Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 50°50′11″N 0°46′45″W / 50.83652°N 0.77918°W
Chichester | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Chichester in West Sussex for the 2007 general election. | |
Location of West Sussex within England. | |
County | West Sussex |
Population | 104,374 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 81,804 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Chichester, Midhurst, Selsey and West Wittering |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1295 |
Member of parliament | Andrew Tyrie (Conservative) |
Number of members |
1295–1868: Two 1868–: One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Chichester is a constituency[n 1] in West Sussex, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Andrew Tyrie of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
History
Chichester centres on the small medieval cathedral city by the South Downs National Park and is one of the oldest constituencies in the UK having been created when commoners were first called to the Model Parliament in 1295 as one of the original Parliamentary boroughs returning two members. The seat has sent one member since 1868, by the Reform Act 1867.
In its various forms, Chichester has been a Conservative stronghold since 1924.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Chichester, the Sessional Divisions of Arundel and Chichester, and part of the Sessional Division of Steyning.
1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Arundel and Chichester, the Urban Districts of Bognor and Littlehampton, and the Rural Districts of East Preston, Midhurst, Petworth, Westbourne, and Westhampnett.
1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Chichester, the Urban District of Bognor Regis, and the Rural District of Chichester.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Chichester, the Rural Districts of Midhurst and Petworth, and part of the Rural District of Chichester.
1983-1997: The District of Chichester.
1997-2010: All the wards of the District of Chichester except the Bury, Plaistow and Wisborough Green wards.
2010-present: The District of Chichester wards of Bosham, Boxgrove, Chichester East, Chichester North, Chichester South, Chichester West, Donnington, Easebourne, East Wittering, Fernhurst, Fishbourne, Funtington, Harting, Lavant, Midhurst, North Mundham, Plaistow, Rogate, Selsey North, Selsey South, Sidlesham, Southbourne, Stedham, Tangmere, West Wittering, and Westbourne.
The constituency is based in the western portion of West Sussex, centred on the city of Chichester and covers the majority of the Chichester district. Other towns in the constituency include Midhurst and Selsey.
Prior to the 1974 redistribution, Chichester was a much more compact constituency, taking in the eastern towns of Arundel and Bognor Regis at various times, but the greater growth in population of other seats nationally, including in Sussex settlements of Crawley, Horsham and Brighton meant that the constituency was expanded to the north to give it equal population.
Constituency profile
This large, predominantly rural constituency runs from the West Sussex border with Surrey, through the South Downs, to the seaside resorts of Selsey and The Witterings. The small cathedral city of Chichester and Georgian market town of Midhurst are the main population centres. There is a cluster of settlements near the Hampshire border with Havant, in the west. There are a few pockets of deprivation on the outskirts of Chichester. The seat has been Conservative since 1924 and their candidate's present 55.3% of the vote is close to the average polled since 1983. The closest election since 1983 has been the 1997 general election, where a Liberal Democrat gained 29% of the vote. In that period the best performance by a Labour candidate was in 2001, with 21.4% of the vote. In terms of the fourth party since 2001, the three general elections to 2010 saw an increase in support for the UK Independence Party to their highest level to date, 6.8%.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295–1660
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- Constituency created 1295
MPs 1660–1868
MPs since 1868
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Chichester[9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Andrew Tyrie | 32,953 | 57.7 | +2.3 | |
UKIP | Andrew Moncreiff[10] | 8,540 | 14.9 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Mark Farwell[11] | 6,933 | 12.1 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Smith[12] | 4,865 | 8.5 | -18.9 | |
Greens | Jasper Richmond[13] | 3,742 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Patria | Andrew Emerson | 106 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 24,413 | 42.7 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 57,139 | 68.4 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
General Election 2010: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Andrew Tyrie | 31,427 | 55.3 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Martin Lury | 15,550 | 27.4 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Simon Holland | 5,937 | 10.5 | −8.1 | |
UKIP | Andrew Moncreiff | 3,873 | 6.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 15,877 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 56,787 | 69.7 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Andrew Tyrie | 25,302 | 48.3 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Hilliar | 14,442 | 27.6 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Jonathan Austin | 9,632 | 18.4 | −3.0 | |
UKIP | Douglas Denny | 3,025 | 5.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 10,860 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 52,401 | 66.6 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
General Election 2001: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Andrew Tyrie | 23,320 | 47.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Lynne Ravenscroft | 11,965 | 24.1 | −4.8 | |
Labour | Celia Barlow | 10,627 | 21.4 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | Douglas Denny | 2,380 | 4.8 | +3.4 | |
Green | Gavin Graham | 1,292 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,355 | 22.9 | |||
Turnout | 49,584 | 63.8 | -10.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Andrew Tyrie | 25,895 | 46.4 | −12.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dr Peter Gardiner | 16,161 | 29.0 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Charlie Smith | 9,605 | 17.2 | +5.9 | |
Referendum | Douglas Denny | 3,318 | 5.9 | N/A | |
UKIP | J.G. Rix | 800 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,734 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 55,779 | 74.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.
