Eastleigh is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Paul Holmes, a Conservative.
Eastleigh | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 78,313 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Eastleigh, Bishopstoke, Botley, Hedge End and Hamble-le-Rice |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1955 |
Member of Parliament | Paul Holmes (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Winchester (fraction of) |
The seat forms part of the South Hampshire conurbation between Southampton and Portsmouth, including the railway town of Eastleigh itself, the postwar Hedge End and the Hamble peninsula which is known for boat building and sailing. Residents' health and wealth are around average for the UK.[2]
1955–1974: The Borough of Eastleigh, in the Rural District of New Forest the parishes of Eling and Netley Marsh, in the Rural District of Romsey and Stockbridge the parishes of Ampfield, Chilworth, North Baddesley, and Nursling and Rownhams, and in the Rural District of Winchester the parishes of Botley, Bursledon, Hamble, Hedge End, Hound, and West End.
1974–1983: The Boroughs of Eastleigh and Romsey, in the Rural District of Romsey and Stockbridge the parishes of Ampfield, Braishfield, Chilworth, Melchet Park and Plaitford, Michelmersh, North Baddesley, Nursling and Rownhams, Romsey Extra, Sherfield English, and Wellow, and in the Rural District of Winchester the parishes of Botley, Bursledon, Hamble, Hedge End, Hound, and West End.
1983–1997: The Borough of Eastleigh, and the City of Southampton ward of Woolston.
1997–2010: The Borough of Eastleigh wards of Bishopstoke, Botley, Bursledon, Eastleigh Central, Eastleigh North, Eastleigh South, Eastleigh West, Fair Oak, Hamble, Hedge End St John's, Hedge End Wildern, Hound, West End North, and West End South.
2010–present: The Borough of Eastleigh wards of Bishopstoke East, Bishopstoke West, Botley, Bursledon and Old Netley, Eastleigh Central, Eastleigh North, Eastleigh South, Fair Oak and Horton Heath, Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath, Hedge End Grange Park, Hedge End St John's, Hedge End Wildern, Netley Abbey, West End North, and West End South.
The constituency lies in a long band east of Southampton in Hampshire that stretches from Eastleigh to the sailing centre of Hamble, and comprises all of the Borough of Eastleigh apart from part of the town of Chandler's Ford[n 2] which is in the Winchester constituency.[4]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat will undergo major changes with southern areas, including the communities of Hedge End, Botley, Netley and Hamble-le-Rice (currently 42% of the electorate) forming about half the newly created constituency of Hamble Valley.[6] To compensate, Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury will be transferred in from Winchester, along with the neighbouring Test Valley ward of Valley Park, currently included in Romsey and Southampton North.
Eastleigh constituency was created for the 1955 general election; before then Eastleigh itself had been in the Winchester constituency. It was a fairly safe seat for the Conservatives for nearly forty years until the death of its then MP, former journalist Stephen Milligan, in 1994. At the subsequent by-election, the Liberal Democrats gained the seat on a very large swing, and then held Eastleigh in the four following general elections (1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010), though with somewhat narrow majorities.
Chris Huhne, the MP from 2005 to 2013, was his party's environment spokesman in opposition, before becoming the Liberal Democrat senior spokesman for the Home Office (or Second Shadow Home Secretary). While in the previous role Huhne stood unsuccessfully for party leader in 2006 against Menzies Campbell and again in 2007 against Nick Clegg. Following the 2010 general election, Huhne joined the coalition government's cabinet as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, but resigned as an MP in February 2013 after admitting perverting the course of justice over a speeding case.[7] His resignation took effect from 5 February, and the following day it was confirmed that a by-election to fill the vacancy would be held on 28 February 2013.[8] Mike Thornton retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in the by-election. However, at the 2015 general election Thornton was defeated by the Conservative Mims Davies. Since then the seat has been held by the Conservatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Shearer [10] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Liz Jarvis[11] | ||||
Conservative | Samuel Joynson[12] | ||||
Green | Ben Parry[13] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Holmes | 32,690 | 55.4 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Murphy | 17,083 | 29.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Sam Jordan | 7,559 | 12.8 | -7.2 | |
Green | Ron Meldrum | 1,639 | 2.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 15,607 | 26.4 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 58,971 | 70.3 | -0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mims Davies | 28,889 | 50.4 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Thornton | 14,710 | 25.7 | -0.1 | |
Labour | Jill Payne | 11,454 | 20.0 | +7.1 | |
UKIP | Malcolm Jones | 1,477 | 2.6 | -13.2 | |
Green | Ron Meldrum | 750 | 1.3 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 14,179 | 24.7 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 57,280 | 70.5 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mims Davies[17] | 23,464 | 42.3 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Thornton | 14,317 | 25.8 | -20.7 | |
UKIP | Patricia Culligan[18] | 8,783 | 15.8 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Mark Latham[19] | 7,181 | 12.9 | +3.3 | |
Green | Ron Meldrum[20] | 1,513 | 2.7 | New | |
Beer, Baccy and Scratchings | Ray Hall | 133 | 0.2 | N/A | |
TUSC | Declan Clune | 114 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,147 | 16.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,505 | 69.7 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mike Thornton | 13,342 | 32.1 | -14.4 | |
UKIP | Diane James | 11,571 | 27.8 | +24.2 | |
Conservative | Maria Hutchings | 10,559 | 25.4 | -13.9 | |
Labour | John O'Farrell | 4,088 | 9.8 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Danny Stupple | 768 | 1.9 | New | |
