency was slightly altered for the 2010 general election - the seat's southernmost part was transferred to East Hampshire while it gained some wards from Basingstoke and Hart wards from Aldershot.

Constituency profile

The seat includes significant software, hardware and military sectors and a significant proportion of Basingstoke, Bracknell and City of London commuters, particularly the latter towards Hook railway station on the South West Main Line; the average income level is higher than the national average.^[2] This area also has low unemployment^[3] and a high proportion of semi-detached and detached properties.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: North East Hampshire^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena	37,754	65.5	0.4
	Labour	Barry Jones	9,982	17.3	7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Cockarill	6,987	12.1	1.6
	Green	Chas Spradbery	1,476	2.6	1.8
	UKIP	Mike Gascoigne	1,061	1.8	6.9
	Independent	Robert Blay	367	0.6	0.6
Majority			27,772	48.2
Turnout			57,627	76.3	3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2015: North East Hampshire^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ranil Jayawardena	35,573	65.9	5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Cockarill	5,657	10.5	15.0
	Labour	Amran Hussain	5,290	9.8
	UKIP	Robert Blay1	4,732	8.8	4.6
	Green	Andrew Johnston	2,364	4.4	4.4
	Monster Raving Loony	Mad Max Bobetsky	384	0.7	0.7
Majority			29,916	55.4
Turnout			54,000	72.9	0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

¹: After nominations were closed, Blay was suspended from UKIP after threatening to shoot his Conservative opponent.^[9][10] His name still appeared on ballot papers as it was too late to remove him.^[11]

General Election 2010: North East Hampshire^[12]

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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North East Hampshire^[13]

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^[14]

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

Elections in the 1990s

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Notes

References

Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)

Coordinates: 51°12′N 0°55′W / 51.20°N 0.91°W / 51.20; -0.91