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Romsey and Southampton North (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°05′N 1°31′W / 51.09°N 1.52°W / 51.09; -1.52
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Romsey and Southampton North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Romsey and Southampton North in South East England
CountyHampshire
Electorate73,831 (2023) [1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentCaroline Nokes (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromRomsey

Romsey and Southampton North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Caroline Nokes for the Conservative Party. For the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer it is a county constituency.

History

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Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which created this constituency for the 2010 general election primarily as an extended Romsey constituency.

Boundaries

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Map
Map of 2010-2024 boundaries

2010–2024: Romsey and Southampton North was formed from electoral wards:

  • Bassett, and Swaythling in the City of Southampton; and
  • Abbey, Ampfield and Braishfield, Blackwater, Broughton and Stockbridge, Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams, Cupernham, Dun Valley, Harewood, Kings Somborne and Michelmersh, North Baddesley, Over Wallop, Romsey Extra, Tadburn, and Valley Park in the Borough of Test Valley[2]


2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The City of Southampton wards of: Bassett; Swaythling.
  • The Borough of Test Valley wards of: Ampfield & Braishfield; Anna; Bellinger; Blackwater; Charlton & the Pentons; Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams; Harewood; Mid Test; North Baddesley; Romsey Abbey; Romsey Cupernham; Romsey Tadburn.[3]

The boundaries were extended northwards to included rural areas to the south and west of Andover, transferred from North West Hampshire. The Valley Park ward was to be transferred to Eastleigh.

The area includes Stockbridge, which was a rotten borough until its abolition under the Great Reform Act of 1832.

Constituency profile

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The constituency takes in the bulk of a more affluent and older-population local government district with a fraction of a contrasting district: the net result is a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.[4] At the end of 2012, the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.5% of the population claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.4%.[5] The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a low 13.5% of its population without a car, 18.4% of the population without qualifications and a high 30.5% with Level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure 70.4% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census in Test Valley district.[6]

Members of Parliament

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Romsey prior to 2010

Election Member[7] Party
2010 Caroline Nokes Conservative
Sep 2019 Independent[8]
Oct 2019 Conservative[9]

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Romsey and Southampton North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 19,893 39.8 –18.1
Liberal Democrats Geoff Cooper[11] 17,702 35.4 +7.3
Reform UK Paul Barrett[12] 5,716 11.4 N/A
Labour Christie Lambert[13] 4,640 9.3 –2.8
Green Connor Shaw[14] 1,893 3.8 +3.1
Independent Fennie Yap 183 0.4 N/A
Majority 2,191 4.4 –25.3
Turnout 50,027 69.6 –4.5
Registered electors 71,871
Conservative hold Swing –12.7

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[15]
Party Vote %
Conservative 31,647 57.9
Liberal Democrats 15,396 28.1
Labour 6,630 12.1
Others 640 1.2
Green 391 0.7
Turnout 54,704 74.1
Electorate 73,831
General election 2019: Romsey and Southampton North[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 27,862 54.2 –2.9
Liberal Democrats Craig Fletcher 16,990 33.1 +11.8
Labour Claire Ransom 5,898 11.5 –7.7
UKIP Geoff Bentley 640 1.2 New
Majority 10,872 21.1 –14.7
Turnout 51,390 75.3 +0.6
Conservative hold Swing –7.35
General election 2017: Romsey and Southampton North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 28,668 57.1 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Catherine Royce 10,662 21.3 +3.6
Labour Darren Paffey 9,614 19.2 +7.3
Green Ian Callaghan 953 1.9 –2.7
JAC Don Jerrard 271 0.5 New
Majority 18,006 35.8 –0.9
Turnout 50,168 74.7 +1.94
Conservative hold Swing –0.35
General election 2015: Romsey and Southampton North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 26,285 54.4 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Ben Nicholls 8,573 17.7 –23.6
Labour Darren Paffey 5,749 11.9 +5.5
UKIP Sandra James 5,511 11.4 +8.8
Green Ian Callaghan 2,218 4.6 New
Majority 17,712 36.7 +28.3
Turnout 48,336 72.76 +0.2
Conservative hold Swing +14.1

This constituency was contested for the first time at the 2010 general election. Liberal Democrat MP Sandra Gidley had been the MP for the predecessor seat of Romsey since 2000.

General election 2010: Romsey and Southampton North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 24,345 49.7 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Sandra Gidley 20,189 41.3 –2.4
Labour Aktar Beg 3,116 6.4 –4.6
UKIP John Meropoulos 1,289 2.6 +0.3
Majority 4,156 8.4 N/A
Turnout 48,939 72.6 +6.2
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  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.
  2. ^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  4. ^ 2001 Census
  5. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  6. ^ 2011 census interactive maps Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  8. ^ "Whip stripped from Tory heavyweights after Brexit rebellion". ITV News. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Boris Johnson readmits 10 Brexit rebels to Tory party". BBC. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Romsey & Southampton North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Romsey and Southampton North Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Labour PPC for Romsey and Southampton North". Labour CLP RSN. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Selected Candidates". Test Valley Green Party. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Romsey & Southampton North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Romsey & Southampton North parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  18. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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