Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)

Eastleigh
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Eastleigh in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	78,313 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Eastleigh, Bishopstoke, Botley, Hedge End and Hamble-le-Rice
Current constituency
Created	1955 (1955)
Member of Parliament	Mike Thornton (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Eastleigh is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The current MP is Mike Thornton of the Liberal Democrats. Thornton was first elected at the 2013 Eastleigh by-election, replacing Chris Huhne who resigned following a criminal prosecution.

Boundaries

The constituency lies in a long band east of Southampton in Hampshire that stretches from Eastleigh to the sailing centre of Hamble, and comprises all of the Borough of Eastleigh less a small northern portion of four wards allocated to Winchester.^{[n 2]}

Detailed Boundaries

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which slightly altered this constituency for the General Election 2010 since which it has electoral wards:

Bishopstoke East, Bishopstoke West, Botley, Bursledon and Old Netley, Eastleigh Central, Eastleigh North, Eastleigh South, Fair Oak and Horton Heath, Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath, Hedge End Grange Park, Hedge End St John’s, Hedge End Wildern, Netley Abbey, West End North, West End South in the Borough of Eastleigh^[3]^[2]

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History

Eastleigh was a fairly safe seat for the Conservatives for nearly forty years until the death of its then MP, former journalist Stephen Milligan, in 1994. At the subsequent by-election, the Liberal Democrats gained the seat on a very large swing, and have since held Eastleigh in the four following General Elections, though with somewhat narrow majorities.

Chris Huhne, the MP from 2005 to 2013, was his party's environment spokesman in opposition, before becoming the Liberal Democrat senior spokesman for the Home Office (or Second Shadow Home Secretary). While in the previous role Huhne stood unsuccessfully for party leader in 2006 against Sir Menzies Campbell and again in 2007 against Nick Clegg. Following the 2010 general election, Huhne joined the coalition government's cabinet as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, but resigned as an MP in February 2013 after admitting perverting the course of justice over a speeding case.^[4] His resignation took effect from 5 February, and the following day it was confirmed that a by-election to fill the vacancy would be held on 28 February 2013.^[5] Mike Thornton retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in the by-election.

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Members of Parliament

	Member ^[6]	Party	Notes
1955	Sir David Price	Conservative
1992	Stephen Milligan	Conservative	Died of auto-erotic asphyxiation
1994 by-election	David Chidgey	Liberal Democrats
2005	Chris Huhne	Liberal Democrats	Convicted of Perverting the Course of Justice
2013 by-election	Mike Thornton	Liberal Democrats

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Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Eastleigh by-election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Thornton	13,342	32.1	-14.4
	UKIP	Diane James	11,571	27.8	+24.2
	Conservative	Maria Hutchings	10,559	25.4	-13.9
	Labour	John O'Farrell	4,088	9.8	+0.2
	Independent	Danny Stupple	768	1.9	N/A
	National Health Action	Iain Maclennan	392	0.9	N/A
	Beer, Baccy and Crumpet Party	Ray Hall	235	0.6	N/A
	Christian	Kevin Milburn	163	0.4	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	136	0.3	N/A
	Peace	Jim Duggan	128	0.3	N/A
	Elvis Loves Pets	David Bishop	72	0.2	N/A
	English Democrats	Michael Walters	70	0.2	-0.3
	TUSC	Daz Procter	62	0.2	N/A
	Wessex Regionalist	Colin Bex	30	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,771	4.3	-2.9
Turnout			41,616	52.8	-16.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-19.2

General Election 2010: Eastleigh^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Huhne	24,966	46.5	+8.2
	Conservative	Maria Hutchings	21,102	39.3	+2.1
	Labour	Leo Barraclough	5,153	9.6	−11.5
	UKIP	Ray Finch	1,933	3.6	+0.2
	English Democrats	Tony Pewsey	249	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Dave Stone	154	0.3	N/A
	National Liberal Party - Third Way	Keith Low	93	0.2	N/A
Majority			3,864	7.2
Turnout			53,650	69.3	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Huhne	19,216	38.6	−2.1
	Conservative	Conor Burns	18,648	37.5	+3.2
	Labour	Chris Watt	10,238	20.6	−1.3
	UKIP	Christopher Murphy	1,669	3.4	+1.6
Majority			568	1.1
Turnout			49,771	64.8	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−2.6

