# North West Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North West Hampshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Conservative Kit Malthouse, who served as Education Secretary in 2022.

## History

This constituency's results suggest a Conservative safe seat since its creation for the 1983 general election. The outgoing MP for Basingstoke, David Mitchell, was elected the first MP as he chose to represent the area carved out from the old seat, where he lived instead, and served for fourteen years. On Sir David Mitchell's retirement in 1997 George Young won the seat and held it until his resignation in 2015. Young was previously MP for the marginal constituency of Ealing, Acton from 1974 to 1997, and was Transport Secretary in the Government of John Major from 1995 to 1997. He also ran for Speaker of the House in 2000 and 2009, being defeated on both occasions. Young was appointed Leader of the House of Commons in the coalition government following the 2010 general election, but returned to the backbenches in David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle of 4 September 2012 and returned to the government frontbenches as Chief Whip a few weeks later, in October 2012 in place of Mitchell's son Andrew Mitchell. In 2015, Young was succeeded by Kit Malthouse, also a Conservative.
The 2010 result placed the seat 31st of the 307 Conservative seats by share of the vote polled.

## Constituency profile

The constituency is in the county of Hampshire focused around the town of Andover which has small pockets of regionally high levels of social housing and unemployment; however, the seat overall had the 32nd lowest level of claimants of the 84 seats in the South East, at 1.7%, lower than the regional average of 2.4%.
The economy is built on the military research, building and operations in the area and larger homes attracting wealthy older families and retirees, a high proportion of which are detached or semi-detached in both authorities covered, building and engineering industries and the ease of most areas to access London, Basingstoke, Reading and the Commuter Belt. Smaller towns in the constituency include Tadley and Whitchurch.

## Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Alamein, Anna, Bourne Valley, Dun Valley, Harewood, Harrow Way, Kings Somborne and Michelmersh, Millway, Nether Wallop and Broughton, Over Wallop, St Mary's, Stockbridge, Tedworth, Weyhill, and Winton, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Baughurst, Burghclere, East Woodhay, Kingsclere, Overton, St Mary Bourne, Tadley Central, Tadley North, Tadley South, and Whitchurch.
1997–2010: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Alamein, Anna, Bourne Valley, Harrow Way, Millway, St Mary's, Tedworth, Weyhill, and Winton, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Baughurst and Heath End, Burghclere, East Woodhay, Highclere and Bourne, Kingsclere, Oakley and North Waltham, Overton and Laverstoke, Sherborne St John, Tadley, and Whitchurch.
2010–2024: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Alamein, Amport, Anna, Bourne Valley, Charlton, Harrow Way, Millway, Penton Bellinger, St Mary's, and Winton, and the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of Baughurst, Burghclere, East Woodhay, Highclere and Bourne, Kingsclere, Oakley and North Waltham, Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon, Tadley North, Tadley South, and Whitchurch.
2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
* The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane wards of: Evingar; Sherborne St. John & Rooksdown; Tadley & Pamber; Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst; Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstoke.
* The Borough of Test Valley wards of: Andover Downlands; Andover Harroway; Andover Millway; Andover Romans; Andover St. Mary's; Andover Winton; Bourne Valley.
To bring the electorate within the permitted range, rural areas to the west and south of Andover were transferred to Romsey and Southampton North and, in the east, the village of Oakley was transferred to Basingstoke. The Sherborne St John & Rooksdown ward was added.

