Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency): Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Basingstoke

|parliament = uk

|year = 1885

|abolished =

|previous = [[North Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Hampshire]]

|next =

|elects_howmany = One

| population = 107,996 (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507718&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |title=Usual Resident Population, 2011 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=27 January 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035433/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507718&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |url-status=live }}</ref>

|publisher=Boundary Commission for England

}}</ref>

|region = England

|county = [[Hampshire]]

}}

 

 

==Constituency profile==

==History==

===Political history===

 

In June 2016, an estimated [[Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum#List of constituency results|53.6% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum]] chose to leave the European Union instead of to remain.<ref>{{cite web |author=TheyWorkForYou |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2018-01-17-104-commons/mp/10241 |title=European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Reject Third Reading — Membership of the European Union: Recent Votes |publisher=TheyWorkForYou |date=2018-01-17 |accessdate=2022-02-14 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221203222/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2018-01-17-104-commons/mp/10241 |url-status=live }}</ref>

 

===Content and regional context===

 

==Boundaries==

'''1885–1918''': The Borough of Basingstoke, and the Sessional Divisions of Basingstoke and Odiham.

 

'''1997–2010''': The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Basing, Brighton Hill, Brookvale, Buckskin, Calleva, Chineham, Eastrop, Grove, Hatch Warren, Kempshott, Norden, Popley, South Ham, Upton Grey, and Winklebury.

 

 

 

* The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of: Brighton Hill; Brookvale & Kings Furlong; Chineham; Eastrop & Grove; Hatch Warren & Beggarwood; Kempshott & Buckskin; Norden; Oakley & The Candovers (polling districts OC01, OC03, OC04, OC05, OC06, OC07, OC08, OC09 and OC11); Popley; South Ham; Winklebury & Manydown.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region}}</ref>

 

 

==Members of Parliament==

{| class="wikitable"

|-

!Party

|-

| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]

| [[George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing|George Sclater-Booth]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| [[1887 Basingstoke by-election|1887 by-election]]

| [[Arthur Frederick Jeffreys]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| [[1906 Basingstoke by-election|1906]]

| [[Arthur Salter (judge)|Arthur Salter]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| [[1917 Basingstoke by-election|1917 by-election]]

| [[Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes|Auckland Geddes]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Unionist]]

|-

| [[1920 Basingstoke by-election|1920 by-election]]

| [[Arthur Holbrook]]

| [[Coalition Conservative]]

|-

| [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]

| [[Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster|Reginald Fletcher]]

| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]

|-

| [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]]

| [[Arthur Richard Holbrook]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]]

| [[Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth|Gerard Wallop]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| [[1934 Basingstoke by-election|1934 by-election]]

| [[Henry Drummond Wolff (Basingstoke MP)|Henry Drummond Wolff]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935]]

| [[Patrick Donner]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]]

| [[Denzil Freeth]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]

| [[David Mitchell (politician)|David Mitchell]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]

|rowspan="3"| [[Andrew Hunter (British politician)|Andrew Hunter]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

| ''2002''

| [[Independent Conservative]]

|-

| ''2004''

| [[Democratic Unionist Party|Democratic Unionist]]

|-

| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]

| [[Maria Miller]]

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|}

 

 

=== Elections in the 2020s ===

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===Elections in the 2010s===

{{Election box begin|title= [[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Basingstoke<ref name="Statement of persons nominated">https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/content/page/61699/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20Notice%20of%20Poll%20and%20Situation%20of%20Polling%20Stations%20-%20Basingstoke.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

}}

==See also==

* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire]]

 

==Notes==

 

==References==

{{Reflist}}

 

{{Constituencies in South East England}}

{{Authority control}}

 

[[Category:Basingstoke|Parliament]]

[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885]]