Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 50°47′13″N 1°04′44″W / 50.787°N 1.079°W / 50.787; -1.079

Portsmouth South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Portsmouth South in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	71,947 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Stephen Morgan (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Portsmouth
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Portsmouth South is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Labour's Stephen Morgan. Morgan is the first member of his party to represent the seat since its creation in 1918.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Havelock, Highland, St Paul, St Simon, and St Thomas.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Havelock, Highland, Kingston, St Paul, St Simon, and St Thomas.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Havelock, Highland, Kingston, St Jude, St Simon, and St Thomas.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Buckland, Fratton, Havelock, Highland, Kingston, St Jude, St Simon, and St Thomas.

1983–2010: The City of Portsmouth wards of Charles Dickens, Fratton, Havelock, Highland, Milton, St Jude, and St Thomas.

2010–present: The City of Portsmouth wards of Central Southsea, Charles Dickens, Eastney and Craneswater, Fratton, Milton, St Jude, and St Thomas.

As its name suggests the constituency covers the southern part of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire, including Fratton, the seaside resort of Southsea and HMNB Portsmouth (Portsmouth Naval Dockyard) within the city bounds. The northern part is represented by Portsmouth North.

History

The constituency was created in 1918 when the larger Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South. The Central constituency was abolished in 1950.

In the 2010 general election campaign independent candidate Les Cummings distributed a leaflet claiming that incumbent MP Mike Hancock was a paedophile. This was later proved in court to be false. Cummings was subsequently convicted under the 1983 Representation of the People Act for distributing material which was known to be false with the intention of smearing or defaming to affect the return of a member of parilament. Cummings was fined £500.

Constituency profile

This constituency is marginally less affluent than its neighbour, with in December 2012 slightly higher unemployment, but considerably below the national average of all constituencies in terms of the claimant count.^[2] Notwithstanding this following World War II the city has a large proportion of flats, increasingly in a more aesthetic apartment style, some being cheap social housing and brutalist tower blocks; however, the majority of the city is of semi-detached and terraced nature with a mixture of incomes centred around the national average^[3] and excellent amenities.^[4]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[5]	Party
1918	Herbert Cayzer	Conservative
1922 by-election	Leslie Wilson	Conservative
1923 by-election	Sir Herbert Cayzer, Bt.	Conservative
1939 by-election	Sir Jocelyn Lucas, Bt.	Conservative
1966	Bonner Pink	Conservative
1984 by-election	Mike Hancock	SDP
1987	David Martin	Conservative
1997	Mike Hancock	Liberal Democrat
2013	Mike Hancock	Independent
2015	Flick Drummond	Conservative
2017	Stephen Morgan	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Portsmouth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Morgan	18,290	41.0	+21.5
	Conservative	Flick Drummond	16,736	37.6	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Gerald Vernon-Jackson	7,699	17.3	-5.0
	UKIP	Kevan Chippindall-Higgin	1,129	2.5	-10.8
	Green	Ian McCulloch^[6]	712	1.6	-5.9
Majority			1,554	3.5
Turnout			44,566	63.9	+5.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.4

General Election 2015: Portsmouth South^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Flick Drummond	14,585	34.8	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Gerald Vernon-Jackson	9,344	22.3	−23.6
	Labour	Sue Castillon	8,184	19.5	+5.9
	UKIP	Steve Harris	5,595	13.4	+11.2
	Green	Ian McCulloch	3,145	7.5	+5.8
	Independent	Mike Hancock	716	1.7	N/A
	TUSC	Sean Hoyle	235	0.6	N/A
	JAC	Don Jerrard	99	0.2	0.0
Majority			5,241	12.5
Turnout			41,903	58.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	−12.6

General Election 2010: Portsmouth South^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Hancock	18,921	45.9	+4.2
	Conservative	Flick Drummond	13,721	33.3	−0.4
	Labour	John Ferrett	5,640	13.7	−8.7
	UKIP	Robert Robinson	876	2.1	−0.2
	BNP	Geoff Crompton	873	2.1	N/A
	Green	Tim Dawes	716	1.7	N/A
	English Democrat	Ian Ducain	400	1.0	N/A
	JAC	Les Cummings	117	0.3	N/A
Majority			5,200	12.6
Turnout			41,264	58.7	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Portsmouth South^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Hancock	17,047	42.2	−2.4
	Conservative	Caroline Dinenage	13,685	33.9	+4.8
	Labour	Mark Button	8,714	21.6	−2.3
	UKIP	Dennis Pierson	928	2.3	+1.5
Majority			3,362	8.3
Turnout			40,374	56.9	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−3.6