General Election 1992: Chichester[14] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anthony Nelson | 37,906 | 59.3 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter F. Gardiner | 17,019 | 26.6 | -1.7 | |
Labour | Mrs Diane M. Andrewes | 7,192 | 11.3 | +3.4 | |
Green | Eric Paine | 876 | 1.4 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | Ms. JL Weights | 643 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Natural Law | Ms. JL Jackson | 238 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 20,887 | 32.7 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 63,874 | 77.8 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anthony Nelson | 37,274 | 61.8 | -1.9 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | P.F. Weston | 17,097 | 28.3 | +0.7 | |
Labour | D Morrison | 4,751 | 7.9 | +0.7 | |
Green | I F N Bagnall | 1,196 | 2.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 20,177 | 33.5 | |||
Turnout | 60,318 | 74.4 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anthony Nelson | 35,482 | 63.7 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | H. Gibson | 15,365 | 27.6 | ||
Labour | R.H. Rhodes | 3,995 | 7.2 | ||
Ecology | J. Sherlock | 838 | 1.5 | ||
Majority | 20,117 | 36.1 | |||
Turnout | 55,680 | 72.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anthony Nelson | 34,696 | 62.29 | ||
Liberal | J Rix | 10,920 | 19.60 | ||
Labour | GN Cooke | 8,569 | 15.38 | ||
United Country | E Iremonger | 863 | 1.55 | ||
Ecology | N Bagnall | 656 | 1.18 | ||
Majority | 23,776 | 42.68 | |||
Turnout | 75.56 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Anthony Nelson | 26,942 | 52.51 | ||
Liberal | GA Jeffs | 15,601 | 30.41 | ||
Labour | NJM Smith | 8,767 | 17.09 | ||
Majority | 11,341 | 22.10 | |||
Turnout | 73.54 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Christopher John Chataway | 29,127 | 53.25 | ||
Liberal | G Jeffs | 17,714 | 32.39 | ||
Labour | NJM Smith | 7,854 | 14.36 | ||
Majority | 11,413 | 20.87 | |||
Turnout | 79.12 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1970: Chichester
Electorate 87,116 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Christopher John Chataway | 38,120 | 62.60 | ||
Labour | Neville Devonshire Sandelson | 12,574 | 20.65 | ||
Liberal | Denys G Kinsella | 10,205 | 16.76 | ||
Majority | 25,546 | 41.95 | |||
Turnout | 60,899 | 69.91 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Chichester by-election, 1969 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Christopher John Chataway | 31,966 | 74.16 | +17.00 | |
Liberal | Denys G Kinsella | 5,879 | 13.64 | -4.07 | |
Labour | John White | 5,257 | 12.20 | -12.93 | |
Majority | 26,087 | ||||
Turnout | 43,102 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1966: Chichester
Electorate 74,951 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Walter Harris Loveys | 31,358 | 57.16 | ||
Labour | David J Burnett | 13,784 | 25.13 | ||
Liberal | Patrick J Collins | 9,714 | 17.71 | ||
Majority | 17,574 | 32.04 | |||
Turnout | 54,856 | 73.19 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.15 | |||
General Election 1964: Chichester
Electorate 70,637 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Walter Harris Loveys | 30,225 | 57.80 | ||
Liberal | Denys G Kinsella | 11,912 | 22.78 | ||
Labour | Adrian J Cohen | 10,155 | 19.42 | ||
Majority | 18,313 | 35.02 | |||
Turnout | 52,292 | 74.03 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Chichester
Electorate 63,958 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Walter Harris Loveys | 30,755 | 65.14 | ||
Labour | John S Spooner | 9,546 | 20.22 | ||
Liberal | Jackson Newman | 6,913 | 14.64 | ||
Majority | 21,209 | 44.92 | |||
Turnout | 47,214 | 73.82 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By Election 6 November 1958: Chichester
W Edgar Simpkins | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Walter Harris Loveys | 23,158 | |||
Labour | WE Simkins | 9,504 | |||
Majority | 13,654 | ||||
Turnout | 32,662 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Chichester
Electorate 60,712 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks | 30,857 | 70.79 | ||
Labour | Mervyn Jones | 12,735 | 29.21 | ||
Majority | 18,122 | 41.57 | |||
Turnout | 43,592 | 71.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Chichester
Electorate 59,667 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks | 32,166 | 69.72 | ||
Labour | David G Packham | 13,971 | 30.28 | ||
Majority | 18,195 | 39.44 | |||
Turnout | 77.32 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1950: Chichester
