Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)

Fareham was a constituency in Hampshire^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. From 2015 to 2024, it had been represented by Suella Braverman of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Fareham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Fareham in Hampshire
Location of Hampshire within England
County	Hampshire
Electorate	76,457 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Fareham, Portchester, Warsash
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	None
Seats	One
Created from	Gosport and Fareham
Replaced by	Fareham and Waterlooville and Hamble Valley
1885–1950
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	South Hampshire
Replaced by	Gosport & Fareham and Portsmouth Langstone

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was abolished at the 2024 general election: the majority, comprising Fareham and Portchester, was incorporated into the new constituency of Fareham and Waterlooville, with the remainder, comprising the villages of Locks Heath, Park Gate, Sarisbury, Titchfield and Warsash, forming part of the newly created constituency of Hamble Valley.^[2]

Constituency profile

The largest town is Fareham, and other communities include Portchester, Locks Heath, Warsash and Titchfield. There are many commuters to Southampton and Portsmouth. The Royal Navy and Merchant Navy have training facilities.^[3] Residents are wealthier than the UK average.^[4]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 1997-2024

1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Portsmouth and Southampton, the Sessional Division of Fareham, and part of the Sessional Division of Southampton.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Fareham, Gosport and Alverstoke, Havant, and Warblington, and the Rural Districts of Fareham and Havant.

1974–1983: The Urban District of Fareham.

1983–1997: The Borough of Fareham except the wards of Hill Head and Stubbington, and the City of Winchester wards of Boarhunt and Southwick, Curdridge, Denmead, Droxford Soberton and Hambledon, Shedfield, Swanmore, Waltham Chase, and Wickham.

1997–2024: The Borough of Fareham wards of Fareham North, Fareham North-West, Fareham South, Fareham West, Locks Heath, Park Gate, Portchester East, Portchester West, Sarisbury, Titchfield, Titchfield Common, and Warsash.

History

The constituency was first created in 1885. In January 1905 the Liberal Party employed Bertha Bowness Foulkes who was Britain's second constituency woman political agent.^[5] The constituency was abolished in 1950 and succeeded by Gosport and Fareham but revived in 1974. The constituency has always been represented by Conservatives.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1950

Election		Member[6]	Party
	1885	Sir Frederick Fitzwygram	Conservative
	1900	Arthur Lee	Conservative
	1918	John Davidson	Conservative
	1931 by-election	Thomas Inskip	Conservative
	1939 by-election	Dymoke White	Conservative
	1950	constituency abolished: see Gosport and Fareham

MPs since 1974

Election		Member[6]	Party
	Feb. 1974	Reginald Bennett	Conservative
	1979	Sir Peter Lloyd	Conservative
	2001	Mark Hoban	Conservative
	2015	Suella Braverman	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Fareham^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suella Braverman	36,459	63.7	+0.7
	Labour	Matthew Randall	10,373	18.1	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Winnington	8,006	14.0	+7.2
	Green	Nick Lyle	2,412	4.2	+1.9
Majority			26,086	45.6	+7.8
Turnout			57,250	73.1	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.9

General election 2017: Fareham^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suella Fernandes	35,915	63.0	+6.9
	Labour	Matthew Randall	14,360	25.2	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Winnington	3,896	6.8	−2.0
	UKIP	Tony Blewett	1,541	2.7	−12.7
	Green	Miles Grindey	1,302	2.3	−1.6
Majority			21,555	37.8	−2.9
Turnout			57,014	72.3	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.0

General election 2015: Fareham^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suella Fernandes[10]	30,689	56.1	+0.8
	UKIP	Malcolm Jones[11]	8,427	15.4	+11.3
	Labour	Stuart Rose[12]	7,800	14.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Winnington[13]	4,814	8.8	−15.0
	Green	Miles Grindey	2,129	3.9	+2.4
	Independent	Nick Gregory	705	1.3	New
	Independent	Harvey Hines	136	0.2	New
Majority			22,262	40.7	+9.2
Turnout			54,700	70.8	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.3

General election 2010: Fareham^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hoban	30,037	55.3	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Bentley	12,945	23.8	+2.1
	Labour	James Carr	7,719	14.2	−11.4
	UKIP	Steve Richards	2,235	4.1	+1.2
	Green	Peter Doggett	791	1.5	New
	English Democrat	Joe Jenkins	618	1.1	New
Majority			17,092	31.5	+7.4
Turnout			54,345	71.6	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Fareham^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hoban	24,151	49.7	+2.6
	Labour	James Carr	12,449	25.6	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard de Ste-Croix	10,551	21.7	+3.0
	UKIP	Peter Mason-Apps	1,425	2.9	+0.3
Majority			11,702	24.1	+8.6
Turnout			48,576	66.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

