List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire explained

The ceremonial county of Hampshire, which includes the unitary authorities of Portsmouth and Southampton, is divided into 18 parliamentary constituencies: 9 borough constituencies and 9 county constituencies.

Constituencies

See also: 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Constituency^[1]	Electorate	Majority^[2]	Member of Parliament	Nearest opposition	Map
Aldershot BC	78,569	5,683		Alex Baker ‡		Leo Docherty †
Basingstoke BC	78,487	6,484		Luke Murphy ‡		Maria Miller †
East Hampshire CC	71,965	1,275		Damian Hinds †		Dominic Martin ¤
Eastleigh BC	69,965	1,546		Liz Jarvis ¤		Samuel Joynson †
Fareham and Waterlooville CC	77,691	6,079		Suella Braverman †		Matthew Randall ‡
Farnham and Bordon CC (Part)	75,918	1,349		Greg Stafford †		Khalil Yousuf ‡
Gosport BC	73,261	6,066		Caroline Dinenage †		Edward Batterbury ‡
Havant BC	72,346	92		Alan Mak †		Stefanie Harvey ‡
New Forest East CC	70,618	8,495		Julian Lewis †		Sasjkia Otto ‡
New Forest West CC	68,644	5,600		Desmond Swayne †		Sally Johnston ‡
North East Hampshire CC	76,975	634		Alex Brewer ¤		Ranil Jayawardena †
North West Hampshire CC	78,629	3,288		Kit Malthouse †		Andy Fitchet ‡
Portsmouth North BC	70,446	780		Amanda Martin ‡		Penny Mordaunt †
Portsmouth South BC	73,711	13,155		Stephen Morgan ‡		Mark Zimmer (Reform UK)
Romsey and Southampton North CC	71,871	2,191		Caroline Nokes †		Geoff Cooper ¤
Southampton Itchen BC	68,379	6,105		Darren Paffey ‡		Sidney Yankson †
Southampton Test BC	70,116	9,333		Satvir Kaur ‡		Ben Burcombe-Filer †
Winchester CC	78,289	13,821		Danny Chambers ¤		Flick Drummond †

Proposed boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission opted to combine Hampshire with Berkshire and Surrey as a sub-region of the South East Region. As a result, parts of the current constituency of East Hampshire were transferred to a new cross-county boundary constituency named Farnham and Bordon. In addition, Fareham and Meon Valley was abolished and replaced by the new constituencies of Fareham and Waterlooville, and Hamble Valley.^{[4] [5]}

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Basingstoke and Deane

• Basingstoke
• East Hampshire (part)
• North East Hampshire (part)
• North West Hampshire (part)

Containing electoral wards from East Hampshire

• East Hampshire (part)
• Farnham and Bordon (also includes part in the Surrey borough of Waverley)

Containing electoral wards from Eastleigh

• Eastleigh (part)
• Hamble Valley (part)

Containing electoral wards from Fareham

• Fareham and Waterlooville (part)
• Gosport (part)
• Hamble Valley (part)

Containing electoral wards from Gosport

• Gosport (part)

Containing electoral wards from Hart

• Aldershot (part)
• North East Hampshire (part)

Containing electoral wards from Havant

• Fareham and Waterlooville (part)
• Havant

Containing electoral wards from New Forest

• • New Forest East New Forest West

Containing electoral wards from Portsmouth

• Portsmouth North

Containing electoral wards from Rushmoor

• Aldershot (part)

Containing electoral wards from Southampton

• Romsey and Southampton North (part)
• Southampton Itchen
• Southampton Test

Containing electoral wards from Test Valley

• Eastleigh (part)
• North West Hampshire (part)
• Romsey and Southampton North (part)

Containing electoral wards from Winchester

• Fareham and Waterlooville (part)
• Hamble Valley (part)
• Winchester

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats which covered Hampshire from 17 to 18, with the creation of Meon Valley. As a consequence of resulting boundary changes, Romsey was renamed Romsey and Southampton North. The Aldershot and Basingstoke seats, more predominantly urban than previously defined, were redesignated as borough constituencies.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019.^[6] The Isle of Wight is excluded throughout.

