Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)

Eastleigh
Eastleigh
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
	Boundary of Eastleigh in South East England
County	Hampshire
Electorate	69,982 (2023)
Major settlements	Eastleigh; Bishopstoke; West End; Chandler's Ford;
Current constituency
Created	1955
Member of Parliament	Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	Winchester (fraction of)

Eastleigh is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Liz Jarvis, a Liberal Democrat.

Constituency profile

The seat forms part of the South Hampshire conurbation between Southampton and Portsmouth, including the railway town of Eastleigh itself. Residents' health and wealth are around average for the UK.^[2]

Boundaries

Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

1955–1974: The Borough of Eastleigh, in the Rural District of New Forest the parishes of Eling and Netley Marsh, in the Rural District of Romsey and Stockbridge the parishes of Ampfield, Chilworth, North Baddesley, and Nursling and Rownhams, and in the Rural District of Winchester the parishes of Botley, Bursledon, Hamble, Hedge End, Hound, and West End.

1974–1983: The Boroughs of Eastleigh and Romsey, in the Rural District of Romsey and Stockbridge the parishes of Ampfield, Braishfield, Chilworth, Melchet Park and Plaitford, Michelmersh, North Baddesley, Nursling and Rownhams, Romsey Extra, Sherfield English, and Wellow, and in the Rural District of Winchester the parishes of Botley, Bursledon, Hamble, Hedge End, Hound, and West End.

1983–1997: The Borough of Eastleigh, and the City of Southampton ward of Woolston.

1997–2010: The Borough of Eastleigh wards of Bishopstoke, Botley, Bursledon, Eastleigh Central, Eastleigh North, Eastleigh South, Eastleigh West, Fair Oak, Hamble, Hedge End St John's, Hedge End Wildern, Hound, West End North, and West End South.

2010–2024: The Borough of Eastleigh wards of 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, and West End South.

2024–present: The Borough of Eastleigh wards of Bishopstoke, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh Central, Eastleigh North, Eastleigh South, Fair Oak & Horton Heath, Hiltingbury, West End North, and West End South and the Borough of Test Valley ward of Valley Park.^[3]

The seat underwent major changes with southern areas, including the communities of Hedge End, Botley, Netley and Hamble-le-Rice (42% of the 2010–2024 electorate) forming about half the new constituency of Hamble Valley.^[4] To compensate, Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury were transferred in from Winchester, along with the neighbouring Test Valley ward of Valley Park, formerly included in Romsey and Southampton North.

History

Eastleigh constituency was created for the 1955 general election; before then Eastleigh itself had been in the Winchester constituency. It 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 then held Eastleigh in the four following general elections (1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010), 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 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.^[5] 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.^[6] Mike Thornton retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in the by-election. However, at the 2015 general election Thornton was defeated by the Conservative Mims Davies. Since then the seat has been held by the Conservatives.

Members of Parliament

Winchester prior to 1955

	Member^[7]	Party
1955	David Price	Conservative
1992	Stephen Milligan	Conservative
1994 by-election	David Chidgey	Liberal Democrat
2005	Chris Huhne	Liberal Democrat
2013 by-election	Mike Thornton	Liberal Democrat
2015	Mims Davies	Conservative
2019	Paul Holmes	Conservative
2024	Liz Jarvis	Liberal Democrat

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Eastleigh^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Jarvis	15,970	34.4	±0.0
	Conservative	Samuel Joynson	14,424	31.1	−20.8
	Labour	Daniel Shearer	7,005	15.1	+3.4
	Reform UK	Clare Fawcett	6,151	13.3	N/A
	Green	Ben Parry	2,403	5.2	+3.2
	Independent	Russ Kitching	467	1.0	N/A
Majority			1,546	3.3	N/A
Turnout			46,420	66.3	−4.5
Registered electors			69,965
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	10.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,711	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	17,070	34.4
	Labour	5,778	11.7
	Green	1,013	2.0

