Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency, 1974 to 2024
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Fareham was a constituency[n 1] in Hampshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.[n 2] It existed from 1885 to 1950 and again from 1974 to 2024. Its final Member of Parliament (MP) was Suella Braverman of the Conservative Party, first elected in 2015 (under her maiden name of Suella Fernandes), who served as Home Secretary in 2022–2023.
| Fareham | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Fareham in Hampshire | |
 Location of Hampshire within England | |
| County | Hampshire |
| Electorate | 76,457 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Fareham, Portchester, Warsash |
| 1974–2024 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Gosport and Fareham |
| Replaced by | Fareham and Waterlooville and Hamble Valley |
| 1885–1950 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
| Created from | South Hampshire |
| Replaced by | Gosport and Fareham and Portsmouth Langstone |
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was abolished at the 2024 general election: the majority, comprising Fareham and Portchester, was incorporated into the new constituency of Fareham and Waterlooville (which Braverman contested and won), with the remainder, comprising the villages of Locks Heath, Park Gate, Sarisbury, Titchfield and Warsash, forming part of the newly created constituency of Hamble Valley.[2]
Constituency profile
The largest town is Fareham, and other communities include Portchester, Locks Heath, Warsash and Titchfield. There are many commuters to Southampton and Portsmouth. The Royal Navy and Merchant Navy have training facilities.[3] Residents are wealthier than the UK average.[4]
Boundaries
1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Portsmouth and Southampton, the Sessional Division of Fareham, and part of the Sessional Division of Southampton.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Fareham, Gosport and Alverstoke, Havant, and Warblington, and the Rural Districts of Fareham and Havant.
1974–1983: The Urban District of Fareham.
1983–1997: The Borough of Fareham except the wards of Hill Head and Stubbington, and the City of Winchester wards of Boarhunt and Southwick, Curdridge, Denmead, Droxford Soberton and Hambledon, Shedfield, Swanmore, Waltham Chase, and Wickham.
1997–2024: The Borough of Fareham wards of Fareham North, Fareham North-West, Fareham South, Fareham West, Locks Heath, Park Gate, Portchester East, Portchester West, Sarisbury, Titchfield, Titchfield Common, and Warsash.
History
The constituency was first created in 1885. In January 1905 the Liberal Party employed Bertha Bowness Foulkes who was Britain's second constituency woman political agent.[5] The constituency was abolished in 1950 and succeeded by Gosport and Fareham but revived in 1974. The constituency has always been represented by Conservatives.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885–1950
| Election | Member[6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir Frederick Fitzwygram | Conservative | |
| 1900 | Arthur Lee | Conservative | |
| 1918 | John Davidson | Conservative | |
| 1931 by-election | Thomas Inskip | Conservative | |
| 1939 by-election | Dymoke White | Conservative | |
| 1950 | Constituency abolished: see Gosport and Fareham | ||
MPs 1974–2024
| Election | Member[6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 1974 | Reginald Bennett | Conservative | |
| 1979 | Sir Peter Lloyd | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Mark Hoban | Conservative | |
| 2015 | Suella Braverman | Conservative | |
| 2024 | Constituency abolished: see Fareham and Waterlooville | ||
Election results 1922–2019
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Suella Braverman | 36,459 | 63.7 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Matthew Randall | 10,373 | 18.1 | −7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Winnington | 8,006 | 14.0 | +7.2 | |
| Green | Nick Lyle | 2,412 | 4.2 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 26,086 | 45.6 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 57,250 | 73.1 | +0.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Suella Fernandes | 35,915 | 63.0 | +6.9 | |
| Labour | Matthew Randall | 14,360 | 25.2 | +10.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Winnington | 3,896 | 6.8 | −2.0 | |