General election 2001: Fareham^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hoban	21,389	47.1	+0.3
	Labour	James Carr	14,380	31.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Pritchard	8,503	18.7	−0.9
	UKIP	William O’Brien	1,175	2.6	New
Majority			7,009	15.5	−4.3
Turnout			45,447	63.5	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Fareham^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lloyd	24,436	46.8	−14.2
	Labour	Michael A. Prior	14,078	27.0	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Hill	10,234	19.6	−5.0
	Referendum	Dayne Markham	2,914	5.6	New
	No to Europe	William O'Brien	515	1.0	New
Majority			10,358	19.8	−16.6
Turnout			52,177	75.9	−6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1992: Fareham^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lloyd	40,482	61.0	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	John C. Thompson	16,341	24.6	−5.3
	Labour	Elizabeth M. Weston	8,766	13.2	+4.2
	Green	Malcolm J. Brimecome	818	1.2	New
Majority			24,141	36.4	+5.2
Turnout			66,407	81.9	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Fareham^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lloyd	36,781	61.1	−0.7
	Liberal	Timothy Slack	17,986	29.9	−1.1
	Labour	Michael Merritt	5,451	9.0	+1.8
Majority			18,795	31.2	+0.4
Turnout			60,218	78.4	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Fareham^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lloyd	32,762	61.8
	Liberal	Steve Yolland	16,446	31.0
	Labour	Dennis Sommerville	3,808	7.2
Majority			16,316	30.8
Turnout			53,016	73.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Fareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lloyd	28,730	59.0	+15.8
	Liberal	W.P. Boulden	11,685	24.0	−9.1
	Labour	B.R. Townsend	8,041	16.5	−2.0
	National Front	D.C. Vine	252	0.5	−0.9
Majority			17,045	35.0	+25.1
Turnout			48,708	79.1	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Fareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Bennett	19,053	43.2	−4.4
	Liberal	P. Smith	14,605	33.1	+2.3
	Labour	B.R. Townsend	8,153	18.5	+0.9
	Ind. Conservative	W.P. Boulden	1,727	3.9	−0.1
	National Front	R.M. Doughty	617	1.4	New
Majority			4,448	10.1	−6.7
Turnout			44,155	77.0	−5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Fareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Bennett	22,303	47.6
	Liberal	P. Smith	14,426	30.8
	Labour	J. Horne	8,237	17.6
	Ind. Conservative	W.P. Boulden	1,879	4.0
Majority			7,877	16.8
Turnout			46,845	82.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Fareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dymoke White	35,882	52.47
	Labour	Ashley Bramall	32,501	47.53
Majority			3,381	4.94
Turnout			68,383	70.96
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Fareham by-election 1939

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dymoke White	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Inskip

General election 1935: Fareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Inskip	31,794	75.07
	Labour	Robert Mack	10,561	24.93	New
Majority			21,233	50.14
Turnout			42,355	61.92
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Fareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Inskip	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

1931 Fareham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Inskip	18,749	65.6	+11.4
	Labour	Arthur James Pearson	6,312	22.1	0.0
	Liberal	Conyngham Peters Cross	3,517	12.3	−11.4
Majority			12,437	43.5	+13.0
Turnout			28,578	50.3	−17.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Fareham^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Davidson	19,756	54.2	−21.0
	Liberal	Conyngham Peters Cross	8,630	23.7	New
	Labour	Arthur James Pearson	8,034	22.1	−2.7
Majority			11,126	30.5	−19.9
Turnout			36,420	68.0	−0.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1924: Fareham^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Davidson	19,108	75.2	+5.8
	Labour	Joseph Bowron Baker	6,304	24.8	−5.8
Majority			12,804	50.4	+11.6
Turnout			25,412	68.8	+9.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	+5.8

General election 1923: Fareham ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Davidson	14,787	69.4	−3.7
	Labour	Joseph Bowron Baker	6,526	30.6	+3.7
Majority			8,261	38.8	−7.4
Turnout			21,313	59.7	−7.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.7

General election 1922: Fareham ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Davidson	17,008	73.1	N/A
	Labour	C H Hoare	6,245	26.9	New
Majority			10,763	46.2	N/A
Turnout			23,253	67.4	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Election results 1885-1918

Elections in the 1880s

Frederick Fitzwygram

General election 1885: Fareham ^[23][24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Fitzwygram	5,177	53.4
	Liberal	Reginald Garton Wilberforce	4,518	46.6
Majority			659	6.8
Turnout			9,695	79.7
Registered electors			12,162
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Fareham ^[23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Fitzwygram	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Fareham ^[23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Fitzwygram	6,086	57.2	N/A
	Liberal	James Grab Niven	4,547	42.8	New
Majority			1,539	14.4	N/A
Turnout			10,633	77.0	N/A
Registered electors			13,816
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Fareham ^[23][24][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Fitzwygram	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

Lee

General election 1900: Fareham ^{[23][24][26][27]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Lee	7,375	65.8	N/A
	Liberal	Robert Tweedy-Smith	3,828	34.2	New
Majority			3,547	31.6	N/A
Turnout			11,203	69.8	N/A
Registered electors			16,050
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

By-election, 1903: Fareham ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Lee	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Fareham ^[23][24][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Lee	7,683	54.8	−11.0
	Liberal	George Evatt	6,331	45.2	+11.0
Majority			1,352	9.6	−22.0
Turnout			14,014	80.5	+10.7
Registered electors			17,398
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.0

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Fareham ^[23][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Lee	10,117	63.7	+8.9
	Liberal	John Sandy	5,763	36.3	−8.9
Majority			4,354	27.4	+17.8
Turnout			15880	84.9	+4.4
Registered electors			18,695
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.9

General election December 1910: Fareham ^[23][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Lee	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Arthur Lee
• Liberal:

By-election, 1918: Fareham ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Davidson	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1918: Fareham^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	John Davidson	Unopposed
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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Sources

• Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
• The Times House of Commons 1945. 1945. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
• The Times House of Commons 1950. 1950. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
• The Times House of Commons 1955. 1955. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

External links

• Fareham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Fareham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK