Havant and Waterloo (UK Parliament constituency)
| Havant and Waterloo | |
|---|---|
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Hampshire |
| 1974–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Havant and Portsmouth North[1] |
| Created from | Petersfield and Portsmouth Langstone |
Havant and Waterloo was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Havant and Waterlooville in Hampshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The area of the constituency was the same as that of the Havant and Waterloo Urban District, on the south coast of England. The seat covered the semi-urban area in the south east of Hampshire, between the city of Portsmouth and the West Sussex border.
As part of the re-organisation of local government, in 1974-1975, the Urban District was incorporated in the Borough of Havant.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Ian Lloyd | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Havant | ||
Election results
| General Election 1979: Havant and Waterloo | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Stewart Lloyd | 35,580 | 57.30 | ||
| Labour | D.B. Hoodless | 15,240 | 24.54 | ||
| Liberal | D. Amies | 11,274 | 18.16 | ||
| Majority | 20,340 | 32.76 | |||
| Turnout | 75.62 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election October 1974: Havant and Waterloo | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Stewart Lloyd | 24,880 | 44.71 | ||
| Liberal | S. Brewin | 16,148 | 29.02 | ||
| Labour | T. King | 14,615 | 26.27 | ||
| Majority | 8,732 | 15.69 | |||
| Turnout | 73.73 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election February 1974: Havant and Waterloo | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Stewart Lloyd | 27,397 | 45.93 | ||
| Liberal | S. Brewin | 18,209 | 30.53 | ||
| Labour | J.T. Acklaw | 13,367 | 22.41 | ||
| Independent | R.E. Wakeford | 675 | 1.13 | ||
| Majority | 9,188 | 15.40 | |||
| Turnout | 79.96 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Havant and Waterloo', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.