Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)
Winchester | |
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County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 76,577 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Danny Chambers(Liberal Democrat) |
Seats | One |
1295–1918 | |
Seats | 1295–1885: Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of: | Romsey Meon Valley |
Winchesteris aconstituency[n 1]inHampshirerepresented in theHouse of Commonsof theUK Parliamentsince2024byDanny Chambers,aLiberal Democrat.[n 2]
Boundaries
[edit]1918–1950:The Borough of Winchester, the Urban District of Eastleigh and Bishopstoke, the Rural Districts of Hursley and Winchester, and the Rural District of South Stoneham except the parish of Bittern.
1950–1955:The Boroughs of Eastleigh, Romsey, and Winchester, in the Rural District of Romsey and Stockbridge the parishes of Ampfield, Chilworth, East Dean, Lockerley, Melchet Park and Plaitford, Michelmersh, Mottisfont, North Baddesley, Nursling and Rownhams, Romsey Extra, Sherfield English, and Wellow, and part of the Rural District of Winchester.
1955–1974:The Boroughs of Romsey and Winchester, and parts of the Rural Districts of Romsey and Stockbridge, and Winchester.
1974–1983:The Municipal Boroughs of Andover and Winchester, the Rural District of Andover, and parts of the Rural Districts of Romsey and Stockbridge, and Winchester.
1983–1997:The City of Winchester wards of Bishop's Sutton, Bishop's Waltham, Cheriton, Compton, Durley and Upham, Itchen Valley, Littleton, Micheldever, New Alresford, Olivers Battery, Otterbourne and Hursley, Owlesbury and Colden Common, St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St John and All Saints, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul, Sparsholt, The Worthys, Twyford, Upper Meon Valley, and Wonston, and the District of East Hampshire wards of Alton Holybourne, Alton North East, Alton North West, Alton South East, Alton South West and Beech, Farringdon, Four Marks, Medstead, North Downland and Ropley, and West Tisted.
1997–2010:The City of Winchester.
2010–2024:The City of Winchester wards of Colden Common and Twyford, Compton and Otterbourne, Itchen Valley, Kings Worthy, Littleton and Harestock, Olivers Battery and Badger Farm, St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St John and All Saints, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul, Sparsholt, The Alresfords, and Wonston and Micheldever, and the Borough of Eastleigh wards of Chandler's Ford East, Chandler's Ford West, Hiltingbury East, and Hiltingbury West.
Parliament accepted theBoundary Commission'sFifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituenciesby making slight changes to this constituency for the2010 general election,removing 11 mostly rural wards in and aroundBishops Walthamto a new seat,Meon Valley.In return, Winchester gained four suburban and partially urban wards at the northern edge ofEastleigh.[2]
2024-present:Further to the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the2024 United Kingdom general election,the constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The City of Winchester wards of: Alresford & Itchen Valley; Badger Farm & Oliver’s Battery; Bishop’s Waltham; Central Meon Valley; Colden Common & Twyford; St. Barnabas; St. Bartholomew; St. Luke; St. Michael; St. Paul; The Worthys; Upper Meon Valley; Wonston & Micheldever.[3]
The constituency again solely comprises areas within the City of Winchester local authority with the transfer ofChandler's FordandHitlingburyback toEastleigh.Bishop's Walthamand theMeonvalley area was transferred back from the abolishedMeon Valleyseat.
History
[edit]1295–1885
[edit]The chartered city sent burgesses (equivalent to advisory MPs) to theModel Parliamentof 1295 and then to most Parliaments convened by themonarchin the medieval period and thereafter; its representation being fixed at two in number during this long period of English history. As is common, major disruption in representation caused by both infrequency of Parliaments convened and allegiance of theincumbents(whether a Royalist or a Parliamentarian) led to sporadic representation during theProtectorate of Englandand itsCommonwealthwhich followed the end of most fighting during theEnglish Civil War,in this case the stripping of wealth and status from SirWilliam Oglefollowed his being supportive of the wrong faction at the wrong time.
1885–present
[edit]TheRedistribution of Seats Act 1885reduced the narrow borough constituency that elected two MPs to only one, permitting the creation of new broader replacement seats in surrounding Hampshire countryside for two abolished boroughs:AndoverandFareham(also known as West and South Hampshire respectively).
Political history
[edit]The seat was aConservativesafe seatin terms of majority and length of time held from 1950 until 1997.
At the1997 general electionthe incumbent MPGerry Maloneof theConservative Partywas defeated byMark Oatenof theLiberal Democratsby just two votes. This was the closest result in any of the 659 constituencies contested at the 1997 general election, followed by the Liberal Democrats 12 vote majority (also over the Conservatives) inTorbay.[4]Malone petitioned the result and it was declared void by the High Court on the grounds of mis-stamped ballots having altered the outcome, necessitating aby-election.This was won definitively by Oaten with a very large majority of 21,556, in an election that saw theLabourvote collapse to 1.7% hence the candidate, Patrick Davies, losing his deposit.
The events of 1997 swung the constituency strongly away from its usual status as a fairly safe Conservative seat.
- Avoidance of confusion in party names
The candidacy ofRichard Huggettin both 1997 elections as a "Literal Democrat" candidate led in part to the creation of theRegistration of Political Parties Act 1998.
Oaten stood down at the2010 general electionand was replaced as Liberal Democrat candidate by Martin Tod. Following significant boundary changes, Tod was defeated by Conservative candidateSteve Brine,who took the seat with a majority of 3,048 votes. Brine held the seat in2015,2017and2019,although in 2019 his majority was reduced to just 985 votes over Paula Ferguson of theLiberal Democrats,making Winchester one of the mostmarginalseats in the UK.
- Prominent frontbenchers
- Sir George Hennessywas a senior whip (Vice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdthenTreasurer of the Household) from 1925 to 1929, being given the style 'sir' through a baronetcy in 1927.
- Peter Smithersresigned the seat in 1964 to serve asSecretary General of the Council of Europeuntil 1969.
- Gerry Malonebecame a Health Minister in 1994.
- Mark OatenbecameLiberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesmanfrom 2003 until January 2006.
Constituency profile
[edit]The constituency is in mid-Hampshireand comprises the northern bulk of the largeCity of WinchesterDistrict as well asChandler's FordandHiltingburyin theBorough of Eastleigh.The largest settlement isWinchester.
The ancient capital ofWessex,Winchesteris a cathedral city with the arts and humanities-orientedUniversityand an affluent population. Poverty is very low, and the population is a mixture of students, academics, London and Southampton commuters, and those employed locally in high-tech and creative industries.[5]
The only other large settlement in the constituency isChandler's Fordwhich has over 21,000 residents and is largely adormitory town.The constituency also includes several villages, mostly to the north and east of Winchester, includingMicheldever,New AlresfordandKings Worthy.Much of the rural territory previously in the constituency was moved to Meon Valley from the 2010 general election.
Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation byThe Guardian.[6]
Members of Parliament
[edit]- Constituency created(1295)
1295–1660
[edit]MPs 1660–1885
[edit]MPs since 1885
[edit]Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Danny Chambers | 29,939 | 52.5 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Flick Drummond | 16,118 | 28.2 | −25.8 | |
Reform UK | Sean Whelan | 4,797 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Hannah Dawson | 3,023 | 5.3 | +0.5 | |
Green | Lorraine Estelle | 2,740 | 4.8 | +3.9 | |
SDP | Andrew Davis | 146 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Chris Barfoot | 142 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Kevin D'Cruze | 127 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Hampshire Ind. | Andy Liming | 44 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,821 | 24.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,261 | 73.1 | −10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 78,289 | ||||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | Swing | 19.2 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019notional result[17] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 34,522 | 54.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 25,472 | 39.9 | |
Labour | 3,039 | 4.8 | |
Green | 586 | 0.9 | |
Others | 292 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 63,911 | 83.5 | |
Electorate | 76,577 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Brine | 28,430 | 48.3 | –3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paula Ferguson | 27,445 | 46.6 | +12.1 | |
Labour | George Baker | 2,723 | 4.6 | –5.9 | |
JAC | Teresa Skelton | 292 | 0.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 985 | 1.7 | –15.8 | ||
Turnout | 58,890 | 77.9 | –1.1 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | –7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Brine | 29,729 | 52.0 | –3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Porter | 19,730 | 34.5 | +10.1 | |
Labour | Mark Chaloner | 6,007 | 10.5 | +2.2 | |
Green | Andrew Wainwright | 846 | 1.5 | –3.3 | |
UKIP | Martin Lyon | 695 | 1.2 | –6.3 | |
JAC | Teresa Skelton | 149 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 9,999 | 17.5 | –13.1 | ||
Turnout | 57,156 | 79.0 | +4.4 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | –6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Brine | 30,425 | 55.0 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Porter | 13,511 | 24.4 | –18.7 | |