General Election 2001: Portsmouth South^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Hancock	17,490	44.6	+5.1
	Conservative	Philip Warr	11,396	29.1	−2.1
	Labour	Graham Heaney	9,361	23.9	−1.4
	Socialist Alliance	Jonathan Molyneux	647	1.6	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Tarrant	321	0.8	+0.5
Majority			6,094	15.5
Turnout			39,216	50.9	−12.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Portsmouth South^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Hancock	20,421	39.5	-2.5
	Conservative	David Martin	16,094	31.1	-11.4
	Labour	Alan Burnett	13,086	25.3	+10.7
	Referendum	Christopher Trim	1,629	3.2	N/A
	Liberal	John Thompson	184	0.4	N/A
	UKIP	Jill Evans	141	0.3	N/A
	Natural Law	William Trend	140	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,327	8.4
Turnout				63.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.0

General Election 1992: Portsmouth South^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Martin	22,798	42.5	−0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Hancock	22,556	42.0	−0.9
	Labour	Syd Rapson	7,857	14.6	+1.7
	Green	Aleksander Zivkovic	349	0.7	+0.7
	Natural Law	William Trend	91	0.2	+0.2
Majority			242	0.5	+0.1
Turnout			53,651	69.1	−2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Portsmouth South^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Martin	23,534	43.3	−6.7
	Social Democratic	Michael Hancock	23,329	42.9	+17.5
	Labour	Keith Gardiner	7,047	13.0	−9.6
	657 Party	Martyn Hughes	455	0.8	N/A
Majority			205	0.4
Turnout			76,292	71.3	+3.9
	Conservative gain from Social Democratic		Swing

By-election 1984: Portsmouth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Social Democratic	Michael Hancock	15,358	37.6	+12.1
	Conservative	Patrick Rock	14,017	34.3	-15.7
	Labour	Sally Thomas	10,846	26.5	+4.0
	National Front	Gordon Knight	226	0.5	0.0
	Ecology	Terry Mitchell	190	0.5	N/A
	Independent Liberal	Alan Evens	113	0.3	-0.8
	Independent Ecology	Thomas Layton	50	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Anthony Andrews	42	0.1	N/A
	New National Party	Peter Smith	41	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,341	3.3	-21.3
Turnout				54.5	-12.8
	Social Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Portsmouth South^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bonner Pink	25,101	50.01
	Social Democratic	Mike Hancock	12,766	25.43
	Labour	Sally T Thomas	11,324	22.56
	Independent Liberal	Alan J Evens	554	1.10
	National Front	Gordon A Knight	279	0.56
	Traditional English Food	DW Fry	172	0.34
Majority			12,335	24.57
Turnout				67.34
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Portsmouth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bonner Pink	26,835	54.67
	Labour	Sally T. Thomas	15,306	31.18
	Liberal	J Wallis	6,487	13.22
	National Front	W Donkin	457	0.93
Majority			11,529	23.49
Turnout				72.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Portsmouth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bonner Pink	23,379	47.61
	Labour	AM Halmos	15,308	31.17
	Liberal	M Tribe	9,807	19.97
	Marxist-Leninist (England)	AD Rifkin	612	1.25
Majority			8,071	16.44
Turnout				69.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Portsmouth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bonner Pink	26,824	50.26
	Labour	S Lloyd	15,842	29.69
	Liberal	J Williams	10,307	19.31
	Marxist-Leninist (England)	AD Rifkin	394	0.74
Majority			10,982	20.58
Turnout				75.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Portsmouth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bonner Pink	23,962	63.38
	Labour	John White	13,847	36.62
Majority			10,115	26.75
Turnout				67.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Portsmouth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bonner Pink	22,713	60.65
	Labour	Patten Bridge Smith	14,738	39.35
Majority			7,975	21.29
Turnout				70.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Portsmouth South^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jocelyn Lucas	24,387	63.69
	Labour	Richard WS Pryke	13,904	36.31
Majority			10,483	27.38
Turnout				71.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Portsmouth South^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jocelyn Lucas	27,892	69.96
	Labour	Frank Towell	11,979	30.04
Majority			15,913	39.91
Turnout				72.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Portsmouth South^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jocelyn Lucas	27,887	67.22
	Labour	Lawrence W Carroll	13,600	32.78
Majority			14,287	34.44
Turnout				72.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Portsmouth South^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jocelyn Lucas	30,548	63.78
	Labour	Douglas S Wallace	17,350	36.22
Majority			13,198	27.55
Turnout				80.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Portsmouth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jocelyn Lucas	31,124	63.95
	Labour	Leslie Charles Merrion	17,545	36.05
Majority			13,579	27.90
Turnout				83.50
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Portsmouth South^[23]^{[n 2]}
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jocelyn Lucas	15,810	55.29	−19.91
	Labour	J.F. Blitz	12,783	44.71	+19.91
Majority			3,027	10.59	−39.80
Turnout			28,593	74.95	+8.01
Registered electors			38,150
	Conservative hold		Swing	−19.91

