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] 73 are represented by Conservative MPs, 8 by Labour MPs, 2 by Liberal Democrat MPs, 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 | ||
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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 | 8,028 | Sarah Green¤ | Peter Fleet† | 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† | ¤ | 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 | Ben Everitt† | 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[]
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. 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.[5] This includes the Isle of Wight which will have two protected seats, compared to one at present.
The following seats are proposed:[6]
Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial county | Local authority |
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Aldershot BC | 76,765 | Hampshire | Hart / Rushmoor |
75,896 | West Sussex | Arun / Chichester / Worthing | |
Ashford CC | 73,546 | Kent | Ashford / Folkestone and Hythe |
Aylesbury CC | 75,636 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Banbury CC | 69,943 | Oxfordshire | Cherwell / West Oxfordshire |
Basingstoke BC | 77,050 | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane |
Bexhill and Battle CC | 70,869 | East Sussex | Rother / Wealden |
70,389 | Oxfordshire | Cherwell / West Oxfordshire | |
77,045 | West Sussex | Arun / Chichester | |
Bracknell BC | 70,247 | Berkshire | Bracknell Forest |
Brighton Kemptown BC | 69,737 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove / Lewes |
Brighton Pavilion BC | 75,850 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove |
73,644 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire / Milton Keynes | |
Canterbury CC | 75,499 | Kent | Canterbury |
Chatham and Aylesford CC | 74,840 | Kent | Medway / Tonbridge and Malling |
Chesham and Amersham CC | 76,158 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Chichester CC | 76,180 | West Sussex | Chichester |
Crawley BC | 74,446 | West Sussex | Crawley |
Dartford CC | 70,038 | Kent | Dartford |
71,460 | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire / Vale of White Horse | |
75,001 | Surrey | Mole Valley / Reigate and Banstead | |
Dover and Deal CC | 75,855 | Kent | Dover |
70,083 | Berkshire | Reading / Wokingham | |
76,303 | East Sussex / West Sussex | Lewes / Mid Sussex / Wealden | |
East Hampshire CC | 72,907 | Hampshire | East Hampshire |
57,004 | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight | |
East New Forest CC | 73,823 | Hampshire | New Forest |
East Surrey CC | 73,145 | Surrey | Reigate and Banstead / Tandridge |
East Thanet BC | 73,790 | Kent | Thanet |
Eastbourne BC | 73,322 | East Sussex | Eastbourne |
Eastleigh BC | 69,982 | Hampshire | Eastleigh / Test Valley |
Epsom and Ewell BC | 76,844 | Surrey | Epsom and Ewell / Mole Valley |
Esher and Walton BC | 73,922 | Surrey | Elmbridge |
77,036 | Hampshire | Fareham / Havant / Winchester | |
71,726 | Hampshire / Surrey | East Hampshire / Waverley | |
Faversham and Mid Kent CC | 76,432 | Kent | Ashford / Maidstone / Swale |
Folkestone and Hythe CC | 70,023 | Kent | Folkestone and Hythe |
Gillingham and Rainham BC | 73,951 | Kent | Medway |
69,981 | Surrey | Guildford / Waverley | |
Gosport BC | 73,763 | Hampshire | Fareham / Gosport |
Gravesham CC | 72,866 | Kent | Gravesham |
Guildford CC | 71,367 | Surrey | Guildford |
70,015 | East Sussex | Wealden | |
Hastings and Rye CC | 75,581 | East Sussex | Hastings / Rother |
Havant BC | 72,766 | Hampshire | Havant |
76,902 | Hampshire | Eastleigh / Fareham / Winchester | |
Henley CC | 70,626 | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire |
High Wycombe CC | 71,769 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Horsham CC | 76,981 | West Sussex | Horsham |
73,726 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove | |
Lewes CC | 71,204 | East Sussex | Lewes / Wealden |
Maidenhead CC | 73,463 | Berkshire | Bracknell Forest / Windsor and Maidenhead |
74,685 | Kent | Maidstone / Tonbridge and Malling | |
70,312 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire | |
69,999 | Berkshire | Reading / West Berkshire | |
Mid Sussex CC | 72,255 | West Sussex | Mid Sussex |
Milton Keynes BC | 76,708 | Buckinghamshire | Milton Keynes |
Newbury CC | 71,631 | Berkshire | West Berkshire |
70,620 | Buckinghamshire | Milton Keynes | |
North East Hampshire CC | 74,638 | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane / Hart |
North West Hampshire CC | 76,004 | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane / Test Valley |
Oxford East BC | 72,731 | Oxfordshire | Oxford |
Oxford West and Abingdon CC | 72,004 | Oxfordshire | Oxford / Vale of White Horse |
Portsmouth North BC | 71,844 | Hampshire | Portsmouth |
Portsmouth South BC | 74,253 | Hampshire | Portsmouth |
72,240 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire | |
Reading BC | 71,283 | Berkshire | Reading |
Reigate CC | 69,805 | Surrey | Reigate and Banstead |
Rochester and Strood CC | 72,155 | Kent | Medway |
Romsey and Southampton North CC | 73,831 | Hampshire | Southampton / Test Valley |
Sevenoaks CC | 75,694 | Kent | Dartford / Sevenoaks |
Shoreham CC | 76,755 | West Sussex | Adur / Horsham |
Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC | 76,818 | Kent | Swale |
Slough BC | 75,287 | Berkshire | Slough |
Southampton Itchen BC | 72,150 | Hampshire | Southampton |
Southampton Test BC | 69,960 | Hampshire | Southampton |
Spelthorne BC | 72,897 | Surrey | Spelthorne |
Surrey Heath CC | 70,825 | Surrey | Guildford / Surrey Heath |
Tonbridge CC | 72,091 | Kent | Sevenoaks / Tonbridge and Malling |
Tunbridge Wells CC | 70,327 | Kent | Tunbridge Wells |
70,362 | Kent | Ashford / Maidstone / Tunbridge Wells | |
54,712 | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight | |
West New Forest CC | 71,009 | Hampshire | New Forest |
West Thanet CC | 76,028 | Kent | Canterbury / Dover / Thanet |
74,908 | Surrey | Elmbridge / Runnymede | |
Winchester CC | 76,577 | Hampshire | Winchester |
Windsor CC | 72,566 | Berkshire / Surrey | Runnymede / Slough / Windsor and Maidenhead |
Witney CC | 72,938 | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse / West Oxfordshire |
Woking BC | 71,737 | Surrey | Woking |
Wokingham CC | 70,235 | Berkshire | Wokingham |
Worthing BC | 76,607 | West Sussex | Adur / Worthing |
Results history[]
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]
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[]
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[]
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[]
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
- Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex
Notes[]
External links[]
- Politics Resources (2017 Election results)
References[]
- ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC.
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South East region | Boundary Commission for England | Page 7". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires
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- Lists of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England