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Hampshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	536,633	57.1%	0.5%	16	0
Labour	188,738	20.1%	6.5%	2	0
Liberal Democrats	175,173	18.6%	6.4%	0	0
Greens	30,710	3.3%	1.3%	0	0
Brexit	2,585	0.3%	new	0	0
Others	6,473	0.6%	2.0%	0	0
Total	940,312	100.0		18

Percentage votes

Note that before 1983 Hampshire also included the Bournemouth and Christchurch areas.

Election year	1923	1924	1929	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (F)	1974 (O)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative^1	50.2	63.8	46.9	68.0	49.5	54.3	58.1	60.0	60.6	50.5	47.4	52.0	46.5	45.9	56.1	55.1	55.3	54.2	41.2	41.6	42.8	49.5	52.2	56.6	57.1
Labour	22.7	27.1	27.2	27.4	37.7	38.8	40.3	38.1	34.9	34.1	33.7	29.9	26.9	29.4	26.1	14.7	14.5	18.6	28.3	27.6	23.2	14.9	16.9	26.6	20.1
Liberal Democrat^2	27.0	9.1	23.7	3.1	6.9	6.7	1.6	1.9	4.6	15.3	13.7	12.1	26.0	24.0	17.3	29.9	30.0	26.0	25.3	27.8	29.6	29.7	11.3	12.2	18.6
Green Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-						0.7	4.3	2.0	3.3
UKIP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-				3.9	14.7	2.0
Brexit Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3
Other	-	-	2.2	1.5	5.9	0.3	-	-	-	0.04	5.1	6.0	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.2	5.1	3.0	4.4	1.3	0.5	0.6	0.6

¹Including National Liberal, and one National candidate in 1945

²pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Accurate vote percentages for the 1918, 1922 and 1931 elections cannot be obtained because at least one candidate stood unopposed.

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	15	15	14	11	10	10	14	17	16	16
Labour	0	0	1	3	3	3	2	1	2	2
Liberal Democrat^1	0	0	0	3	4	4	2	0	0	0
Total	15	15	15	17	17	17	18	18	18	18

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1983-present

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name. Unlike elsewhere in this article, the Isle of Wight is included in these tables.

1885 to 1918

Constituency	1885	1886	87	88	1892	1895	96	97	00	1900	01	04	05	1906	06	Jan 10	Dec 10	12	16	17	18
	Beach										E. Faber			W. Faber
Basingstoke	Sclater-Booth		Jeffreys												Salter					Geddes
	Young				Smith					Balfour				Allen		Croft				Croft
Fareham	Fitzwygram									Lee											Davidson
	F. Compton				Douglas-Scott-Montagu								H. Compton	Hobart		Perkins
Petersfield	Palmer	→			Wickham			Nicholson
Portsmouth	Crossman	→			Baker					Majendie				Baker		Falle		→
	Vanderbyl	Wilson			Clough				Bramsdon	Lucas				Bramsdon		Beresford			Meux
Southampton	Giles				Chamberlayne		Evans			Chamberlayne				Philipps
	Commerell			Evans		Simeon								Ward
Winchester	Tottenham			Moss	Myers									G. V. Baring					Carnegie	→
Isle of Wight	Webster								Seely			→		G. Baring		Hall

1918 to 1950

Constituency	1918	20	21	1922	22	23	1923	1924	1929	31	1931	32	34	1935	39	40	40	41	43	1945	45
Aldershot	Palmer															Lyttelton
Basingstoke	Geddes	Holbrook					Fletcher	Holbrook	Wallop				Wolff	Donner
Bournemouth	Croft		→													Lyle					Bracken
Fareham	Davidson									Inskip					White
New Forest & Christchurch	Perkins			Ashley								Mills								Crosthwaite-Eyre
Petersfield	Nicholson													Dorman-Smith				Jeffreys
Portsmouth Central	Bramsdon			Privett			Bramsdon	Foster	Hall		Beaumont									Snow
Portsmouth North	Falle												Keyes						James	Bruce
Portsmouth South	Cayzer				Wilson	Cayzer									Lucas
Southampton	Philipps			Perkins					Morley		Barrie					Reith	Thomas			Morley
	Ward			Bathurst					Lewis		Craven-Ellis									Lewis
Winchester	Hennessy										Ellis			Palmer						Jeger
Isle of Wight	Hall			Chatfeild-Clarke			Seely	Macdonald