Electorate 57,946 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks | 29,106 | 62.42 | ||
Labour | David G Packham | 12,614 | 27.05 | ||
Liberal | RV Gibson | 4,911 | 10.53 | ||
Majority | 16,492 | 35.37 | |||
Turnout | 80.47 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Chichester
Electorate 83,158 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lt-Cmdr. Hon. Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks | 30,989 | 54.61 | ||
Labour | Mrs. R F Chamberlayne | 13,670 | 24.09 | ||
Liberal | Wg-Cmdr. Gerald Kidd | 11,345 | 19.99 | ||
Independent | Flg-Off. MH Woodard | 625 | 1.10 | ||
Democratic | Paul T Carter | 118 | 0.21 | ||
Majority | 17,319 | 30.52 | |||
Turnout | 68.24 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Chichester by-election, 1942
Electorate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lt-Cmdr. Hon. Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks | 15,634 | 58.1 | ||
Independent Progressive | Fl-Lt. Gerald Kidd | 10,564 | |||
Independent | A. A. W. Tribe | 706 | |||
Majority | 5,070 | ||||
Turnout | 29.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1939/40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: John Sewell Courtauld, Labour: Mrs E A Weston, British Union: Charles Edward Hudson.
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1935: Chichester
Electorate 81,239 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Sewell Courtauld | 37,882 | 78.32 | ||
Labour | C W Higgins | 10,484 | 21.7 | ||
Majority | 27,398 | 56.65 | |||
Turnout | 59.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1931: Chichester
Electorate 72,751 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Sewell Courtauld | 43,756 | 87.79 | ||
Labour | C W Higgins | 6,085 | 12.21 | ||
Majority | 37,671 | 75.58 | |||
Turnout | 68.51 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | John Sewell Courtauld | 26,278 | 60.2 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | John Freeman Dunn | 17,398 | 39.8 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 8,880 | 20.4 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,676 | 64.9 | -7.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
General Election 1924 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | John Sewell Courtauld | 20,710 | 59.4 | ||
Liberal | Charles Mark Clement Rudkin | 12,416 | 35.6 | ||
Labour | Richard Henry Kennard Hope | 1,765 | 5.1 | ||
Majority | 8,294 | 23.8 | |||
Turnout | 34,891 | 72.4 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
General Election 1923: Chichester | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Charles Mark Clement Rudkin | 14,513 | 52.1 | n/a | |
Unionist | Sir William Barrott Montfort Bird | 13,348 | 47.9 | ||
Majority | 1,165 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 27,861 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1922 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Sir William Barrott Montfort Bird | 19,494 | |||
Labour | Richard Henry Kennard Hope | 6,752 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Chichester by-election, 1921
Electorate | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Sir William Barrott Montfort Bird | unopposed | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918
Electorate 42,131 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | 14,491 | ||||
Labour | Frederick Ernest Green | 6,705 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
A # denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ "Chichester: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, later editions, and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- 1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
- ↑ "Chichester 1660-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "People". UKIP Chichester. Retrieved 12 Jan 2015.
- ↑ http://www.labour.org.uk/people/detail/mark-farwell
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/chichester-2015.html
- ↑ "People". Democracy Club. Retrieved 14 Mar 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
- Sources
- Election result, 2010 (BBC)
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 - 2010 (Guardian) (UKIP result for 2001 is incorrect)
- Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945.
- The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950.
- The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955.
External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Chichester — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.