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 parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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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 abolsihed 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
- Constituency created (1918)
- 1918 — 1934: Bertram Godfray
- 1934 — 1943: Roger Keyes, Conservative
- 1943 — 1945: Sir William James
- 1945 — 1950: Donald Bruce
- Constituency abolished (1950)
- Constituency recreated (1974)
- 1974 — 1979: Frank Judd, Labour
- 1979 — 1997: Peter Griffiths, Conservative
- 1997 — 2005: Syd Rapson, Labour
- 2005 — present: 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 Democrats | Gary Lawson | 6,684 | 17.7 | +7.4 | |
| UKIP | 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 Democrats | Darren Sanders | 3,795 | 10.3 | -0.3 | |
| UKIP | William McCabe | 559 | 1.5 | +0.9 | |
| Independent (politician) | Brian Bundy | 294 | 0.8 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 5,134 | 14.0 | |||
| Turnout | 36,866 | 57.4 | -12.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
Categories: Parliamentary constituencies in the South East | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974 | Politics of Hampshire | Portsmouth | United Kingdom constituency stubs
