List of Parliamentary constituencies in the South East (region)

The region[1] of South East is divided into 84 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 23 Borough Constituencies and 61 County Constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019,[2] 74 are represented by Conservative MPs, 8 by Labour MPs, 1 by a Liberal Democrat MP, and 1 by a Green MP.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   # Independent   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   ♣ Green Party

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate[3] Majority[4][nb 2] Member of Parliament[4] Nearest opposition[4] County County Location Constituency Map
Aldershot BC 72,617 16,698   Leo Docherty   Howard Kaye‡ Hampshire
Arundel and South Downs CC 81,726 22,521   Andrew Griffith   Alison Bennett¤ West Sussex
Ashford CC 89,553 24,029   Damian Green   Dara Farrell‡ Kent
Aylesbury CC 86,665 17,373   Rob Butler   Liz Hind‡ Buckinghamshire
Banbury CC 90,116 16,813   Victoria Prentis   Suzette Watson‡ Oxfordshire
Basingstoke BC 82,928 14,198   Maria Miller   Kerena Marchant‡ Hampshire
Beaconsfield CC 77,720 15,712   Joy Morrissey   Dominic Grieve# Buckinghamshire
Bexhill and Battle CC 81,963 26,059   Huw Merriman Christine Bayliss‡ East Sussex
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton CC 77,446 22,503   Nick Gibb   Alan Butcher‡ West Sussex
Bracknell CC 78,978 19,829   James Sunderland   Paul Bidwell‡ Berkshire
Brighton, Kemptown BC 69,833 8,061   Lloyd Russell-Moyle   Joe Miller† East Sussex
Brighton, Pavilion BC 79,057 19,940   Caroline Lucas   Adam Imanpour‡ East Sussex .
Buckingham CC 83,146 20,411   Greg Smith   Stephen Dorrell¤ Buckinghamshire
Canterbury CC 80,203 1,836   Rosie Duffield   Anna Firth† Kent
Chatham and Aylesford CC 71,642 18,540   Tracey Crouch   Vince Maple‡ Kent
Chesham and Amersham CC 72,542 16,223   Dame Cheryl Gillan   Dan Gallagher¤ Buckinghamshire
Chichester CC 85,499 21,490   Gillian Keegan   Kate O'Kelly¤ West Sussex
Crawley BC 74,207 8,360   Henry Smith   Peter Lamb‡ West Sussex
Dartford CC 82,209 19,160   Gareth Johnson   Sacha Gosine‡ Kent
Dover CC 76,355 12,278   Natalie Elphicke   Charlotte Cornell‡ Kent
East Hampshire CC 76,478 19,696   Damian Hinds   David Buxton¤ Hampshire
East Surrey CC 83,148 23,914   Claire Coutinho   Alex Ehmann¤ Surrey
East Worthing and Shoreham CC 75,194 7,441   Tim Loughton   Lavinia O'Connor‡ West Sussex
Eastbourne BC 79,307 4,331   Caroline Ansell   Stephen Lloyd¤ East Sussex
Eastleigh BC 83,880 15,607   Paul Holmes   Lynda Murphy¤ Hampshire
Epsom and Ewell BC 81,138 17,873   Chris Grayling   Steve Gee¤ Surrey
Esher and Walton BC 81,184 2,743   Dominic Raab   Monica Harding¤ Surrey
Fareham CC 78,337 26,086   Suella Braverman   Matthew Randall‡ Hampshire
Faversham and Mid Kent CC 73,403 21,976   Helen Whately   Jenny Reeves‡ Kent
Folkestone and Hythe CC 88,272 21,337   Damian Collins   Laura Davison‡ Kent
Gillingham and Rainham 73,549 15,119   Rehman Chishti   Andy Stamp‡ Kent
Gosport BC 73,541 23,278   Caroline Dinenage   Tom Chatwin‡ Hampshire
Gravesham 73,242 15,581   Adam Holloway   Lauren Sullivan‡ Kent
Guildford CC 77,729 3,337   Angela Richardson   Zöe Franklin¤ Surrey
Hastings and Rye CC 80,524 4,043   Sally-Ann Hart   Peter Chowney‡ East Sussex
Havant BC 72,103 21,792   Alan Mak   Rosamund Knight‡ Hampshire
Henley CC 76,646 14,053   John Howell   Laura Coyle¤ Oxfordshire
Horsham CC 86,730 21,127   Jeremy Quin   Louise Potter¤ West Sussex
Hove BC 74,313 17,044   Peter Kyle‡   Robert Nemeth† East Sussex
Isle of Wight CC 113,021 23,737   Bob Seely   Richard Quigley‡ Isle of Wight
Lewes CC 71,053 2,457   Maria Caulfield Oli Henman¤ East Sussex
Maidenhead CC 76,668 18,846 Theresa May   Joshua Reynolds¤ Berkshire
Maidstone and The Weald CC 76,109 21,772   Helen Grant   Dan Wilkinson‡ Kent
Meon Valley CC 75,737 23,555   Flick Drummond   Lewis North¤ Hampshire
Mid Sussex CC 85,146 18,197   Mims Davies   Robert Eggleston¤ West Sussex
Milton Keynes North CC 91,545 6,255   Mark Lancaster   Charlynne Pullen‡ Buckinghamshire