NHA | Iain Maclennan | 392 | 0.9 | New | |
Beer, Baccy and Crumpet Party | Ray Hall | 235 | 0.6 | New | |
Christian | Kevin Milburn | 163 | 0.4 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 136 | 0.3 | New | |
Peace | Jim Duggan | 128 | 0.3 | New | |
Elvis Loves Pets | David Bishop | 72 | 0.2 | New | |
English Democrat | Michael Walters | 70 | 0.2 | -0.3 | |
TUSC | Daz Procter | 62 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Wessex Regionalist | Colin Bex | 30 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,771 | 4.3 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,616 | 52.8 | -16.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -19.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Huhne | 24,966 | 46.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Maria Hutchings | 21,102 | 39.3 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Leo Barraclough | 5,153 | 9.6 | −11.5 | |
UKIP | Ray Finch | 1,933 | 3.6 | +0.2 | |
English Democrat | Tony Pewsey | 249 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent | Dave Stone | 154 | 0.3 | New | |
National Liberal | Keith Low | 93 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,864 | 7.2 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,650 | 69.3 | +4.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Huhne | 19,216 | 38.6 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Conor Burns | 18,648 | 37.5 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Chris Watt | 10,238 | 20.6 | −1.3 | |
UKIP | Christopher Murphy | 1,669 | 3.4 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 568 | 1.1 | -5.3 | ||
Turnout | 49,771 | 64.8 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Chidgey | 19,360 | 40.7 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Conor Burns | 16,302 | 34.3 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Sam Jaffa | 10,426 | 21.9 | −4.9 | |
UKIP | Stephen Challis | 849 | 1.8 | +1.0 | |
Green | Martha Lyn | 636 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,058 | 6.4 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,573 | 63.8 | −12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Chidgey | 19,453 | 35.1 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen Reid | 18,699 | 33.7 | −17.2 | |
Labour | Alan Lloyd | 14,883 | 26.8 | +7.2 | |
Referendum | Victor Eldridge | 2,013 | 3.6 | New | |
UKIP | P.W. Robinson | 446 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 754 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,494 | 76.9 | −6.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Chidgey | 24,473 | 44.3 | +16.3 | |
Labour | Marilyn Birks | 15,234 | 27.6 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Stephen Allison | 13,675 | 24.7 | −26.6 | |
UKIP | Nigel Farage | 952 | 1.7 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 783 | 1.4 | New | |
Natural Law | P. Warburton | 145 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 9,239 | 16.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,272 | 58.2 | −24.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Milligan | 38,998 | 51.3 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Chidgey | 21,296 | 28.0 | −4.0 | |
Labour | Johanna E. Sugrue | 15,768 | 20.7 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 17,702 | 23.3 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 76,062 | 82.9 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Price | 35,584 | 51.3 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Martin Kyrle | 22,229 | 32.0 | +1.5 | |
Labour | David Bull | 11,599 | 16.7 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 13,355 | 19.2 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 69,412 | 79.3 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Price | 32,393 | 51.0 | -4.9 | |
Liberal | Martin Kyrle | 19,385 | 30.5 | +12.9 | |
Labour | Peter Hallmann | 11,736 | 18.5 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 13,008 | 20.5 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 63,514 | 77.0 | -3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Price | 38,516 | 55.92 | +10.95 | |
Labour | C.E. Roberts | 18,222 | 26.45 | -5.43 | |
Liberal | G.D. Johnson | 12,143 | 17.63 | -5.52 | |
Majority | 20,294 | 29.47 | +16.39 | ||
Turnout | 68,881 | 80.66 | +1.85 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.19 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Price | 26,869 | 44.97 | +0.48 | |
Labour | E. Presman | 19,054 | 31.89 | +3.18 | |
Liberal | G.D. Johnson | 13,832 | 23.15 | -5.56 | |
Majority | 7,815 | 13.08 | -2.70 | ||
Turnout | 59,755 | 78.81 | -6.52 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.83 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Price | 28,512 | 44.49 | -6.54 | |
Labour | E. Presman | 18,402 | 28.71 | -8.76 | |
Liberal | G.D. Johnson | 17,178 | 26.80 | +15.30 | |
Majority | 10,110 | 15.78 | +2.22 | ||
Turnout | 64,092 | 85.33 | +6.89 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.11 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Price | 30,300 | 51.03 | +5.62 | |
Labour | Robert TF Flach | 22,248 | 37.47 | -6.64 | |
Liberal | Christopher J Clayton | 6,825 | 11.50 | +1.02 | |
Majority | 8,052 | 13.56 | +12.26 | ||
Turnout | 59,373 | 78.42 | -5.32 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.13 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Price | 24,337 | 45.41 | -0.12 | |
Labour | JA Antony Evans | 23,636 | 44.11 | +3.63 | |
Liberal | John Foster-Rice | 5,617 | 10.48 | -2.51 | |
Majority | 701 | 1.30 | -2.75 | ||
Turnout | 53,590 | 83.74 | -0.15 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Price | 23,429 | 45.53 | -7.96 | |
Labour | Jonathan SF Boswell | 21,341 | 41.48 | -5.03 | |
Liberal | John Foster-Rice | 6,685 | 12.99 | New | |
Majority | 2,088 | 4.05 | -2.93 | ||
Turnout | 51,455 | 83.89 | -0.56 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.46 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Price | 24,949 | 53.49 | +2.81 | |
Labour | Christopher Rowland | 21,693 | 46.51 | -2.81 | |
Majority | 3,256 | 6.98 | +5.62 | ||
Turnout | 46,642 | 84.47 | -3.05 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.81 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Price | 20,215 | 50.68 | ||
Labour | John Haire | 19,670 | 49.32 | ||
Majority | 545 | 1.36 | |||
Turnout | 39,885 | 81.52 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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