Elections in the 1930s

By-election, July 1939: Portsmouth South^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jocelyn Lucas	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General Election 1935: Portsmouth South^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Cayzer	27,416	75.20	−5.68
	Labour	John W Fawcett	9,043	24.80	+5.68
Majority			18,373	50.39	−11.37
Turnout			36,459	66.94	−5.78
Registered electors			54,463
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.68

General Election 1931: Portsmouth South^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Cayzer	32,634	80.88	+44.06
	Labour	WJ Beck	7,715	19.12	−5.63
Majority			24,919	61.76	+49.68
Turnout			40,349	72.72	−2.42
Registered electors			55,488
	Conservative hold		Swing	+24.85

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Portsmouth South^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Cayzer	15,068	36.82	−36.14
	Labour	Jessie Stephen	10,127	24.75	−2.29
	Independent Conservative	Frank Privett	9,505	23.23	N/A
	Liberal	Charles Rudkin	6,214	15.19	N/A
Majority			4,941	12.08	−33.84
Turnout			40,914	75.14	+0.94
Registered electors			54,449
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Portsmouth South^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Cayzer	22,423	72.96	+17.00
	Labour	Jessie Stephen	8,310	27.04	+2.17
Majority			14,113	45.92	+14.83
Turnout			30,733	74.20	+1.48
Registered electors			41,417
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.42

General Election 1923: Portsmouth South^[23]^{[n 3]}
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Cayzer	16,625	55.96	−12.77
	Labour	Jessie Stephen	7,388	24.87	N/A
	Liberal	S. R. Drury-Lowe	5,698	19.18	−12.09
Majority			9,237	31.09	−6.38
Turnout			29,711	72.72	−1.94
Registered electors			40,854
	Conservative hold		Swing	−18.82

By-election, 13 August 1923: Portsmouth South^[23]^{[n 4]}
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Cayzer	11,884	54.90	−13.83
	Liberal	Henry Merrick Lawson	9,763	45.10	N/A
Majority			2,121	9.80	−17.67
Turnout			21,647	54.90	−18.76
Registered electors			39,426
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

By-election, 13 December 1922: Portsmouth South^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Leslie Orme Wilson	14,301	62.90	−5.83
	Independent Conservative	GC Thomas	8,434	37.10	N/A
Majority			5,867	25.81	−11.66
Turnout			22,735	57.66	−16.00
Registered electors			39,426
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1922: Portsmouth South^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Herbert Cayzer	19,960	68.73	+0.43
	Liberal	Henry Merrick Lawson	9,080	31.27	+12.80
Majority			10,880	37.47	−12.36
Turnout			29,040	73.66	+11.69
Registered electors			39,426
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.19

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Portsmouth South^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Coalition Conservative	Herbert Cayzer	15,842	68.30	N/A
	Liberal	Alison Vickers Garland	4,283	18.47	N/A
	Labour	James Lacey	3,070	13.24	N/A
Majority			11,559	49.83	N/A
Turnout			23,195	61.97	N/A
Registered electors			37,427
	Coalition Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ Results compared to the 1935 General Election, not the 1939 by-election
↑ Results compared to the 1922 General Election, not the 1922 or the 1923 by-elections
↑ Results compared to the 1922 General Election, not the 1922 by-election

References

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↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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Liberal Democrats (2)	Eastbourne Oxford West and Abingdon
Green (1)	Brighton Pavilion
Speaker (1)	Buckingham
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