Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)
Portsmouth North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2010 | |
![]() Boundary of Portsmouth North in South East England | |
County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 71,844 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Amanda Martin (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Portsmouth |
Replaced by | Portsmouth West |
Portsmouth North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Amanda Martin of the Labour Party since 2024.[n 2]
Boundaries
[edit]1918–1950: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Charles Dickens, Mile End, North End, and Portsea.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Cosham, Farlington, Meredith, Nelson, North End, Paulsgrove, Portsea, and St Mary and Guildhall.
1983–1997: The City of Portsmouth wards of Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove, and the Borough of Havant wards of Purbrook and Stakes.
1997–2010: The City of Portsmouth wards of Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove.
2010–present: The City of Portsmouth wards of Baffins, Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 general election remained unchanged.[2]
As its name suggests, the constituency covers the northern portion of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.
History
[edit]The constituency was created in 1918 when the two-seat Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South.
It was abolished for the 1950 general election and largely replaced by a new Portsmouth West constituency as the axis of division changed, but was re-established for the February 1974 general election.
Constituency profile
[edit]This urban seat is of average affluence[3] and incomes, with relatively low unemployment compared to the national average measured at the end of 2012 at 3.8% (claimant count) as opposed to 2.3% average across the region.[4]
Compared to Portsmouth South, it has a lower proportion of public sector workers, students and ethnic minorities. This explains the divergence between the two Portsmouth seats in voting patterns. The seat is currently in Labour hands, but very narrowly, with the former Tory MP/leadership hopeful - Penny Mordaunt - commanding a large personal following.
The seat has been one of the most long-standing bellwethers (of the national election winner), having that status since its creation in February 1974; only the Dartford constituency have a longer-standing status, which has been a bellwether since 1964.
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1918–1950
[edit]Portsmouth prior to 1918
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Bertram Falle, Bt. | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Conservative | ||
1934 by-election | Admiral Sir Roger Keyes | Conservative | |
1943 by-election | Admiral Sir William James | Conservative | |
1945 | Donald Bruce | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Portsmouth West |
MPs since 1974
[edit]Portsmouth West and Portsmouth Langstone prior to 1974
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Amanda Martin | 14,495 | 34.8 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 13,715 | 33.0 | −28.4 | |
Reform UK | Melvyn Todd | 8,501 | 20.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Dodd | 3,031 | 7.3 | −0.1 | |
Green | Duncan Robinson | 1,851 | 4.5 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 780 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,593 | 59.0 | −4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 70,446 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 28,172 | 61.4 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Amanda Martin | 12,392 | 27.0 | −6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antonia Harrison | 3,419 | 7.4 | +1.9 | |
Green | Lloyd Day | 1,304 | 2.8 | +1.1 | |
Independent | George Madgwick | 623 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,780 | 34.4 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,910 | 64.4 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 25,860 | 54.8 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Rumal Khan | 15,895 | 33.7 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 2,608 | 5.5 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald | 1,926 | 4.1 | −15.0 | |
Green | Ken Hawkins[8] | 791 | 1.7 | −1.5 | |
Libertarian | Joe Jenkins | 130 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,965 | 21.1 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,210 | 66.1 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 21,343 | 47.0 | +2.7 | |
Labour | John Ferrett | 10,806 | 23.8 | −4.0 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald[10] | 8,660 | 19.1 | +15.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 2,828 | 6.2 | −13.9 | |
Green | Gavin Ellis [11] | 1,450 | 3.2 | +2.1 | |
TUSC | Jon Woods | 231 | 0.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 10,537 | 23.2 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,318 | 62.1 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 19,533 | 44.3 | +6.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 12,244 | 27.8 | −13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 8,874 | 20.1 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald | 1,812 | 4.1 | +0.5 | |
English Democrat | David Knight | 1,040 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Green | Iain Maclennan | 461 | 1.0 | N/A | |
TUSC | Mick Tosh | 154 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,289 | 16.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,118 | 62.7 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 15,412 | 40.9 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 14,273 | 37.8 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Lawson | 6,684 | 17.7 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | Mike Smith | 1,348 | 3.6 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 1,139 | 3.1 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,717 | 60.0 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Syd Rapson | 18,676 | 50.7 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Christopher Day | 13,542 | 36.7 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 3,795 | 10.3 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | William McCabe | 559 | 1.5 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Brian Bundy | 294 | 0.8 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 5,134 | 14.0 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 36,866 | 57.4 | −12.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Syd Rapson | 21,339 | 47.1 | +13.9 | |
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 17,016 | 37.6 | −13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Sollitt | 4,788 | 10.6 | −4.5 | |
Referendum | Shaun Evelegh | 1,757 | 3.9 | N/A | |