General Election 2001: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Chidgey	19,360	40.7	+5.6
	Conservative	Conor Burns	16,302	34.3	+0.6
	Labour	Sam Jaffa	10,426	21.9	−4.9
	UKIP	Stephen Challis	849	1.8	+1.0
	Green	Martha Lyn	636	1.3	N/A
Majority			3,058	6.4
Turnout			47,573	63.8	−12.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Chidgey	19,453	35.1	+7.1
	Conservative	Stephen Reid	18,699	33.7	−17.6
	Labour	Alan Lloyd	14,883	26.8	+6.1
	Referendum Party	Victor Eldridge	2,013	3.6	N/A
	UKIP	P.W. Robinson	446	0.8	N/A
Majority			754	1.4
Turnout			55,494	76.9	−6.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

By-election 1994: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Chidgey	24,473	44.3	+16.3
	Labour	Marilyn Birks	15,234	27.6	+6.9
	Conservative	Stephen Allison	13,675	24.7	−26.6
	UKIP	Nigel Farage	952	1.7	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	783	1.4	N/A
	Natural Law	P. Warburton	145	0.3	N/A
Majority			9,239	16.7
Turnout			55,272	58.2	−24.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.5

General Election 1992: Eastleigh^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Milligan	38,998	51.3	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Chidgey	21,296	28.0	−4.0
	Labour	Miss Johanna E. Sugrue	15,768	20.7	+4.0
Majority			17,702	23.3	+4.0
Turnout			76,062	82.9	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	35,584	51.26
	Liberal	M.J. Kyrle	22,229	32.02
	Labour	D.J.C. Bull	11,599	16.71
Majority			13,355	19.24
Turnout				79.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	32,393	51.00
	Liberal	M.J. Kyrle	19,385	30.52
	Labour	P. Hallmann	11,736	18.48
Majority			13,008	20.48
Turnout				77.04
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	38,516	55.92
	Labour	C.E. Roberts	18,222	26.45
	Liberal	G.D. Johnson	12,143	17.63
Majority			20,294	29.46
Turnout				80.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	26,869	44.97
	Labour	E. Presman	19,054	31.89
	Liberal	G.D. Johnson	13,832	23.15
Majority			7,815	13.08
Turnout				78.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	28,512	44.49
	Labour	E. Presman	18,402	28.71
	Liberal	G.D. Johnson	17,178	26.80
Majority			10,110	15.77
Turnout				85.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	30,300	51.03
	Labour	R.T.F. Flach	22,248	37.47
	Liberal	C.J. Clayton	6,825	11.50
Majority			8,052	13.56
Turnout				78.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	24,337	45.41
	Labour	J.A.A. Evans	23,636	44.11
	Liberal	J.F. Rice	5,617	10.48
Majority			701	1.31
Turnout				83.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	23,429	45.53
	Labour	J.S.F. Boswell	21,341	41.48
	Liberal	J.F. Rice	6,685	12.99
Majority			2,088	4.06
Turnout				83.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	24,949	53.49
	Labour	C.J.S. Rowland	21,693	46.51
Majority			3,256	6.98
Turnout				84.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir David Price	20,215	50.68
	Labour	J.E. Haire	19,670	49.32
Majority			545	1.37
Turnout				81.52
	Conservative win (new seat)

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Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ Two wards each comprising Chandlers Ford and Hiltingbury^[2]

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References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007
^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
^ "Chris Huhne admits perverting the course of justice". BBC News. 4 February 2013.
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21349422
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ http://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/pdf/SOPN4MPEastleigh2010.pdf
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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Coordinates: 50°56′N 1°20′W / 50.94°N 1.34°W / 50.94; -1.34

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Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)

Boundaries

History

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

See also

Notes

References

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