| UKIP | Tony Blewett | 1,541 | 2.7 | −12.7 | |
| Green | Miles Grindey | 1,302 | 2.3 | −1.6 | |
| Majority | 21,555 | 37.8 | −2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 57,014 | 72.3 | +1.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Suella Fernandes[10] | 30,689 | 56.1 | +0.8 | |
| UKIP | Malcolm Jones[11] | 8,427 | 15.4 | +11.3 | |
| Labour | Stuart Rose[12] | 7,800 | 14.3 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Winnington[13] | 4,814 | 8.8 | −15.0 | |
| Green | Miles Grindey | 2,129 | 3.9 | +2.4 | |
| Independent | Nick Gregory | 705 | 1.3 | New | |
| Independent | Harvey Hines | 136 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 22,262 | 40.7 | +9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 54,700 | 70.8 | −0.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Hoban | 30,037 | 55.3 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Bentley | 12,945 | 23.8 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | James Carr | 7,719 | 14.2 | −11.4 | |
| UKIP | Steve Richards | 2,235 | 4.1 | +1.2 | |
| Green | Peter Doggett | 791 | 1.5 | New | |
| English Democrat | Joe Jenkins | 618 | 1.1 | New | |
| Majority | 17,092 | 31.5 | +7.4 | ||
| Turnout | 54,345 | 71.6 | +4.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Hoban | 24,151 | 49.7 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | James Carr | 12,449 | 25.6 | −6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard de Ste-Croix | 10,551 | 21.7 | +3.0 | |
| UKIP | Peter Mason-Apps | 1,425 | 2.9 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 11,702 | 24.1 | +8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 48,576 | 66.9 | +3.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Hoban | 21,389 | 47.1 | +0.3 | |
| Labour | James Carr | 14,380 | 31.6 | +4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Pritchard | 8,503 | 18.7 | −0.9 | |
| UKIP | William O’Brien | 1,175 | 2.6 | New | |
| Majority | 7,009 | 15.5 | −4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 45,447 | 63.5 | −3.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Lloyd | 24,436 | 46.8 | −14.2 | |
| Labour | Michael A. Prior | 14,078 | 27.0 | +13.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Grace Hill | 10,234 | 19.6 | −5.0 | |
| Referendum | Dayne Markham | 2,914 | 5.6 | New | |
| No to Europe | William O'Brien | 515 | 1.0 | New | |
| Majority | 10,358 | 19.8 | −16.6 | ||
| Turnout | 52,177 | 75.9 | −6.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Lloyd | 40,482 | 61.0 | −0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John C. Thompson | 16,341 | 24.6 | −5.3 | |
| Labour | Elizabeth M. Weston | 8,766 | 13.2 | +4.2 | |
| Green | Malcolm J. Brimecome | 818 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 24,141 | 36.4 | +5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 66,407 | 81.9 | +3.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Lloyd | 36,781 | 61.1 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal | Timothy Slack | 17,986 | 29.9 | −1.1 | |
| Labour | Michael Merritt | 5,451 | 9.0 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 18,795 | 31.2 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 60,218 | 78.4 | +4.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Lloyd | 32,762 | 61.8 | ||
| Liberal | Steve Yolland | 16,446 | 31.0 | ||
| Labour | Dennis Sommerville | 3,808 | 7.2 | ||
| Majority | 16,316 | 30.8 | |||
| Turnout | 53,016 | 73.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Lloyd | 28,730 | 59.0 | +15.8 | |
| Liberal | W.P. Boulden | 11,685 | 24.0 | −9.1 | |
| Labour | B.R. Townsend | 8,041 | 16.5 | −2.0 | |
| National Front | D.C. Vine | 252 | 0.5 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 17,045 | 35.0 | +25.1 | ||
| Turnout | 48,708 | 79.1 | +2.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Reginald Bennett | 19,053 | 43.2 | −4.4 | |
| Liberal | P. Smith | 14,605 | 33.1 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | B.R. Townsend | 8,153 | 18.5 | +0.9 | |
| Ind. Conservative | W.P. Boulden | 1,727 | 3.9 | −0.1 | |
| National Front | R.M. Doughty | 617 | 1.4 | New | |
| Majority | 4,448 | 10.1 | −6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 44,155 | 77.0 | −5.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Reginald Bennett | 22,303 | 47.6 | ||
| Liberal | P. Smith | 14,426 | 30.8 | ||
| Labour | J. Horne | 8,237 | 17.6 | ||