Turnout		49,572	70.8
Electorate		69,982

General election 2019: Eastleigh^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Holmes	32,690	55.4	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Murphy	17,083	29.0	+3.3
	Labour	Sam Jordan	7,559	12.8	−7.2
	Green	Ron Meldrum	1,639	2.8	+1.5
Majority			15,607	26.4	+1.7
Turnout			58,971	70.3	−0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 2017: Eastleigh^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mims Davies	28,889	50.4	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Thornton	14,710	25.7	−0.1
	Labour	Jill Payne	11,454	20.0	+7.1
	UKIP	Malcolm Jones	1,477	2.6	−13.2
	Green	Ron Meldrum	750	1.3	−1.4
Majority			14,179	24.7	+8.2
Turnout			57,280	70.5	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

General election 2015: Eastleigh^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mims Davies^[13]	23,464	42.3	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Thornton	14,317	25.8	−20.7
	UKIP	Patricia Culligan^[14]	8,783	15.8	+12.2
	Labour	Mark Latham^[15]	7,181	12.9	+3.3
	Green	Ron Meldrum^[16]	1,513	2.7	New
	Beer, Baccy and Scratchings	Ray Hall	133	0.2	N/A
	TUSC	Declan Clune	114	0.2	New
Majority			9,147	16.5	N/A
Turnout			55,505	69.7	+0.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+11.8

2013 Eastleigh by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	New
	NHA	Iain Maclennan	392	0.9	New
	Beer, Baccy and Crumpet Party	Ray Hall	235	0.6	New
	Christian	Kevin Milburn	163	0.4	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	136	0.3	New
	Peace	Jim Duggan	128	0.3	New
	Elvis Loves Pets	David Bishop	72	0.2	New
	English Democrat	Michael Walters	70	0.2	−0.3
	TUSC	Daz Procter	62	0.2	N/A
	Wessex Regionalist	Colin Bex	30	0.1	New
Majority			1,771	4.3	−2.9
Turnout			41,616	52.8	−16.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-19.3

General election 2010: Eastleigh^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrat	Tony Pewsey	249	0.5	New
	Independent	Dave Stone	154	0.3	New
	National Liberal	Keith Low	93	0.2	New
Majority			3,864	7.2	+6.1
Turnout			53,650	69.3	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Eastleigh^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	−5.3
Turnout			49,771	64.8	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−2.6

General election 2001: Eastleigh^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	New
Majority			3,058	6.4	+5.0
Turnout			47,573	63.8	−12.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Eastleigh^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Chidgey	19,453	35.1	+5.2
	Conservative	Stephen Reid	18,699	33.7	−17.2
	Labour	Alan Lloyd	14,883	26.8	+7.2
	Referendum	Victor Eldridge	2,013	3.6	New
	UKIP	P.W. Robinson	446	0.8	New
Majority			754	1.4	N/A
Turnout			55,494	76.9	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

1994 Eastleigh by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	783	1.4	New
	Natural Law	P. Warburton	145	0.3	New
Majority			9,239	16.7	N/A
Turnout			55,272	58.2	−24.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.5

General election 1992: Eastleigh^[22]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Milligan	38,998	51.3	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Chidgey	21,296	28.0	−4.0
	Labour	Johanna E. Sugrue	15,768	20.7	+4.0
Majority			17,702	23.3	+4.1
Turnout			76,062	82.9	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Eastleigh^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Price	35,584	51.3	+0.3
	Liberal	Martin Kyrle	22,229	32.0	+1.5
	Labour	David Bull	11,599	16.7	−1.8
Majority			13,355	19.2	−1.3
Turnout			69,412	79.3	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.6

General election 1983: Eastleigh^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Price	32,393	51.0	−4.9
	Liberal	Martin Kyrle	19,385	30.5	+12.9
	Labour	Peter Hallmann	11,736	18.5	−8.0
Majority			13,008	20.5	−9.0
Turnout			63,514	77.0	−3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Price	38,516	55.92	+10.95
	Labour	C.E. Roberts	18,222	26.45	−5.43
	Liberal	G.D. Johnson	12,143	17.63	−5.52
Majority			20,294	29.47	+16.39
Turnout			68,881	80.66	+1.85
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.19