Labour | Mark Chaloner | 4,613 | 8.3 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | Martin Lyon | 4,122 | 7.5 | +5.5 | |
Green | Michael Wilks | 2,645 | 4.8 | New | |
Majority | 16,914 | 30.6 | +25.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,316 | 74.6 | –1.2 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | +12.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Brine | 27,155 | 48.5 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Tod | 24,107 | 43.1 | –7.0 | |
Labour | Patrick Davies | 3,051 | 5.5 | –3.9 | |
UKIP | Jocelyn Penn-Bull | 1,139 | 2.0 | –0.2 | |
English Democrat | Mark Lancaster | 503 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 3,048 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,955 | 75.8 | +3.9 | ||
ConservativegainfromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +9.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Oaten | 31,225 | 50.6 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | George Hollingbery | 23,749 | 38.5 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Patrick Davies | 4,782 | 7.8 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | David Abbott | 1,321 | 2.1 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Arthur Uther Pendragon | 581 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,473 | 12.1 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 61,655 | 71.9 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing | −2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Oaten | 32,282 | 54.6 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Andrew Hayes | 22,648 | 38.3 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Stephen Wyeth | 3,498 | 5.9 | −4.6 | |
UKIP | Joan Martin | 664 | 1.1 | +0.3 | |
Wessex Regionalist | Henrietta Rous | 66 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,634 | 16.3 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 59,158 | 72.3 | −6.3 | ||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Note:The percentage differences are compared to the previous general election poll, not the by-election.
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Oaten | 37,006 | 68.0 | +25.9 | |
Conservative | Gerry Malone | 15,450 | 28.4 | −13.7 | |
Labour | Patrick Davies | 944 | 1.7 | −8.8 | |
UKIP | Robin Page | 521 | 1.0 | +0.2 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 316 | 0.6 | +0.1 | |
Literal Democrat Mark Here To Win | Richard Huggett | 59 | 0.1 | −0.9 | |
Natural Law | Rosemary Barry | 48 | 0.1 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | Roger Everest | 40 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 21,556 | 39.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,384 | 68.7 | −9.9 | ||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | Swing | +19.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Oaten | 26,100 | 42.1 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Gerry Malone | 26,098 | 42.1 | −8.0 | |
Labour | Patrick Davies | 6,528 | 10.5 | +3.1 | |
Referendum | Peter Strand | 1,598 | 2.6 | New | |
"Liberal Democrat Top Choice for Parliament" | Richard Huggett | 640 | 1.0 | New | |
UKIP | Derek Rumsey | 476 | 0.8 | New | |
Independent | John Browne | 307 | 0.5 | −4.2 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Peter Stockton | 307 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 2 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 62,054 | 78.6 | −4.6 | ||
Void election result | Swing |
Note:The result reflects the official return made at the time. It was subsequently declared void upon petition. Because of the presence on the ballot paper ofRichard Huggettas "Liberal Democrat Top Choice for Parliament", Oaten used the description "Liberal Democrat: Leader: Paddy Ashdown" to identify himself as the official Liberal Democrat candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Malone | 33,113 | 50.1 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Barron | 24,992 | 37.8 | −2.4 | |
Labour | PJ Jenks | 4,917 | 7.4 | +0.8 | |
Ind. Conservative | John Browne | 3,095 | 4.7 | New | |
Majority | 8,121 | 12.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 66,117 | 83.2 | +2.8 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | +0.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Browne | 32,195 | 52.4 | −5.2 | |
SDP | John MacDonald | 24,716 | 40.2 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Fred Inglis | 4,028 | 6.6 | −1.5 | |
Green | Julie Walker | 565 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,479 | 12.2 | −11.4 | ||
Turnout | 76,507 | 80.4 | +4.2 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | −5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Browne | 31,908 | 57.6 | ||
SDP | John MacDonald | 18,861 | 34.0 | ||
Labour | William Allchin | 4,512 | 8.1 | ||
Wessex Regionalist | S. Winkworth | 155 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 13,047 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 55,436 | 76.2 | −1.8 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Browne | 38,198 | 56.01 | ||
Labour | W.H. Allchin | 15,378 | 22.55 | ||
Liberal | J. Morgan | 14,228 | 20.86 | ||
Wessex Regionalist | M. Mahoney | 395 | 0.58 | New | |
