Portsmouth North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Penny Mordaunt, the current Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council. She is a Conservative MP.[n 2]
Portsmouth North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 71,798 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Cosham. Hilsea. Farlington |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Portsmouth West and Portsmouth Langstone |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Portsmouth |
Replaced by | Portsmouth West |
1918–1950: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Charles Dickens, Mile End, North End, and Portsea.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Cosham, Farlington, Meredith, Nelson, North End, Paulsgrove, Portsea, and St Mary and Guildhall.
1983–1997: The City of Portsmouth wards of Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove, and the Borough of Havant wards of Purbrook and Stakes.
1997–2010: The City of Portsmouth wards of Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove.
2010–present: The City of Portsmouth wards of Baffins, Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove.
As its name suggests, the constituency covers the northern portion of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged.[2]
The constituency was created in 1918 when the two-seat Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South.
It was abolished for the 1950 general election and largely replaced by a new Portsmouth West constituency as the axis of division changed, but was re-established for the February 1974 general election.
This urban seat is of average affluence[3] and incomes, with relatively low unemployment compared to the national average measured at the end of 2012 at 3.8% (claimant count) as opposed to 2.3% average across the region.[4]
Taken together with Portsmouth West, it has been one of the most long-standing bellwethers (of the national election winner), having that status since 1966.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir Bertram Falle, Bt. | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Conservative | ||
1934 by-election | Admiral Sir Roger Keyes | Conservative | |
1943 by-election | Admiral Sir William James | Conservative | |
1945 | Donald Bruce | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Portsmouth West |
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Frank Judd | Labour | |
1979 | Peter Griffiths | Conservative | |
1997 | Syd Rapson | Labour | |
2005 | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Labour Co-operative | |
2010 | Penny Mordaunt | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Penny Mordaunt[5] | ||||
Reform UK | Melvyn Todd[6] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 28,172 | 61.4 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Amanda Martin | 12,392 | 27.0 | −6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antonia Harrison | 3,419 | 7.4 | +1.9 | |
Green | Lloyd Day | 1,304 | 2.8 | +1.1 | |
Independent | George Madgwick | 623 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 15,780 | 34.4 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,910 | 64.4 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 25,860 | 54.8 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Rumal Khan | 15,895 | 33.7 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 2,608 | 5.5 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald | 1,926 | 4.1 | −15.0 | |
Green | Ken Hawkins[9] | 791 | 1.7 | −1.5 | |
Libertarian | Joe Jenkins | 130 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 9,965 | 21.1 | -2.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,210 | 66.1 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 21,343 | 47.0 | +2.7 | |
Labour | John Ferrett | 10,806 | 23.8 | −4.0 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald[11] | 8,660 | 19.1 | +15.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 2,828 | 6.2 | −13.9 | |
Green | Gavin Ellis [12] | 1,450 | 3.2 | +2.1 | |
TUSC | Jon Woods | 231 | 0.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 10,537 | 23.2 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,318 | 62.1 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 19,533 | 44.3 | +6.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 12,244 | 27.8 | −13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 8,874 | 20.1 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald | 1,812 | 4.1 | +0.5 | |
English Democrat | David Knight | 1,040 | 2.4 | New | |
Green | Iain Maclennan | 461 | 1.0 | New | |
TUSC | Mick Tosh | 154 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,289 | 16.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,118 | 62.7 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 15,412 | 40.9 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 14,273 | 37.8 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Lawson | 6,684 | 17.7 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | Mike Smith | 1,348 | 3.6 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 1,139 | 3.1 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,717 | 60.0 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Syd Rapson | 18,676 | 50.7 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Christopher Day | 13,542 | 36.7 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 3,795 | 10.3 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | William McCabe | 559 | 1.5 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Brian Bundy | 294 | 0.8 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 5,134 | 14.0 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 36,866 | 57.4 | −12.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Syd Rapson | 21,339 | 47.1 | +13.9 | |
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 17,016 | 37.6 | −13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Sollitt | 4,788 | 10.6 | -4.5 | |
Referendum | Shaun Evelegh | 1,757 | 3.9 | New | |
UKIP | Peter Coe | 298 | 0.7 | New | |
Wessex Regionalist | Colin Bex | 72 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,323 | 9.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,270 | 70.1 | –7.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 32,240 | 52.6 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Alan D. Burnett | 18,359 | 29.9 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex M. Bentley | 10,101 | 16.5 | −8.2 | |
Green | Helen Palmer | 628 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 13,881 | 22.7 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 61,328 | 77.1 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 33,297 | 55.3 | ||
SDP | Elizabeth Mitchell | 14,896 | 24.7 | +1.1 | |
Labour Co-op | David Miles | 12,016 | 20.0 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 18,401 | 30.6 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 60,209 | 74.8 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 31,413 | 55.3 | +6.6 | |
SDP | Stuart Luxon | 13,414 | 23.6 | New | |
Labour | Nigel Beard | 12,013 | 21.1 | -23.2 | |
Majority | 17,999 | 31.7 | +27.4 | ||
Turnout | 56,840 | 72.9 | -5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 26,356 | 48.65 | +5.32 | |
Labour | Frank Judd | 24,045 | 44.38 | -1.49 | |
Liberal | S Brewin | 3,354 | 6.19 | -3.72 | |
National Front | R Hadlow | 298 | 0.55 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | T White | 122 | 0.26 | New | |
Majority | 2,311 | 4.27 | +2.74 | ||
Turnout | 54,177 | 78.66 | +1.81 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Judd | 24,352 | 45.87 | +2.26 | |
Conservative | John Ward | 23,007 | 43.33 | +0.30 | |
Liberal | Eileen Brooks | 5,208 | 9.81 | -3.55 | |
More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 527 | 0.99 | New | |
Majority | 1,345 | 2.54 | +1.96 | ||
Turnout | 53,094 | 76.85 | -3.00 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.28 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Judd | 23,847 | 43.61 | ||
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 23,527 | 43.03 | ||
Liberal | A.J. Peaston | 7,304 | 13.36 | ||
Majority | 320 | 0.58 | |||
Turnout | 54,678 | 79.85 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donald Bruce | 15,352 | 51.09 | +17.79 | |
Conservative | Greville Howard | 14,310 | 47.62 | -19.0 | |
Democratic | John Edward Vincent Keast | 388 | 1.29 | New | |
Majority | 1,042 | 3.47 | +36.23 | ||
Turnout | 30,050 | 75.36 | +10.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 18.88 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William James | 6,735 | 59.7 | -6.9 | |
Common Wealth | Thomas Sargant | 4,545 | 40.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,190 | 19.4 | -13.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,280 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Keyes | 22,956 | 66.62 | +7.02 | |
Labour | Edward Thomas Humby | 11,502 | 33.38 | -7.02 | |
Majority | 11,454 | 33.24 | +14.04 | ||
Turnout | 34,458 | 64.86 | -9.63 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Keyes | 17,582 | 59.6 | -8.8 | |
Labour | Edward Thomas Humby | 11,904 | 40.4 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 5,678 | 19.2 | -17.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,486 | 55.7 | -18.79 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bertram Falle | 26,331 | 69.37 | +24.87 | |
Labour | Kenneth Dewar | 12,182 | 31.63 | -4.57 | |
Majority | 14,149 | 36.74 | +28.44 | ||
Turnout | 38,513 | 74.49 | +3.69 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +14.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Bertram Falle | 15,352 | 44.5 | −18.6 | |
Labour | Edward Archbold | 12,475 | 36.2 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Archibald William Palmer | 6,643 | 19.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,877 | 8.3 | −27.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,470 | 70.8 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 48,688 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Bertram Falle | 17,597 | 63.1 | +12.9 | |
Labour | Olaf Gleeson | 10,279 | 36.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 7,318 | 26.2 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,876 | 75.0 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 37,168 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Bertram Falle | 13,229 | 50.2 | −5.7 | |
Labour | Olaf Gleeson | 9,523 | 36.2 | +9.3 | |
Liberal | William Llewellyn Williams | 3,584 | 13.6 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 3,706 | 14.0 | −15.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,336 | 71.7 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 36,717 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Bertram Falle | 14,168 | 55.9 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 6,808 | 26.9 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas Henry Field Lapthorn | 4,368 | 17.2 | New | |
Majority | 7,360 | 29.0 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,344 | 71.9 | +19.6 | ||
Registered electors | 35,236 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Bertram Falle | 11,427 | 61.8 | |
Naval and Lower-Deck | Lionel Yexley* | 7,063 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 4,364 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 18,490 | 52.3 | |||
Registered electors | 35,367 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
* Yexley (real name, James Woods) was supported by the Lower-Deck Parliamentary Committee, and also the local Liberal association.