Havant and Waterloo (UK Parliament constituency)

Havant and Waterloo
Former constituency for the House of Commons
Havant and Waterloo in Hampshire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
County	Hampshire
1974 (1974)–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Havant and Portsmouth North[1]
Created from	Petersfield and Portsmouth Langstone

Havant and Waterloo was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Havant and Waterlooville in Hampshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History[]

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries[]

The area of the constituency was the same as that of the , on the south coast of England. The seat covered the semi-urban area in the south east of Hampshire, between the city of Portsmouth and the West Sussex border.

As part of the re-organisation of local government, in 1974-1975, the Urban District was incorporated in the Borough of Havant.

Members of Parliament[]

Election results[]

References[]

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)