Portsmouth North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Charles Dickens, Mile End, North End, and Portsea.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Cosham, Farlington, Meredith, Nelson, North End, Paulsgrove, Portsea, and St Mary and Guildhall.
1983–1997: The City of Portsmouth wards of Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove, and the Borough of Havant wards of Purbrook and Stakes.
1997–2010: The City of Portsmouth wards of Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove.
2010–present: The City of Portsmouth wards of Baffins, Copnor, Cosham, Drayton and Farlington, Hilsea, Nelson, and Paulsgrove.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 general election remained unchanged.
As its name suggests, the constituency covers the northern portion of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.
History
The constituency was created in 1918 when the two-seat Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South.
It was abolished for the 1950 general election and largely replaced by a new Portsmouth West constituency as the axis of division changed, but was re-established for the February 1974 general election.
Constituency profile
This urban seat is of average affluence and incomes, with relatively low unemployment compared to the national average measured at the end of 2012 at 3.8% (claimant count) as opposed to 2.3% average across the region.
Taken together with Portsmouth West, it has been one of the most long-standing bellwethers (of the national election winner), having that status since 1966.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918–1950
Portsmouth prior to 1918
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Bertram Falle, Bt. | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Conservative | ||
1934 by-election | Admiral Sir Roger Keyes | Conservative | |
1943 by-election | Admiral Sir William James | Conservative | |
1945 | Donald Bruce | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Portsmouth West |
MPs since 1974
Portsmouth West and Portsmouth Langstone prior to 1974
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Feb 1974 | Frank Judd | Labour | |
1979 | Peter Griffiths | Conservative | |
1997 | Syd Rapson | Labour | |
2005 | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Labour Co-operative | |
2010 | Penny Mordaunt | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon Dodd | ||||
Labour | Amanda Martin | ||||
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | ||||
Green | Duncan Robinson | ||||
Reform UK | Melvyn Todd | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 28,172 | 61.4 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Amanda Martin | 12,392 | 27.0 | −6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antonia Harrison | 3,419 | 7.4 | +1.9 | |
Green | Lloyd Day | 1,304 | 2.8 | +1.1 | |
Independent | George Madgwick | 623 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 15,780 | 34.4 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,910 | 64.4 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 25,860 | 54.8 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Rumal Khan | 15,895 | 33.7 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 2,608 | 5.5 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald | 1,926 | 4.1 | −15.0 | |
Green | Ken Hawkins | 791 | 1.7 | −1.5 | |
Libertarian | Joe Jenkins | 130 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 9,965 | 21.1 | -2.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,210 | 66.1 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 21,343 | 47.0 | +2.7 | |
Labour | John Ferrett | 10,806 | 23.8 | −4.0 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald | 8,660 | 19.1 | +15.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 2,828 | 6.2 | −13.9 | |
Green | Gavin Ellis | 1,450 | 3.2 | +2.1 | |
TUSC | Jon Woods | 231 | 0.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 10,537 | 23.2 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,318 | 62.1 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 19,533 | 44.3 | +6.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 12,244 | 27.8 | −13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 8,874 | 20.1 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Mike Fitzgerald | 1,812 | 4.1 | +0.5 | |
English Democrat | David Knight | 1,040 | 2.4 | New | |
Green | Iain Maclennan | 461 | 1.0 | New | |
TUSC | Mick Tosh | 154 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,289 | 16.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,118 | 62.7 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 15,412 | 40.9 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | Penny Mordaunt | 14,273 | 37.8 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Lawson | 6,684 | 17.7 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | Mike Smith | 1,348 | 3.6 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 1,139 | 3.1 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,717 | 60.0 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Syd Rapson | 18,676 | 50.7 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Christopher Day | 13,542 | 36.7 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 3,795 | 10.3 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | William McCabe | 559 | 1.5 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Brian Bundy | 294 | 0.8 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 5,134 | 14.0 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 36,866 | 57.4 | −12.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Syd Rapson | 21,339 | 47.1 | +13.9 | |
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 17,016 | 37.6 | −13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Sollitt | 4,788 | 10.6 | -4.5 | |