Majority | 22,820 | 33.46 | |||
Turnout | 68,199 | 78.02 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Morgan Morgan-Giles | 27,671 | 44.43 | ||
Liberal | J.W. Matthew | 18,451 | 29.63 | ||
Labour | W.H. Allchin | 16,153 | 25.94 | ||
Majority | 9,220 | 14.80 | |||
Turnout | 62,275 | 75.22 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Morgan Morgan-Giles | 30,843 | 46.15 | ||
Liberal | J.W. Matthew | 20,339 | 30.43 | ||
Labour | W.H. Allchin | 15,655 | 23.42 | ||
Majority | 10,504 | 15.72 | |||
Turnout | 66,837 | 81.49 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Morgan Morgan-Giles | 25,249 | 55.02 | ||
Labour | Christopher Perry | 11,773 | 25.66 | ||
Liberal | John W. Matthew | 8,867 | 19.32 | ||
Majority | 13,476 | 29.36 | |||
Turnout | 45,889 | 74.56 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Morgan Morgan-Giles | 21,162 | 51.57 | − | |
Labour | Stanley E. Spicer | 12,485 | 30.42 | ||
Liberal | E Terence S. Read | 7,390 | 18.01 | ||
Majority | 8,677 | 21.15 | |||
Turnout | 41,037 | 77.87 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Morgan Morgan-Giles | 21,502 | 53.08 | ||
Labour | C Patrick Seyd | 12,495 | 30.85 | ||
Liberal | E Terence S. Read | 6,510 | 16.07 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,007 | 22.23 | |||
Turnout | 40,507 | 79.79 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Morgan Morgan-Giles | 18,032 | 52.17 | 15.09 | |
Labour | C Patrick Seyd | 11,968 | 34.62 | +1.88 | |
Liberal | J. Edwards | 4,567 | 13.21 | New | |
Majority | 6,064 | 17.55 | −26.98 | ||
Turnout | 34,567 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Smithers | 24,924 | 67.26 | ||
Labour | Margaret J. Manning | 12,132 | 32.74 | ||
Majority | 12,792 | 44.52 | |||
Turnout | 37,056 | 76.69 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Smithers | 23,827 | 65.43 | ||
Labour | Jasper Ridley | 12,591 | 34.57 | ||
Majority | 11,236 | 30.86 | |||
Turnout | 36,418 | 76.73 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Smithers | 31,700 | 56.49 | ||
Labour | Eric Charles Neate | 24,418 | 43.51 | ||
Majority | 7,282 | 12.98 | |||
Turnout | 56,118 | 83.66 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Smithers | 31,462 | 56.77 | ||
Labour Co-op | L.F. Cornillie | 23,955 | 43.23 | ||
Majority | 7,507 | 13.54 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,417 | 84.02 | |||
ConservativegainfromLabour | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jeger | 30,290 | 52.63 | ||
Conservative | Gerald Palmer | 27,259 | 47.37 | ||
Majority | 3,031 | 5.26 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,819 | 71.70 | |||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Palmer | 28,506 | 64.43 | ||
Labour | Leonard Williams | 15,739 | 35.57 | ||
Majority | 12,767 | 28.86 | |||
Turnout | 44,245 | 71.15 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Ellis | 31,131 | 69.71 | ||
Labour | Robert Arthur Lyster | 13,529 | 30.29 | ||
Majority | 17,602 | 39.42 | |||
Turnout | 44,660 | 77.14 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Hennessy | 17,560 | 44.8 | −12.4 | |
Labour | Robert Arthur Lyster | 14,326 | 36.6 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Frances Josephy | 7,278 | 18.6 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 3,234 | 8.2 | −17.7 | ||
Turnout | 39,164 | 74.6 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 52,522 | ||||
Unionisthold | Swing | −8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Hennessy | 15,026 | 57.2 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Reginald Stamp | 8,216 | 31.3 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | William West | 3,012 | 11.5 | −14.6 | |
Majority | 6,810 | 25.9 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,254 | 71.8 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 36,583 | ||||
Unionisthold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Hennessy | 11,240 | 46.8 | −18.5 | |
Labour | Reginald Stamp | 6,495 | 27.1 | −7.6 | |
Liberal | William West | 6,252 | 26.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,745 | 19.7 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 23,987 | 67.9 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 35,324 | ||||
Unionisthold | Swing | −5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Hennessy | 14,173 | 65.3 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Alexander Haycock | 7,535 | 34.7 | New | |
Majority | 6,638 | 30.6 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,708 | 63.8 | +15.7 | ||
Registered electors | 34,045 | ||||
Unionisthold | Swing | +0.7 |
Election results 1885-1918
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Loftus Tottenham | 1,153 | 54.0 | −7.8 | |
Liberal | Francis Baring | 982 | 46.0 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 171 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,135 | 91.8 | +2.9 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 2,326 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | −7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Loftus Tottenham | 1,119 | 58.8 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Archibald Grove | 783 | 41.2 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 336 | 17.6 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,902 | 81.8 | −10.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,326 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | +4.8 |
