Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°15′43″N 1°05′02″W / 51.262°N 1.084°W / 51.262; -1.084

Basingstoke
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Basingstoke in Hampshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	75,470 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Basingstoke
Current constituency
Created	1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament	Maria Miller (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Hampshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Basingstoke is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The town was represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, but not again until a constituency was created in 1885. Prior to 1885 it was represented by the North Hampshire constituency. With the exception of the 1923 election, it has always elected Conservative MPs. It is a Conservative safe seat.

Boundaries

The Basingstoke constituency is based around the town of Basingstoke, and the surrounding countryside, in Hampshire.

The Boundary Commission has proposed that the boundaries of Basingstoke and North West Hampshire be aligned to more closely match the town area.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1885	George Sclater-Booth	Conservative
	1887 by-election	Arthur Frederick Jeffreys	Conservative
	1906	Arthur Salter	Conservative
	1917 by-election	Auckland Campbell Geddes	Unionist
	1920 by-election	Arthur Richard Holbrook	Coalition Conservative
	1923	Reginald Fletcher	Liberal
	1924	Arthur Richard Holbrook	Conservative
	1929	Viscount Lymington	Conservative
	1934 by-election	Henry Maxence Cavendish Drummond Wolff	Conservative
	1935	Patrick Donner	Conservative
	1955	Denzil Freeth	Conservative
	1964	David Mitchell	Conservative
	1983	Andrew Hunter	Conservative
	2002		Independent Conservative
	2004		Democratic Unionist
	2005	Maria Miller	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Basingstoke[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Miller	25,590	50.5	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Shaw	12,414	24.5	+2.6
	Labour	Funda Pepperell	10,327	20.4	-12.2
	UKIP	Stella Howell	2,076	4.1	+1.9
	Basingstoke Common Man	Steve Saul	247	0.5	+0.5
Majority			13,176	26.0
Turnout			50,654	67.1	+6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Miller	19,955	41.5	−1.2
	Labour	Paul Harvey	15,275	31.7	−9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jen Smith	9,952	20.7	+6.8
	UKIP	Peter Effer	1,044	2.2	−0.3
	Green	Darren Shirley	928	1.9	N/A
	BNP	Roger Robertson	821	1.7	N/A
	Millennium Council	Roger MacNair	148	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,680	9.7
Turnout			48,123	63.0	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hunter	20,490	42.7	-0.6
	Labour	Jon Hartley	19,610	40.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Sollitt	6,693	13.9	-3.1
	UKIP	Kim Graham	1,202	2.5	N/A
Majority			880	1.8
Turnout			47,995	60.7	-13.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hunter	24,751	43.3	-10.2
	Labour	Nigel Lickley	22,354	39.1	+14.0
	Liberal Democrat	M Rimmer	9,714	17.0	-3.4
	Independent	E Salim	310	0.6	N/A
Majority			2,397	4.2
Turnout				74.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Basingstoke[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hunter	37,521	54.6	-1.4
	Labour	DJC Bull	16,323	23.8	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	CI Curtis	14,119	20.6	-5.7
	Green	Ms. VJ Oldaker	714	1.0	+1.0
Majority			21,198	30.9	+1.1
Turnout			68,677	82.8	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Basingstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hunter	33,657	56.0
	Social Democrat	D Bennett	15,764	26.3
	Labour	P Daden	10,632	17.7
Majority			17,893	29,7
Turnout				77.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Basingstoke Electorate 61,, Turnout 66.5, Voters 40,669
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Donner	18,700	46.0
	Labour	A E Weston	13,763	33.8
	Liberal	D Rhys	8,206	20.2
Majority			4,937	12.1

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Basingstoke Electorate, Turnout ,Voters 33,753
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Viscount Lymington	23,523	69.7
	Liberal	A E Weston	6,106	18.1
	Labour	D Rhys	4,124	12.2
Majority			17,417	51.6

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Notes and references

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
3. ^ Parliamentary election - Statement of Persons Nominated, http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/12935C34-1E82-41E7-99DE-11EFDF703346/0/StatementofPersonsNominatedParliamentaryelection6May2010.pdf 
4. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.