Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Portsmouth North Borough constituency |
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| Portsmouth North shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918, 1974 |
| MP: | Sarah McCarthy-Fry |
| Party: | Labour Co-operative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hampshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Portsmouth North is a borough constituency which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the northern portion of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.
[edit] History
The constituency was created in 1918 when the larger Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South.
It was abolished for the 1950 general election and replaced by a new Portsmouth West constituency, but re-established for the February 1974 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1918-1950
- Constituency created (1918)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Sir Bertram Falle, Bt. | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Conservative | ||
| 1934 | Roger John Brownlow Keyes | Conservative | |
| 1943 | Sir William James | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Donald Bruce | Labour | |
| 1950 | Constituency abolished | ||
[edit] MPs 1974-present
- Constituency recreated (1974)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1974 | Frank Judd | Labour | |
| 1979 | Peter Griffiths | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Syd Rapson | Labour | |
| 2005 | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Labour Co-operative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Portsmouth North | |||||
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| 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 Democrat | Gary Lawson | 6,684 | 17.7 | +7.4 | |
| UK Independence | Mike Smith | 1,348 | 3.6 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 1,139 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 37,717 | 60.0 | +2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −5.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Portsmouth North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Syd Rapson | 18,676 | 50.7 | +3.5 | |
| Conservative | Chris Day | 13,542 | 36.7 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Darren Sanders | 3,795 | 10.3 | -0.3 | |
| UK Independence | William McCabe | 559 | 1.5 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | Brian Bundy | 294 | 0.8 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 5,134 | 14.0 | |||
| Turnout | 36,866 | 57.4 | -12.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Portsmouth North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Syd Rapson | 21,339 | 47.1 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 17,016 | 37.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Steve Sollitt | 4,788 | 10.6 | ||
| Referendum Party | Shaun Evelegh | 1,757 | 3.9 | ||
| UK Independence | P. Coe | 298 | 0.7 | ||
| Independent | Colin Bex | 72 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 4,323 | 9.5 | |||
| Turnout | 45,270 | 70.1 | - | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Historical list of MPs
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