Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Southampton Test
Map1 = SouthamptonTest
Map2 = Hampshire
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Entity = Hampshire
County = Hampshire
EP = South East England
MP = Alan Whitehead
Party = Labour

Southampton Test is a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the previous two-member Southampton constituency was abolished.

Boundaries

The seat covers the western part of the City of Southampton, in southern England and is named after the River Test, one of the city's two rivers. It covers the leafy northern suburbs and the western port areas as well as the council housing estates of the western fringes. It is seen as the marginally more affluent of the two constituencies in the city, and has had more Tory tradition than its neighbour Southampton Itchen — named after the other major river).

Southampton Test covers the city wards of (with their associated neighbourhoods):
** Bassett (Bassett, Bassett Green)
** Bevois (Bevois Valley, Northam, Mount Pleasant, part of St. Mary's)
** Coxford (Lord's Hill, Lordswood, Aldermoor)
** Freemantle (Freemantle and part of Shirley)
** Millbrook (Millbrook, Regents Park)
** Portswood (Portswood, Highfield (including the University), St Denys)
** Redbridge (Redbridge, Maybush)
** Shirley (part of Shirley, Upper Shirley, Southampton Common)
** Swaythling (Swaythling, Mansbridge)

The constituency is bounded to the east by Southampton Itchen (Labour), to the north by Romsey (Liberal Democrat) and in to the west by New Forest East (Conservative).

Swaythling and Bassett wards will be part of Romsey and Southampton North after the next election.

Members of Parliament

The seat is represented currently by the Labour Party MP Alan Whitehead.

Elections

Election box begin | title=Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [ [http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/southamptontest/] , UKPollingReport] Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Whitehead
votes =
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Moulton
votes =
percentage =
change =

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: Southampton TestElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Whitehead
votes = 17,845
percentage = 42.7
change = −9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen MacLoughlin
votes = 10,827
percentage = 25.9
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Steve Sollitt
votes = 10,368
percentage = 24.8
change = +6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = John Spottiswoode
votes = 1,482
percentage = 3.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Day
votes = 1,261
percentage = 3.0
change = +1.1Election box majority
votes = 7,018
percentage = 16.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 41,783
percentage = 53.7
change = −2.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −5.1Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Southampton TestElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Whitehead
votes = 21,824
percentage = 52.5
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Gueterbock
votes = 10,617
percentage = 25.5
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Shaw
votes = 7,522
percentage = 18.1
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Garry Rankin-Moore
votes = 792
percentage = 1.9
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Mark Abel
votes = 442
percentage = 1.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paramjit Bahia
votes = 378
percentage = 0.9
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 11,207
percentage = 27.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 41,575
percentage = 56.3
change = -15.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

References