Tottenham's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Moss | 1,364 | 61.6 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Philip Vanderbyl | 849 | 38.4 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 515 | 23.2 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,213 | 90.1 | +8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,455 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Myers | 1,213 | 58.5 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Willie Mathews | 859 | 41.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 354 | 17.0 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,072 | 86.6 | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,393 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | -0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Myers | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Myers | 1,342 | 61.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Hemmerde | 846 | 38.7 | New | |
Majority | 496 | 22.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,188 | 81.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,681 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Guy Baring | 1,322 | 51.0 | −10.3 | |
Liberal | Charles McCurdy | 1,272 | 49.0 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 50 | 2.0 | −20.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,594 | 87.0 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,982 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | -10.3 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Guy Baring | 1,729 | 57.7 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | George William Ricketts | 1,268 | 42.3 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 461 | 15.4 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,997 | 93.7 | +6.7 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Guy Baring | 1,719 | 60.5 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | George William Ricketts | 1,121 | 39.5 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 598 | 21.0 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,840 | 88.7 | −5.0 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist:Guy Baring
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Carnegie | 1,218 | 72.0 | +11.5 | |
Independent | Henry Charles Woods | 473 | 28.0 | New | |
Majority | 745 | 44.0 | +23.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,691 | 52.0 | −35.3 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George Hennessy | 10,166 | 64.6 | +4.1 |
Liberal | William J. West | 5,569 | 35.4 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 4,597 | 29.2 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,735 | 48.1 | −40.6 | ||
Registered electors | 32,747 | ||||
Unionisthold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Election results 1832-1885
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Paulet St John-Mildmay | 351 | 45.9 | −2.7 | |
Whig | Bingham Baring | 263 | 34.4 | +10.5 | |
Tory | James Buller East | 151 | 19.7 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 112 | 14.7 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 430 | 81.0 | c. +22.1 | ||
Registered electors | 531 | ||||
Whighold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
WhiggainfromTory | Swing | +7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Buller East | 254 | 45.9 | +26.2 | |
Whig | Bingham Baring | 176 | 31.8 | −2.6 | |
Whig | Paulet St John-Mildmay | 123 | 22.2 | −23.7 | |
Turnout | 408 | 79.2 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 531 | ||||
Majority | 78 | 14.1 | N/A | ||
ConservativegainfromWhig | Swing | +26.3 | |||
Majority | 52 | 9.6 | −5.1 | ||
Whighold | Swing | −7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Buller East | 258 | 36.0 | +13.1 | |
Whig | Paulet St John-Mildmay | 242 | 33.8 | −20.2 | |
Conservative | Bickham Escott | 216 | 30.2 | +7.3 | |
Turnout | 458 | 78.3 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 585 | ||||
Majority | 16 | 2.2 | −11.9 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | +11.6 | |||
Majority | 26 | 3.6 | −6.0 | ||
Whighold | Swing | −20.3 |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Buller East | 320 | 33.0 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Bickham Escott | 292 | 30.1 | −0.1 | |
Whig | Richard Crowder[41] | 191 | 19.7 | +2.8 | |
Whig | Francis Pigott | 166 | 17.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 101 | 10.4 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 485 | 85.5 | +7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 567 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
ConservativegainfromWhig | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Bonham-Carter | 363 | 39.4 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | James Buller East | 315 | 34.2 | +1.2 | |
Radical | Bickham Escott[42] | 243 | 26.4 | −3.7 | |
Turnout | 461 (est) | 67.3 (est) | −18.2 | ||
Registered electors | 684 | ||||
Majority | 48 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