UKIP | Peter Coe | 298 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Wessex Regionalist | Colin Bex | 72 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,323 | 9.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,270 | 70.1 | –7.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 32,240 | 52.6 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Alan D. Burnett | 18,359 | 29.9 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex M. Bentley | 10,101 | 16.5 | −8.2 | |
Green | Helen Palmer | 628 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,881 | 22.7 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 61,328 | 77.1 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 33,297 | 55.3 | ![]() | |
SDP | Elizabeth Mitchell | 14,896 | 24.7 | +1.1 | |
Labour Co-op | David Miles | 12,016 | 20.0 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 18,401 | 30.6 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 60,209 | 74.8 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 31,413 | 55.3 | +6.6 | |
SDP | Stuart Luxon | 13,414 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Nigel Beard | 12,013 | 21.1 | −23.2 | |
Majority | 17,999 | 31.7 | +27.4 | ||
Turnout | 56,840 | 72.9 | −5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 26,356 | 48.65 | +5.32 | |
Labour | Frank Judd | 24,045 | 44.38 | −1.49 | |
Liberal | S Brewin | 3,354 | 6.19 | −3.72 | |
National Front | R Hadlow | 298 | 0.55 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | T White | 122 | 0.26 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,311 | 4.27 | +2.74 | ||
Turnout | 54,177 | 78.66 | +1.81 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Judd | 24,352 | 45.87 | +2.26 | |
Conservative | John Ward | 23,007 | 43.33 | +0.30 | |
Liberal | Eileen Brooks | 5,208 | 9.81 | −3.55 | |
More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 527 | 0.99 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,345 | 2.54 | +1.96 | ||
Turnout | 53,094 | 76.85 | −3.00 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.28 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Judd | 23,847 | 43.61 | ||
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 23,527 | 43.03 | ||
Liberal | A.J. Peaston | 7,304 | 13.36 | ||
Majority | 320 | 0.58 | |||
Turnout | 54,678 | 79.85 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Bruce | 15,352 | 51.09 | +17.79 | |
Conservative | Greville Howard | 14,310 | 47.62 | −19.0 | |
Democratic | John Edward Vincent Keast | 388 | 1.29 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,042 | 3.47 | +36.23 | ||
Turnout | 30,050 | 75.36 | +10.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 18.88 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James | 6,735 | 59.7 | −6.9 | |
Common Wealth | Thomas Sargant | 4,545 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,190 | 19.4 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,280 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Keyes | 22,956 | 66.62 | +7.02 | |
Labour | Edward Thomas Humby | 11,502 | 33.38 | −7.02 | |
Majority | 11,454 | 33.24 | +14.04 | ||
Turnout | 34,458 | 64.86 | −9.63 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Keyes | 17,582 | 59.6 | −8.8 | |
Labour | Edward Thomas Humby | 11,904 | 40.4 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 5,678 | 19.2 | −17.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,486 | 55.7 | −18.79 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bertram Falle | 26,331 | 69.37 | +24.87 | |
Labour | Kenneth Dewar | 12,182 | 31.63 | −4.57 | |
Majority | 14,149 | 36.74 | +28.44 | ||
Turnout | 38,513 | 74.49 | +3.69 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +14.87 |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Bertram Falle | 15,352 | 44.5 | −18.6 | |
Labour | Edward Archbold | 12,475 | 36.2 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Archibald William Palmer | 6,643 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,877 | 8.3 | −27.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,470 | 70.8 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 48,688 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Bertram Falle | 17,597 | 63.1 | +12.9 | |
Labour | Olaf Gleeson | 10,279 | 36.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 7,318 | 26.2 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,876 | 75.0 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 37,168 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Bertram Falle | 13,229 | 50.2 | −5.7 | |
Labour | Olaf Gleeson | 9,523 | 36.2 | +9.3 | |
Liberal | William Llewellyn Williams | 3,584 | 13.6 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 3,706 | 14.0 | −15.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,336 | 71.7 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 36,717 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Bertram Falle | 14,168 | 55.9 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 6,808 | 26.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Henry Field Lapthorn | 4,368 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,360 | 29.0 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,344 | 71.9 | +19.6 | ||
Registered electors | 35,236 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Election in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Bertram Falle | 11,427 | 61.8 | |
Naval and Lower-Deck | Lionel Yexley* | 7,063 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 4,364 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 18,490 | 52.3 | |||
Registered electors | 35,367 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
* Yexley (real name, James Woods) was supported by the Lower-Deck Parliamentary Committee, and also the local Liberal association.
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
- ^ "Unemployment claimants by constituency". The Guardian. 17 November 2010.
- ^ "Portsmouth North Statement of Persons Nominated". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Portsmouth North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Microsoft Word - Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - Portsmouth North.docx" (PDF). portsmouth.gov.uk. 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Portsmouth Green Party Candidates 2019 Local Elections". portsmouth.greenparty.org.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK Polling Report".
- ^ https://portsmouth.greenparty.org.uk/people/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, p.218
- ^ a b c d e British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
Sources
[edit]- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
External links
[edit]- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- Portsmouth North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Portsmouth North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK