Aldershot (UK Parliament Constituency)
Political history
Aldershot has elected a Conservative as its MP since its creation in 1918.
From 1974 to 2010 (inclusive) Liberal Democrats (or predecessor, Liberals) polled second. In 2015 and 2017 the Labour candidate was runner-up.
The 2015 result saw the seat rank 123rd safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority. In June 2016, 57.9% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum chose to leave the European Union instead of to remain. This was matched in two January 2018 votes in Parliament by its MP.
In the 2017 general election, Leo Docherty won the seat after Howarth retired. The seat saw a further increase in the Labour vote, like much of the South East amid its national rise to 40% of the vote, the highest since 2001 when the party was in government.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Aldershot, Farnborough, and Fleet, and the Rural District of Hartley Wintney.
1950–1974: The Borough of Aldershot, the Urban Districts of Farnborough and Fleet, and the Rural District of Hartley Wintney. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.
1974–1983: The Borough of Aldershot, the Urban Districts of Farnborough and Fleet, and in the Rural District of Hartley Wintney the parishes of Crondall, Crookham Village, Hawley, and Yateley.
1983–1997: The Borough of Rushmoor, and the District of Hart wards of Eversley, Frogmore and Darby Green, Hartley Wintney, Hawley, Whitewater, Yateley East, Yateley North, and Yateley West.
1997–2010: The Borough of Rushmoor, and the District of Hart wards of Frogmore and Darby Green, Hawley, Yateley East, Yateley North, and Yateley West.
2010–2024: The Borough of Rushmoor, and the District of Hart wards of Blackwater and Hawley, and Frogmore and Darby Green.
2024-present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of Hart wards of: Blackwater and Hawley; Yateley East.
- The Borough of Rushmoor.
Small expansion in boundaries to take account of changes to the ward structure in the District of Hart.
Constituency profile
The constituency includes the towns Aldershot and Farnborough in the north-east of Hampshire which have research, development and production sites of information technology and light industrial major commercial businesses such as in aviation at Farnborough Airport, storage and distribution, and military supply businesses. Aldershot is a major training and residential base of the British Army. Adding to steady employment and high income sectors, two 35 minutes to one-hour journey time passenger lines to Central London, serve the south and north of the mixed functionalist urban and leafy, relatively grand suburbia seat.
Aldershot itself has some Labour councillors, along with one strong ward in Farnborough (Cherrywood), but the majority of wards, particularly in the smaller rural towns and villages are safely Conservative, the latter holding the seat with solid or large majorities from its creation 100 years ago.
Members of Parliament
Basingstoke prior to 1918
Elections
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Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Baker | ||||
Conservative | Leo Docherty | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Harris | ||||
Hampshire Independents | Steve James-Bailey | ||||
Reform UK | Trevor Lloyd-Jones | ||||
Green | Ed Neville | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leo Docherty | 27,980 | 58.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Howard Kaye | 11,282 | 23.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Hilliar | 6,920 | 14.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Donna Wallace | 1,750 | 3.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 16,698 | 34.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 47,932 | 66.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 72,617 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leo Docherty | 26,950 | 55.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | Gary Puffett | 15,477 | 31.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Hilliar | 3,637 | 7.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Roy Swales | 1,796 | 3.7 | ![]() | |
Green | Donna Wallace | 1,090 | 2.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 11,518 | 23.5 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 48,995 | 64.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 76,205 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 23,369 | 50.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Gary Puffett | 8,468 | 18.3 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Bill Walker | 8,253 | 17.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Hilliar | 4,076 | 8.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Carl Hewitt | 2,025 | 4.4 | New | |
Majority | 14,901 | 32.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 46,191 | 63.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 72,430 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 21,203 | 46.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Collett | 15,617 | 34.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jonathan Slater | 5,489 | 12.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Robert Snare | 2,041 | 4.5 | ![]() | |
English Independence Party | Gary Cowd | 999 | 1.8 | New | |
Christian | Juliana Brimicombe | 231 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,586 | 12.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 45,384 | 63.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 71,465 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 20,572 | 42.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Collett | 15,238 | 31.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Howard Linsley | 9,895 | 20.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Derek Rumsey | 1,182 | 2.5 | ![]() | |
English Democrat | Gary Cowd | 701 | 1.5 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 553 | 1.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 5,334 | 11.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 48,141 | 61.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 78,803 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 19,106 | 42.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Collett | 12,512 | 27.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Luke Akehurst | 11,394 | 25.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Derek Rumsey | 797 | 1.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Adam Stacey | 630 | 1.4 | New | |
Independent | Arthur Uther Pendragon | 459 | 1.0 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 390 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 6,594 | 14.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 45,288 | 57.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 78,255 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Howarth | 23,119 | 42.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Collett | 16,498 | 30.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Terence Bridgeman | 13,057 | 24.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | John Howe | 794 | 1.5 | New | |
Independent | Arthur Uther Pendragon | 361 | 0.7 | New | |
BNP | Donald Stevens | 322 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 6,621 | 12.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 54,151 | 70.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 76,499 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 36,974 | 57.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Collett | 17,786 | 27.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | John Smith | 8,552 | 13.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal | David H. Robinson | 1,038 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 19,188 | 29.8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 64,350 | 78.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 81,754 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 35,272 | 59.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Roger Hargreaves | 17,488 | 29.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Ian Pearson | 7,061 | 11.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 17,784 | 29.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 59,822 | 74.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 80,797 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 31,288 | 55.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Nicholas Westbrook | 19,070 | 33.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Alexander Crawford | 6,070 | 10.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 12,218 | 21.7 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 56,425 | 72.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 77,593 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 38,014 | 57.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Nicholas Westbrook | 14,438 | 21.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Dennis Somerville | 13,698 | 20.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 23,576 | 36.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 66,150 | 76.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 86,516 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 26,463 | 45.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal | A.M. Burton | 16,104 | 27.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | E.P. Sudworth | 14,936 | 25.5 | ![]() | |
National Front | T. Greenslade | 1,120 | 1.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 10,359 | 17.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 58,620 | 72.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 80,522 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 29,401 | 45.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal | G. Floyd | 18,743 | 28.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | W.L.J.T. Card | 15,492 | 23.9 | ![]() | |
National Front | T. Greenslade | 1,148 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 10,658 | 16.5 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 64,781 | 81.2 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 79,761 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Critchley | 33,447 | 55.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Roger T. Bogg | 18,916 | 31.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Philip M. Gibbons | 7,551 | 12.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 14,531 | 24.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 59,909 | 70.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 84,511 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Errington | 25,672 | 48.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | Derrick Harold Silvester | 16,776 | 32.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Gerald Edward Owen | 10,025 | 19.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 8,896 | 17.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 52,473 | 75.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 69,612 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Errington | 25,797 | 52.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | Elizabeth K. Collard | 13,718 | 27.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Gerald Edward Owen | 10,066 | 20.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 12,079 | 24.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 49,581 | 75.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 66,098 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Errington | 25,161 | 58.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Roy E. Brooks | 12,270 | 28.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Enid Lakeman | 5,679 | 13.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 12,891 | 29.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 43,110 | 75.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 56,820 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Errington | 22,701 | 56.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Julian D. Richards | 13,129 | 32.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Enid Lakeman | 4,232 | 10.6 | New | |
Majority | 9,572 | 23.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 40,062 | 73.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 54,209 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Errington | 19,108 | 60.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | William Cuthbertson | 12,701 | 39.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 6,407 | 20.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 31,809 | 58.7 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Lyttelton | 24,951 | 60.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Robert N. Hales | 16,402 | 39.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 8,549 | 20.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 41,353 | 77.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 53,123 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Lyttelton | 21,238 | 52.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | N.F. Hidden | 15,066 | 37.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal | John Henry Gooden | 4,355 | 10.7 | New | |
Majority | 6,172 | 15.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 40,659 | 79.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 50,991 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Lyttelton | 19,456 | 57.4 | ||
Common Wealth | Tom Wintringham | 14,435 | 42.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,021 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 33,891 | 69.2 | |||
Registered electors | 48,987 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Lyttelton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roundell Palmer | 17,730 | 73.4 | ![]() | |
Independent Progressive | Gerald Bailey | 6,421 | 26.6 | New | |
Majority | 11,309 | 46.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 24,151 | 58.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 41,376 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roundell Palmer | 22,134 | 84.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Mary Richardson | 4,091 | 15.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 18,043 | 68.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 26,225 | 65.6 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Roundell Palmer | 15,123 | 59.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Henry Fabian Orpen | 5,984 | 23.5 | New | |
Labour | J.R. McPhie | 4,389 | 17.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 9,139 | 35.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 25,496 | 68.5 | ![]() | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Roundell Palmer | 14,081 | 76.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Hubert Beaumont | 4,313 | 23.4 | New | |
Majority | 9,768 | 53.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 18,394 | 68.2 | ![]() | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Roundell Palmer | 9,131 | 59.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Alfred Suenson-Taylor | 6,315 | 40.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,816 | 18.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 15,446 | 59.6 | ![]() | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Roundell Palmer | 10,952 | 67.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Harry Ainger | 5,296 | 32.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 5,656 | 34.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 16,248 | 64.8 | ![]() | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Roundell Palmer | 8,755 | 72.4 | N/A |
Liberal | Harry Ainger | 3,342 | 27.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,413 | 44.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,097 | 48.0 | N/A | ||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)