General election October 1974: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Price	26,869	44.97	+0.48
	Labour	E. Presman	19,054	31.89	+3.18
	Liberal	G.D. Johnson	13,832	23.15	−5.56
Majority			7,815	13.08	−2.70
Turnout			59,755	78.81	−6.52
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.83

General election February 1974: Eastleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Price	28,512	44.49	−6.54
	Labour	E. Presman	18,402	28.71	−8.76
	Liberal	G.D. Johnson	17,178	26.80	+15.30
Majority			10,110	15.78	+2.22
Turnout			64,092	85.33	+6.89
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.11

General election 1970: Eastleigh^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Price	30,300	51.03	+5.62
	Labour	Robert TF Flach	22,248	37.47	−6.64
	Liberal	Christopher J Clayton	6,825	11.50	+1.02
Majority			8,052	13.56	+12.26
Turnout			59,373	78.42	−5.32
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.13

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Eastleigh^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Price	24,337	45.41	−0.12
	Labour	JA Antony Evans	23,636	44.11	+3.63
	Liberal	John Foster-Rice	5,617	10.48	−2.51
Majority			701	1.30	−2.75
Turnout			53,590	83.74	−0.15
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.75

General election 1964: Eastleigh^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Price	23,429	45.53	−7.96
	Labour	Jonathan SF Boswell	21,341	41.48	−5.03
	Liberal	John Foster-Rice	6,685	12.99	New
Majority			2,088	4.05	−2.93
Turnout			51,455	83.89	−0.56
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.46

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Eastleigh^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Price	24,949	53.49	+2.81
	Labour	Christopher Rowland	21,693	46.51	−2.81
Majority			3,256	6.98	+5.62
Turnout			46,642	84.47	−3.05
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.81

General election 1955: Eastleigh^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Price	20,215	50.68
	Labour	John Haire	19,670	49.32
Majority			545	1.36
Turnout			39,885	81.52
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

References

^ "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.
^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Eastleigh
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
^ "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?".
^ "Chris Huhne admits perverting the course of justice". BBC News. 4 February 2013.
^ "Date set for Eastleigh by-election". BBC News. 6 February 2013.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
^ "Eastleigh - General election results 2024". BBC News.
^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). 14 November 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ "Eastleigh parliamentary constituency – Election 2017". Retrieved 21 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Welcome to my website". Mims Davies MP. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ "Patricia Culligan در توییتر "Thanks you to all the wonderful Ukip members in Eastleigh who have selected me tonight. What a team we make- and Westminster here we come!"". Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ "PPC Candidate for 2015 general election". eastleighlabour.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ "I am standing on a ticket to promote Sustainabilty and Social Justice". southampton.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Eastleigh Borough Council" (PDF). www.eastleigh.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ "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.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.

External links

Eastleigh UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Eastleigh UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[1] "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.

[3] Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Eastleigh

[4] "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.

[5] "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?".

[6] "Chris Huhne admits perverting the course of justice". BBC News. 4 February 2013.

[7] "Date set for Eastleigh by-election". BBC News. 6 February 2013.

[rayment-8] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)

[9] "Eastleigh - General election results 2024". BBC News.

[10] "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

[Statement_of_persons_nominated-11] "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). 14 November 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[12] "Eastleigh parliamentary constituency – Election 2017". Retrieved 21 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[electoralcalculus-13] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[14] "Welcome to my website". Mims Davies MP. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[15] "Patricia Culligan در توییتر "Thanks you to all the wonderful Ukip members in Eastleigh who have selected me tonight. What a team we make- and Westminster here we come!"". Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

[16] "PPC Candidate for 2015 general election". eastleighlabour.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[17] "I am standing on a ticket to promote Sustainabilty and Social Justice". southampton.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[electoralcalculus2010-18] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[19] "Eastleigh Borough Council" (PDF). www.eastleigh.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[electoralcalculus2005-20] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-21] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-22] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-23] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[24] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[electoralcalculus1987-25] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-26] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[27] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.

[28] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.

[29] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.

[30] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.

[31] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.

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Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)

Constituency profile

Boundaries

History

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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

External links

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