WhiggainfromConservative | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Majority | 72 | 7.8 | −2.6 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | +1.5 |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Bonham-Carter | 381 | 36.4 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | James Buller East | 379 | 36.2 | +2.0 | |
Independent Liberal | William Whitear Bulpett[44][45] | 288 | 27.5 | New | |
Turnout | 524 (est) | 66.5 (est) | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 788 | ||||
Majority | 2 | 0.2 | −5.0 | ||
Whighold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Majority | 91 | 8.7 | +0.9 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Bonham-Carter | 398 | 38.5 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | James Buller East | 384 | 37.1 | +0.9 | |
Whig | Sir Wyndham Portal, 1st Baronet | 253 | 24.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 518 (est) | 61.5 (est) | −5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 842 | ||||
Majority | 14 | 1.4 | +1.2 | ||
Whighold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Majority | 131 | 12.7 | +4.0 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Buller East | 402 | 30.4 | +11.8 | |
Liberal | John Bonham-Carter | 349 | 26.4 | −12.1 | |
Conservative | Thomas Willis Fleming | 341 | 25.8 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | George Shaw-Lefevre | 231 | 17.5 | −6.9 | |
Turnout | 662 (est) | 76.4 (est) | +14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 866 | ||||
Majority | 53 | 4.0 | −8.7 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | +10.7 | |||
Majority | 8 | 0.6 | −0.8 | ||
Liberalhold | Swing | −10.8 |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]East'sresignationcaused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Willis Fleming | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Bonham-Carter | 459 | 39.5 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | William Barrow Simonds | 367 | 31.6 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Thomas Willis Fleming | 336 | 28.9 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 92 | 7.9 | +7.3 | ||
Turnout | 811 (est) | 84.2 (est) | +7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 963 | ||||
Liberalhold | Swing | −4.4 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | +1.7 |
Carter was appointed aLord Commissioner of the Treasury,requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Bonham-Carter | 361 | 88.7 | +49.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Lempriere[46] | 46 | 11.3 | −49.2 | |
Majority | 315 | 77.4 | +69.5 | ||
Turnout | 407 | 42.3 | −41.9 | ||
Registered electors | 963 | ||||
Liberalhold | Swing | +49.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Barrow Simonds | 830 | 40.5 | −20.0 | |
Liberal | John Bonham-Carter | 690 | 33.7 | +13.9 | |
Liberal | Arthur Jervoise Scott[47] | 529 | 25.8 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 140 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,440 (est) | 88.8 (est) | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,621 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | −20.0 | |||
Liberalhold | Swing | +12.0 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Barrow Simonds | 949 | 39.6 | +19.3 | |
Conservative | Arthur Robert Naghten | 793 | 33.1 | +12.8 | |
Liberal | John Bonham-Carter | 657 | 27.4 | −32.1 | |
Majority | 136 | 5.7 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,528 (est) | 85.2 (est) | −3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,793 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | +17.7 | |||
ConservativegainfromLiberal | Swing | +14.4 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Baring | 979 | 38.2 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Moss | 808 | 31.6 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | William Barrow Simonds | 773 | 30.2 | −9.4 | |
Turnout | 1,787 (est) | 88.9 (est) | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,011 | ||||
Majority | 171 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
LiberalgainfromConservative | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | −3.5 |
Elections before 1832
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Paulet St John-Mildmay | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Edward East | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 129 | ||||
Whighold | |||||
Toryhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Paulet St John-Mildmay | 69 | 48.6 | ||
Tory | James Buller East | 39 | 27.5 | ||
Whig | Bingham Baring | 34 | 23.9 | ||
Turnout | 76 | c. 58.9 | |||
Registered electors | c. 129 | ||||
Majority | 30 | 21.1 | |||
Whighold | |||||
Majority | 5 | 3.6 | |||
Toryhold |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
Notes
[edit]- ^Acounty constituency(for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^As with all constituencies, the constituency elects oneMember of Parliament(MP) by thefirst past the postsystem of election at least every five years.
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External links
[edit]- Winchester UK Parliament constituency(boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) atMapIt UK
- Winchester UK Parliament constituency(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) atMapIt UK
- Winchester UK Parliament constituency(boundaries from June 2024) atMapIt UK