Referendum | Shaun Evelegh | 1,757 | 3.9 | New | |
UKIP | Peter Coe | 298 | 0.7 | New | |
Wessex Regionalist | Colin Bex | 72 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,323 | 9.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,270 | 70.1 | –7.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 32,240 | 52.6 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Alan D. Burnett | 18,359 | 29.9 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex M. Bentley | 10,101 | 16.5 | −8.2 | |
Green | Helen Palmer | 628 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 13,881 | 22.7 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 61,328 | 77.1 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 33,297 | 55.3 | ![]() | |
SDP | Elizabeth Mitchell | 14,896 | 24.7 | +1.1 | |
Labour Co-op | David Miles | 12,016 | 20.0 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 18,401 | 30.6 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 60,209 | 74.8 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 31,413 | 55.3 | +6.6 | |
SDP | Stuart Luxon | 13,414 | 23.6 | New | |
Labour | Nigel Beard | 12,013 | 21.1 | -23.2 | |
Majority | 17,999 | 31.7 | +27.4 | ||
Turnout | 56,840 | 72.9 | -5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 26,356 | 48.65 | +5.32 | |
Labour | Frank Judd | 24,045 | 44.38 | -1.49 | |
Liberal | S Brewin | 3,354 | 6.19 | -3.72 | |
National Front | R Hadlow | 298 | 0.55 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | T White | 122 | 0.26 | New | |
Majority | 2,311 | 4.27 | +2.74 | ||
Turnout | 54,177 | 78.66 | +1.81 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Judd | 24,352 | 45.87 | +2.26 | |
Conservative | John Ward | 23,007 | 43.33 | +0.30 | |
Liberal | Eileen Brooks | 5,208 | 9.81 | -3.55 | |
More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 527 | 0.99 | New | |
Majority | 1,345 | 2.54 | +1.96 | ||
Turnout | 53,094 | 76.85 | -3.00 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.28 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Judd | 23,847 | 43.61 | ||
Conservative | Peter Griffiths | 23,527 | 43.03 | ||
Liberal | A.J. Peaston | 7,304 | 13.36 | ||
Majority | 320 | 0.58 | |||
Turnout | 54,678 | 79.85 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Bruce | 15,352 | 51.09 | +17.79 | |
Conservative | Greville Howard | 14,310 | 47.62 | -19.0 | |
Democratic | John Edward Vincent Keast | 388 | 1.29 | New | |
Majority | 1,042 | 3.47 | +36.23 | ||
Turnout | 30,050 | 75.36 | +10.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 18.88 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James | 6,735 | 59.7 | -6.9 | |
Common Wealth | Thomas Sargant | 4,545 | 40.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,190 | 19.4 | -13.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,280 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Keyes | 22,956 | 66.62 | +7.02 | |
Labour | Edward Thomas Humby | 11,502 | 33.38 | -7.02 | |
Majority | 11,454 | 33.24 | +14.04 | ||
Turnout | 34,458 | 64.86 | -9.63 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Keyes | 17,582 | 59.6 | -8.8 | |
Labour | Edward Thomas Humby | 11,904 | 40.4 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 5,678 | 19.2 | -17.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,486 | 55.7 | -18.79 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bertram Falle | 26,331 | 69.37 | +24.87 | |
Labour | Kenneth Dewar | 12,182 | 31.63 | -4.57 | |
Majority | 14,149 | 36.74 | +28.44 | ||
Turnout | 38,513 | 74.49 | +3.69 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +14.87 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Bertram Falle | 15,352 | 44.5 | −18.6 | |
Labour | Edward Archbold | 12,475 | 36.2 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Archibald William Palmer | 6,643 | 19.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,877 | 8.3 | −27.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,470 | 70.8 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 48,688 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Bertram Falle | 17,597 | 63.1 | +12.9 | |
Labour | Olaf Gleeson | 10,279 | 36.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 7,318 | 26.2 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,876 | 75.0 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 37,168 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Bertram Falle | 13,229 | 50.2 | −5.7 | |
Labour | Olaf Gleeson | 9,523 | 36.2 | +9.3 | |
Liberal | William Llewellyn Williams | 3,584 | 13.6 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 3,706 | 14.0 | −15.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,336 | 71.7 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 36,717 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Bertram Falle | 14,168 | 55.9 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 6,808 | 26.9 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas Henry Field Lapthorn | 4,368 | 17.2 | New | |
Majority | 7,360 | 29.0 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,344 | 71.9 | +19.6 | ||
Registered electors | 35,236 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Election in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Bertram Falle | 11,427 | 61.8 | |
Naval and Lower-Deck | Lionel Yexley* | 7,063 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 4,364 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 18,490 | 52.3 | |||
Registered electors | 35,367 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
* Yexley (real name, James Woods) was supported by the Lower-Deck Parliamentary Committee, and also the local Liberal association.
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)