1950 to 1983

Constituency	1950	1951	52	54	1955	1959	60	64	1964	65	1966	68	1970	71	Feb 74	Oct 74	77	1979	81
Aldershot	Lyttelton			Errington									Critchley
Basingstoke	Donner				Freeth				Mitchell
Bournemouth East & Christchurch / Bth East (1974)	Bracken		Nicolson			Cordle											Atkinson
Bournemouth West	Gascoyne-Cecil			Eden
Christchurch and Lymington	N/A														Adley
Eastleigh	N/A				Price
Gosport	N/A														Viggers
Gosport and Fareham / Fareham (1974)	Bennett																	Lloyd
New Forest	Crosthwaite-Eyre											McNair-Wilson
Petersfield	Jeffreys	Legh					Quennell									Mates
Portsmouth Langstone / Havant & Waterloo (1974)	Stevens								Lloyd
Portsmouth South	Lucas										Pink
Portsmouth West / Portsmouth North (1974)	Clarke										Judd							Griffiths
Southampton Itchen	Morley				King					→				Mitchell					→
Southampton Test	King				Howard				Fletcher-Cooke		Mitchell		Hill			Gould		Hill
Winchester	Smithers							Morgan-Giles										Browne
Isle of Wight	Macdonald					Woodnutt									Ross

1983 to 2010

Constituency	1983	84	1987	1992	94	1997	00	2001	02	04	2005
Aldershot	Critchley					Howarth
Basingstoke	Hunter								→	→	Miller
East Hampshire	Mates
Eastleigh	Price			Milligan	Chidgey						Huhne
Fareham	Lloyd							Hoban
Gosport	Viggers
Havant	Lloyd			Willetts
New Forest / New Forest East (1997)	McNair-Wilson					Lewis
New Forest West						Swayne
North East Hampshire						Arbuthnot
North West Hampshire	Mitchell					Young
Portsmouth North	Griffiths					Rapson					McCarthy-Fry
Portsmouth South	Pink	Hancock	Martin			Hancock
Romsey and Waterside / Romsey (1997)	Colvin						Gidley
Southampton Itchen	Chope			Denham
Southampton Test	Hill					Whitehead
Winchester	Browne			Malone		Oaten
Isle of Wight	Ross		Field			Brand		Turner

2010 to present

Constituency	2010	13	2015	2017	2019	20	20	2024
Aldershot	Howarth			Docherty				Baker
Basingstoke	Miller							Murphy
East Hampshire^1	Hinds
Eastleigh	Huhne	Thornton	Davies		Holmes			Jarvis
Fareham / F & Waterlooville (2024)	Hoban		Braverman
Gosport	Dinenage
Hamble Valley								Holmes
Havant	Willetts		Mak
Meon Valley	Hollingbery				Drummond			N/A
New Forest East	Lewis					→	→
New Forest West	Swayne
North East Hampshire	Arbuthnot		Jayawardena					Brewer
North West Hampshire	Young		Malthouse
Portsmouth North	Mordaunt							Martin
Portsmouth South	Hancock	→	Drummond	Morgan
Romsey and Southampton North	Nokes
Southampton Itchen	Denham		Smith					Paffey
Southampton Test	Whitehead							Kaur
Winchester	Brine							Chambers
Isle of Wight West								Quigley
Isle of Wight / Isle of Wight E (2024)	Turner			Seely				Robertson

¹parts transferred in 2024 to the constituency of Farnham and Bordon which is partially in Surrey

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East (region)

Notes and References

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
3. Web site: 2023 Review Boundary Commission for England. 2021-10-07. boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
4. Web site: PA. David Hughes and Gavin Cordon. Stanley. Megan. 2021-06-08. Hampshire would get more MPs under new boundary proposals. 2021-11-15. hampshirelive. en.
5. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-10 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk . paras 890-915.
6. Watson. Christopher. Uberoi. Elise. Loft. Philip. 2020-04-17. General election results from 1918 to 2019. en-GB.