Milton Keynes South BC 96,363 6,944   Iain Stewart   Hannah O'Neill‡ Buckinghamshire
Mole Valley CC 74,665 12,041   Sir Paul Beresford   Paul Kennedy¤ Surrey
New Forest East CC 73,549 25,251   Julian Lewis   Julie Hope‡ Hampshire
New Forest West CC 70,869 24,403   Sir Desmond Swayne   Jack Davies¤ Hampshire
Newbury CC 83,414 16,047   Laura Farris Lee Dillon¤ Berkshire
North East Hampshire CC 78,954 20,211   Ranil Jayawardena Graham Cockarill¤ Hampshire
North Thanet CC 72,756 17,189   Sir Roger Gale   Coral Jones‡ Kent
North West Hampshire CC 83,083 26,308   Kit Malthouse Luigi Gregori¤ Hampshire
Oxford East BC 78,303 17,832   Anneliese Dodds   Louise Staite† Oxfordshire
Oxford West and Abingdon CC 76,951 8,943 Layla Moran¤   James Fredrickson† Oxfordshire
Portsmouth North BC 71,299 15,780   Penny Mordaunt   Amanda Martin‡ Hampshire
Portsmouth South BC 74,186 5,363   Stephen Morgan   Donna Jones† Hampshire
Reading East BC 77,152 5,924   Matt Rodda Craig Morley† Berkshire
Reading West CC 74,137 4,117 Alok Sharma Rachel Eden‡ Berkshire
Reigate BC 74,242 18,310   Crispin Blunt   Susan Gregory‡ Surrey
Rochester and Strood CC 82,056 17,072   Kelly Tolhurst   Teresa Murray‡ Kent
Romsey and Southampton North CC 68,228 10,872   Caroline Nokes   Craig Fletcher¤ Hampshire
Runnymede and Weybridge CC 74,888 18,270   Ben Spencer   Robert King‡ Surrey
Sevenoaks CC 71,757 20,818   Laura Trott Gareth Willis¤ Kent
Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC 83,917 24,479   Gordon Henderson   Clive Johnson‡ Kent
Slough BC 86,818 13,640 Tan Dhesi Kanwal Toor Gill† Berkshire
South Thanet CC 73,223 10,587   Craig Mackinlay   Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt‡ Kent
South West Surrey CC 79,096 8,817   Jeremy Hunt Paul Follows¤ Surrey
Southampton Itchen BC 72,299 4,498   Royston Smith   Simon Letts‡ Hampshire
Southampton, Test BC 70,116 6,213   Alan Whitehead   Steve Galton† Hampshire
Spelthorne BC 70,929 18,393   Kwasi Kwarteng   Pavitar Mann‡ Surrey
Surrey Heath CC 81,349 18,349   Michael Gove Alasdair Pinkerton¤ Surrey
Tonbridge and Malling CC 79,278 26,941   Tom Tugendhat Richard Morris¤ Kent
Tunbridge Wells CC 74,823 14,645   Greg Clark Ben Chapelard¤ Kent
Wantage CC 90,867 12,653   David Johnston Richard Benwell¤ Oxfordshire
Wealden CC 82,998 25,655   Nus Ghani Chris Bowers¤ East Sussex
Winchester CC 75,582 985   Steve Brine   Paula Ferguson¤ Hampshire
Windsor CC 75,038 20,079 Adam Afriyie Julian Tisi¤ Berkshire
Witney CC 83,845 15,177   Robert Courts Charlotte Hoagland¤ Oxfordshire
Woking CC 75,424 9,767   Jonathan Lord Will Forster¤ Surrey
Wokingham CC 83,953 7,383 Sir John Redwood Phillip Lee¤ Berkshire
Worthing West BC 78,585 14,823   Sir Peter Bottomley   Rebecca Cooper‡ West Sussex
Wycombe CC 78,093 4,214   Steve Baker   Khalil Ahmed‡ Buckinghamshire

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[5] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[6] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the South East region will increase by 7 from 84 to 91.[8] This includes the Isle of Wight which will have two protected seats, compared to one at present.

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the South East region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 2,512,866 54.0% 0.2% 74 1
Labour 1,029,996 22.1% 6.5% 8 0
Liberal Democrats 848,381 18.2% 7.7% 1 1
Greens 183,724 3.9% 0.8% 1 0
Brexit 12,868 0.3% new 0 0
Others 64,917 1.5% 1.7% 0 0
Total 4,652,752 100.0 84

Percentage votes

South East votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

South East seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966 (2010-2017 - includes The Speaker, John Bercow)

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 2010-2019 - Green Party

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. "2019 Election Results". BBC.
  3. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
  7. "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  8. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  9. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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