Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)
Portsmouth North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Portsmouth North in Hampshire. | |
Location of Hampshire within England. | |
County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 71,798 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Portsmouth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of parliament | Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Portsmouth West and Portsmouth Langstone |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Portsmouth West |
Created from | Portsmouth |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Portsmouth North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Penny Mordaunt, a Conservative.[n 2]
Boundaries
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.
History
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.
Constituency profile
This urban seat is of average affluence[2] 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.[3]
Taken together with Portsmouth West has a been one of the most long-standing bellwethers (of the national election winner), having that status since 1966.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918–1950
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 |
MPs since 1974
Election | Member | Party | |
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February 1974 | Frank Judd | Labour | |
1979 | Peter Griffiths | Conservative | |
1997 | Syd Rapson | Labour | |
2005 | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Labour Co-operative | |
2010 | Penny Mordaunt | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Portsmouth North[4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 21,343 | 47.0 | +2.7 | |
Labour | John Ferrett[6] | 10,806 | 23.8 | -3.9 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald[7] | 8,660 | 19.1 | +15.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Darren Sanders | 2,828 | 6.2 | -13.9 | |
Green | Gavin Ellis [8] | 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 | |||
General Election 2010: Portsmouth North[9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 19,533 | 44.3 | +6.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 12,244 | 27.8 | −10.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Darren Sanders | 8,874 | 20.1 | −0.2 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald | 1,812 | 4.1 | +0.7 | |
English Democrats | David Knight | 1,040 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Green | Iain Maclennan | 461 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
TUSC | Mick Tosh | 154 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 7,289 | 16.5 | |||
Turnout | 44,118 | 62.7 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.6 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Portsmouth North[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 15,412 | 40.9 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 14,273 | 37.8 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gary Lawson | 6,684 | 17.7 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | Michael Keith Smith | 1,348 | 3.6 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 1,139 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 37,717 | 60.0 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.5 | |||
General Election 2001: Portsmouth North[11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Syd Rapson | 18,676 | 50.7 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Christopher John Day | 13,542 | 36.7 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Darren Sanders | 3,795 | 10.3 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | William McCabe | 559 | 1.5 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Brian Bundy | 294 | 0.8 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 5,134 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 36,866 | 57.4 | −12.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Portsmouth North[12] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Syd Rapson | 21,339 | 47.1 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 17,016 | 37.6 | −15.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steve Sollitt | 4,788 | 10.6 | ||
Referendum | Shaun Evelegh | 1,757 | 3.9 | ||
UKIP | P. Coe | 298 | 0.7 | ||
Wessex Regionalist | Colin Roland Bex | 72 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 4,323 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 45,270 | 70.1 | – | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.2 | |||
General Election 1992: Portsmouth North[13][14] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 32,240 | 52.6 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Alan D. Burnett | 18,359 | 29.9 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alex M. Bentley | 10,101 | 16.5 | −8.3 | |
Green | Mrs Helen Palmer | 628 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 13,881 | 22.6 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 61,328 | 77.1 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.4 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Portsmouth North[15] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 33,297 | 55.30 | ||
Social Democratic | Elizabeth Mitchell | 14,896 | 24.74 | ||
Labour | David Miles | 12,016 | 19.96 | ||
Majority | 18,401 | 30.56 | |||
Turnout | 74.79 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Portsmouth North[16] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 31,413 | 55.27 | ||
Social Democratic | S Luxon | 13,414 | 23.60 | ||
Labour | Nigel Beard | 12,013 | 21.13 | ||
Majority | 17,999 | 31.67 | |||
Turnout | 72.94 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Portsmouth North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 26,356 | 48.65 | ||
Labour | Frank Judd | 24,045 | 44.38 | ||
Liberal | S Brewin | 3,354 | 6.19 | ||
National Front | R Hadlow | 298 | 0.55 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | T White | 122 | 0.26 | ||
Majority | 2,311 | 4.27 | |||
Turnout | 78.66 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Portsmouth North | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Frank Judd | 24,352 | 45.87 | ||
Conservative | John Devereux Ward | 23,007 | 43.33 | ||
Liberal | E Brooks | 5,208 | 9.81 | ||
More Prosperous Britain | T Keen | 527 | 0.99 | ||
Majority | 1,345 | 2.53 | |||
Turnout | 76.85 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Portsmouth North | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Frank Judd | 23,847 | 43.61 | ||
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 23,527 | 43.03 | ||
Liberal | A.J. Peaston | 7,304 | 13.36 | ||
Majority | 320 | 0.59 | |||
Turnout | 79.85 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Portsmouth North | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Donald Bruce | 15,352 | 51.09 | ||
Conservative | G Howard | 14,310 | 47.62 | ||
Democratic | JEV Keast | 388 | 1.29 | ||
Majority | 1,042 | 3.47 | |||
Turnout | 75.36 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
By Election 1943: Portsmouth North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | William James | ||||
Common Wealth | Sargant, ThomasThomas Sargant | 40.3 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1935: Portsmouth North | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Admiral Sir Roger Keyes | 22,956 | 66.62 | ||
Labour | ET Humby | 11,502 | 33.38 | ||
Majority | 11,454 | 33.24 | |||
Turnout | 64.86 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By Election 1934: Portsmouth North | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Admiral Sir Roger Keyes | ||||
Labour | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1931: Portsmouth North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Bertram Falle, Bt. | 26,331 | 69.37 | ||
Labour | Vice-Admiral Kenneth Dewar | 12,182 | 31.63 | ||
Majority | 14,149 | 36.74 | |||
Turnout | 74.49 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Portsmouth North [17] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Sir Bertram Godfray Falle | 15352 | 44.5 | ||
Labour | Edward Archbold | 12475 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal | Archibald William Palmer | 6643 | 19.3 | ||
Majority | 2,877 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1923: Portsmouth North [18] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Sir Bertram Godfray Falle | 13,229 | 50.2 | ||
Labour | Olaf Gleeson | 9,523 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal | William Llewellyn Williams | 3,584 | 13.6 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 3,706 | 14.0 | -15.0 | ||
Turnout | 71.7 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough 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.
- ↑ 2001 Census
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] The Guardian
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000883
- ↑ http://www.labour.org.uk/candidates
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/portsmouthnorth/
- ↑ https://portsmouth.greenparty.org.uk/people/
- ↑ "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 6 December 2010.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
Sources
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)