| Ind. Conservative | W.P. Boulden | 1,879 | 4.0 | ||
| Majority | 7,877 | 16.8 | |||
| Turnout | 46,845 | 82.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dymoke White | 35,882 | 52.47 | ||
| Labour | Ashley Bramall | 32,501 | 47.53 | ||
| Majority | 3,381 | 4.94 | |||
| Turnout | 68,383 | 70.96 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dymoke White | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Inskip | 31,794 | 75.07 | ||
| Labour | Robert Mack | 10,561 | 24.93 | New | |
| Majority | 21,233 | 50.14 | |||
| Turnout | 42,355 | 61.92 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Inskip | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Inskip | 18,749 | 65.6 | +11.4 | |
| Labour | Arthur James Pearson | 6,312 | 22.1 | ±0.0 | |
| Liberal | Conyngham Peters Cross | 3,517 | 12.3 | −11.4 | |
| Majority | 12,437 | 43.5 | +13.0 | ||
| Turnout | 28,578 | 50.3 | −17.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Davidson | 19,756 | 54.2 | −21.0 | |
| Liberal | Conyngham Peters Cross | 8,630 | 23.7 | New | |
| Labour | Arthur James Pearson | 8,034 | 22.1 | −2.7 | |
| Majority | 11,126 | 30.5 | −19.9 | ||
| Turnout | 36,420 | 68.0 | −0.8 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Davidson | 19,108 | 75.2 | +5.8 | |
| Labour | Joseph Bowron Baker | 6,304 | 24.8 | −5.8 | |
| Majority | 12,804 | 50.4 | +11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 25,412 | 68.8 | +9.1 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +5.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Davidson | 14,787 | 69.4 | −3.7 | |
| Labour | Joseph Bowron Baker | 6,526 | 30.6 | +3.7 | |
| Majority | 8,261 | 38.8 | −7.4 | ||
| Turnout | 21,313 | 59.7 | −7.7 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -3.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Davidson | 17,008 | 73.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | C H Hoare | 6,245 | 26.9 | New | |
| Majority | 10,763 | 46.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,253 | 67.4 | N/A | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Election results 1885–1918
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick Fitzwygram | 5,177 | 53.4 | ||
| Liberal | Reginald Garton Wilberforce | 4,518 | 46.6 | ||
| Majority | 659 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 9,695 | 79.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,162 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick Fitzwygram | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick Fitzwygram | 6,086 | 57.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal | James Grab Niven | 4,547 | 42.8 | New | |
| Majority | 1,539 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,633 | 77.0 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 13,816 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick Fitzwygram | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Lee | 7,375 | 65.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Robert Tweedy-Smith | 3,828 | 34.2 | New | |
| Majority | 3,547 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 11,203 | 69.8 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 16,050 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Lee | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Lee | 7,683 | 54.8 | −11.0 | |
| Liberal | George Evatt | 6,331 | 45.2 | +11.0 | |
| Majority | 1,352 | 9.6 | −22.0 | ||
| Turnout | 14,014 | 80.5 | +10.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,398 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −11.0 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Lee | 10,117 | 63.7 | +8.9 | |
| Liberal | John Sandy | 5,763 | 36.3 | −8.9 | |
| Majority | 4,354 | 27.4 | +17.8 | ||
| Turnout | 15,880 | 84.9 | +4.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,695 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Lee | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
General election 1914–15:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Arthur Lee
- Liberal:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Davidson | Unopposed | |||
| Unionist hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | John Davidson | Unopposed | ||
| Unionist hold | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
See also
Notes
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
- As with all current constituencies, the constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.