## Members of Parliament

Basingstoke and Winchester prior to 1983
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1983 | Sir David Mitchell | Conservative |
| 1997 | Sir George Young | Conservative |
| 2015 | Kit Malthouse | Conservative |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kit Malthouse | 17,770 | 35.0 | −25.1 |
| | Labour | Andy Fitchet | 14,482 | 28.5 | +11.6 |
| | Reform UK | Andy Meacham | 7,734 | 15.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Luigi Gregori | 7,626 | 15.0 | −3.5 |
| | Green | Hina West | 2,745 | 5.4 | +0.8 |
| | Hampshire Ind. | Phil Heath | 466 | 0.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,288 | 6.5 | −35.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,823 | 65.0 | −3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 78,629 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −18.4 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result :
| Party | Party | Vote | % |
| | Conservative | 31,051 | 60.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 9,544 | 18.5 |
| | Labour | 8,730 | 16.9 |
| | Green | 2,362 | 4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 51,687 | 68.0 |
| Electorate | Electorate | 76,004 |
General election 2019: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kit Malthouse | 36,591 | 62.1 | ±0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Luigi Gregori | 10,283 | 17.5 | +7.8 |
| | Labour | Liz Bell | 9,327 | 15.8 | −7.7 |
| | Green | Lance Mitchell | 2,717 | 4.6 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,308 | 44.6 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,918 | 70.9 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −3.85 | |
General election 2017: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kit Malthouse | 36,471 | 62.1 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Andy Fitchet | 13,792 | 23.5 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Payton | 5,708 | 9.7 | +0.4 |
| | UKIP | Roger Clark | 1,467 | 2.5 | −12.2 |
| | Green | Dan Hill | 1,334 | 2.3 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,679 | 38.6 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,772 | 72.2 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 | |
General election 2015: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kit Malthouse | 32,052 | 58.1 | −0.2 |
| | UKIP | Susan Perkins | 8,109 | 14.7 | +9.5 |
| | Labour | Andrew Adams | 7,342 | 13.3 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Payton | 5,151 | 9.3 | −14.1 |
| | Green | Dan Hill | 2,541 | 4.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,943 | 43.4 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,195 | 69.7 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.9 | |
UKIP originally selected Diane James for this constituency. In March 2015 James was replaced firstly by Malcolm Bint, then shortly afterwards by Susan Perkins. Bint became candidate in North Durham.
General election 2010: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Young | 31,072 | 58.3 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom McCann | 12,489 | 23.4 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Sarah Evans | 6,980 | 13.1 | −7.7 |
| | UKIP | Stan Oram | 2,751 | 5.2 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,583 | 34.9 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,292 | 69.6 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Young | 26,005 | 50.7 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Tod | 12,741 | 24.9 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Michael Mumford | 10,594 | 20.7 | −4.7 |
| | UKIP | Peter Sumner | 1,925 | 3.8 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,264 | 25.8 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,265 | 64.3 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −1.5 | |
General election 2001: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Young | 24,374 | 50.1 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | Michael Mumford | 12,365 | 25.4 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Bentley | 10,329 | 21.2 | −2.9 |
| | UKIP | Stanley Oram | 1,563 | 3.2 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,009 | 24.7 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,631 | 62.3 | −11.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Young | 24,730 | 45.3 | −12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlie Fleming | 13,179 | 24.1 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | Michael Mumford | 12,900 | 23.6 | +11.0 |
| | Referendum | Pamela Callaghan | 1,533 | 2.8 | New |
| | UKIP | Tim Rolt | 1,383 | 2.5 | New |
| | Green | William Baxter | 486 | 0.9 | N/A |
| | Independent anti-Newbury bypass | Helen Anscomb | 231 | 0.4 | New |
| | Independent | Bob Dodd | 225 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,551 | 21.2 | −9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,667 | 74.2 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1992: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Mitchell | 34,310 | 58.1 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Simpson | 16,462 | 27.9 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | Michael Stockwell | 7,433 | 12.6 | +3.5 |
| | Green | Doreen Ashley | 825 | 1.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,848 | 30.2 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,030 | 80.8 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Mitchell | 31,470 | 57.8 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal | Ian Willis | 18,033 | 33.1 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | Anne Burnage | 4,980 | 9.1 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,437 | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,483 | 77.9 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1983: North West Hampshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Mitchell | 28,044 | 57.3 | |
| | Liberal | Ian Willis | 15,922 | 32.6 | |
| | Labour | Michael Davis | 4,957 | 10.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,122 | 24.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,923 | 74.4 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |