Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)

Fareham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Fareham in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	76,457 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Fareham, Portchester, Warsash
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Suella Fernandes (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Gosport & Fareham
1885–1950
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Gosport & Fareham
Created from	South Hampshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Fareham is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since the 2015 General Election it has been represented by Suella Fernandes of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The constituency comprises all wards of the Fareham borough except Stubbington and Hill Head. The largest town in the constituency, as the name suggests, is Fareham. Other communities in the constituency include Portchester, Locks Heath, Warsash and Titchfield.

History

The constituency was first created in 1885, however in 1950 it was abolished to form the constituency of Gosport and Fareham. It was revived again in 1974. The constituency has always been represented by Conservatives.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1950

	Member^[2]	Party
1885	Sir Frederick Fitzwygram	Conservative
1900	Arthur Lee	Conservative
1918	John Humphrey Davidson	Conservative
1931 by-election	Thomas Inskip	Conservative
1939 by-election	Dymoke White	Conservative
1950	constituency abolished: see Gosport and Fareham

MPs since 1974

	Member^[2]	Party
Feb. 1974	Reginald Bennett	Conservative
1979	Sir Peter Lloyd	Conservative
2001	Mark Hoban	Conservative
2015	Suella Fernandes	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Fareham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suella Fernandes^[4]	30,689	56.1	+0.8
	UKIP	Malcolm Jones^[5]	8,427	15.4	+11.3
	Labour	Stuart Rose^[6]	7,800	14.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Winnington^[7]	4,814	8.8	−15.0
	Green	Miles Grindey	2,129	3.9	+2.4
	Independent	Nick Gregory	705	1.3	N/A
	Independent	Harvey Hines	136	0.2	N/A
Majority			22,262	40.7
Turnout			54,700	70.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Fareham^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hoban	30,037	55.3	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Bentley	12,945	23.8	+2.1
	Labour	James Wilson Carr	7,719	14.2	−11.4
	UKIP	Steve Richards	2,235	4.1	+1.2
	Green	Peter Doggett	791	1.5	N/A
	English Democrats	Joe Jenkins	618	1.1	N/A
Majority			17,092	31.5	+7.4
Turnout			54,345	71.6	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Fareham^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hoban	24,151	49.7	+2.6
	Labour	James Wilson Carr	12,449	25.6	−6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Richard de Ste-Croix	10,551	21.7	+3.0
	UKIP	Peter Mason-Apps	1,425	2.9	+0.3
Majority			11,702	24.1	+8.7
Turnout			48,576	66.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

General Election 2001: Fareham^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hoban	21,389	47.1	+0.3
	Labour	James Wilson Carr	14,380	31.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh William Lee Pritchard	8,503	18.7	−0.9
	UKIP	William O’Brien	1,175	2.6	N/A
Majority			7,009	15.4	−4.4
Turnout			45,447	63.5	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Fareham^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Robert Cable Lloyd	24,436	46.8	−14.2
	Labour	Michael A. Prior	14,078	27.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Grace Hill	10,234	19.6	−5.0
	Referendum	Dayne Markham	2,914	5.6	+5.6
	No to Europe	William O'Brien	515	1.0	N/A
Majority			10,358	19.8	−16.6
Turnout			48,576	66.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Fareham^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Robert Cable Lloyd	40,482	61.0	−0.1
	Liberal Democrat	John C. Thompson	16,341	24.6	−5.3
	Labour	Ms. Elizabeth M. Weston	8,766	13.2	+4.1
	Green	Malcolm J. Brimecome	818	1.2	N/A
Majority			24,141	36.4	+5.1
Turnout			66,407	81.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Fareham^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Peter Robert Cable Lloyd	36,781	61.1	−0.7
	Liberal	Timothy Willatt Slack	17,986	29.9	−1.1
	Labour	Michael Francis Merritt	5,451	9.0	+1.8
Majority			18,795	31.2
Turnout			60,218	78.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Fareham^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lloyd	32,762	61.8
	Liberal	Steve Yolland	16,446	31.0
	Labour	D. Sommerville	3,808	7.2
Majority			16,316	30.8
Turnout			53,016	73.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lloyd	28,730	59.0
	Liberal	W.P. Boulden	11,685	24.0
	Labour	B.R. Townsend	8,041	16.5
	National Front	D.C. Vine	252	0.5
Majority			17,045	35.0
Turnout				79.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Bennett	19,053	43.2
	Liberal	P. Smith	14,605	33.1
	Labour	B.R. Townsend	8,153	18.5
	Independent Conservative	W.P. Boulden	1,727	3.9
	National Front	R.M. Doughty	617	1.4
Majority			4,448	10.1
Turnout			44,155	77.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Bennett	22,303	47.6	N/A
	Liberal	P. Smith	14,426	30.8	N/A
	Labour	J. Horne	8,237	17.6	N/A
	Independent Conservative	W.P. Boulden	1,879	4.0	N/A
Majority			7,877	16.8	N/A
Turnout			46,845	82.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dymoke White	35,882	52.47
	Labour	E.A. Bramall	32,501	47.53
Majority			3,381	4.94
Turnout				70.96
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Fareham by-election 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dymoke White	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir Thomas Inskip	31,794	75.07
	Labour	Robert Mack	10,561	24.93
Majority			21,233	50.13
Turnout				61.92
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Fareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Inskip	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fareham by-election, 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Inskip	18,749	65.6
	Labour	A.J. Pearson	6,312	22.1
	Liberal	Conyngham P. Cross	3,517	12.3
Majority			12,437
Turnout				50.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Fareham^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir John Humphrey Davidson	19,756	54.2	-21.0
	Liberal	Conyngham Peters Cross	8,630	23.7	n/a
	Labour	Arthur James Pearson	8,034	22.1	-2.7
Majority			11,126	30.5	-19.9
Turnout				68.0	-0.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Fareham^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir John Humphrey Davidson	19,108	75.2	+5.8
	Labour	Joseph Bowron Baker	6,304	24.8	-5.8
Majority			12,804	50.4	+11.6
Turnout				68.8	+9.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	+5.8

General Election 1923: Fareham ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir John Humphrey Davidson	14,787	69.4	-3.7
	Labour	Joseph Bowron Baker	6,526	30.6	+3.7
Majority			8,261	38.8	-7.4
Turnout				59.7	-7.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.7

General Election 1922 : Fareham ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir John Humphrey Davidson	17,008	73.1	n/a
	Labour	C H Hoare	6,245	26.9	n/a
Majority			10,763	46.2	n/a
Turnout				67.4	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Fareham^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Humphrey Davidson	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

endorsed by Coalition Government

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

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Tories pick Suella Fernandes to represent them in Fareham election". Portsmouth News.
↑ "UKIP announces its contender for Fareham MP". Portsmouth News.
↑ "Stuart Rose PPC page". Labour Party (UK). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
↑ "City fighter is choice for Fareham". Liberal Democrats.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

Sources

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.

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Labour (4)	Hove Oxford East Slough Southampton Test

Green (1)	Brighton Pavilion

Speaker (1)	Buckingham

South East England European constituency: UKIP (4) Conservative (3) Green (1) Labour (1) Liberal Democrats (1)

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