Romsey (UK Parliament constituency)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Romsey County constituency

Romsey shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Sandra Gidley
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hampshire
EP constituency:	South East England

Romsey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a Liberal Democrat/ Conservative marginal.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is located in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, although it covers a smaller area with parts of the Test Valley to the north being part of the North West Hampshire constituency. The main town within the constituency is Romsey.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hampshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Romsey constituency to be called Romsey and Southampton North, to reflect the fact that Southampton forms part of the constituency.

[edit] History

The constituency has existed since 1983, under the name of Romsey and Waterside. In 1997 it was renamed to just Romsey. The first MP, Michael Colvin, had held the constituency since its creation until his death, in 2000. This led to a by-election, which was won by the Liberal Democrat Sandra Gidley.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
1983		constituency created as Romsey and Waterside
	1983	Michael Colvin	Conservative
1997		constituency renamed as Romsey
	1997	Michael Colvin	Conservative
	2000	Sandra Gidley	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Gidley	22,465	44.7	−2.3
	Conservative	Caroline Nokes	22,340	44.4	+2.3
	Labour	Matthew Stevens	4,430	8.8	+0.6
	UKIP	Michael Wigley	1,076	2.1	+0.6
Majority			125	0.2
Turnout			50,311	69.7	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−2.3

General Election 2001: Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Gidley	22,756	47.0	+17.5
	Conservative	Paul Raynes	20,386	42.1	-3.9
	Labour	Stephen Roberts	3,986	8.2	-10.3
	UKIP	Anthony McCabe	730	1.5	-2.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Derrick Large	601	1.2	N/A
Majority			2,370	4.9
Turnout			48,459	67.2	-9.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

By-election 2000: Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Gidley	19,571	50.6	+21.2
	Conservative	Tim Palmer	16,260	42.0	−4.0
	Labour	Andy Howard	1,451	3.7	−14.9
	UKIP	Garry Rankin-Moore	901	2.3	−1.2
	Legalise Cannabis	Derrick Large	417	1.1	+1.1
	Independent (politician)	Thomas Lamont	109	0.3	+0.3
Majority
Turnout				55.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1997: Romsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Colvin	23,834	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cooper	15,249	29.4
	Labour	Joanne Ford	9,623	18.6
	UKIP	Alan Sked	1,824	3.5
	Referendum Party	Michael Wigley	1,291	2.5
Majority
Turnout

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot \| Arundel and South Downs \| Ashford \| Aylesbury \| Banbury \| Basingstoke \| Beaconsfield \| Bexhill and Battle \| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton \| Bracknell \| Buckingham \| Canterbury \| Chesham and Amersham \| Chichester \| East Hampshire \| East Surrey \| East Worthing and Shoreham \| Eastbourne \| Epsom and Ewell \| Esher and Walton \| Fareham \| Faversham and Mid Kent \| Folkestone and Hythe \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Havant \| Henley \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Maidenhead \| Maidstone and The Weald \| Mid Sussex \| Mole Valley \| New Forest East \| New Forest West \| Newbury \| North East Hampshire \| North East Milton Keynes \| North Thanet \| North West Hampshire \| Reading East \| Reigate \| Runnymede and Weybridge \| Sevenoaks \| South West Surrey \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Wantage \| Wealden \| Windsor \| Witney \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing West \| Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown \| Brighton Pavilion \| Chatham and Aylesford \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Gillingham \| Hastings and Rye \| Hove \| Medway \| Milton Keynes South West \| Oxford East \| Portsmouth North \| Reading West \| Sittingbourne and Sheppey \| Slough \| Southampton Itchen \| Southampton Test \| South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh \| Lewes \| Oxford West and Abingdon \| Portsmouth South \| Romsey \| Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| Labour (1) \| Green (1)