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**Portsmouth North**
Portsmouth North; Borough constituency
	;
	Portsmouth North shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England
Created:	1918, 1974
MP:	Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hampshire
EP constituency:	South East England

Portsmouth North is a borough constituency which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the northern portion of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.

[edit] History

The constituency was created in 1918 when the larger Portsmouth constituency was split into three divisions: Central, North and South.

It was abolished for the 1950 general election and replaced by a new Portsmouth West constituency, but re-established for the February 1974 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1918-1950

Constituency created (1918)

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Bertram Falle, Bt.	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Sir Bertram Falle, Bt.	Conservative
	1934 by-election	Admiral Sir Roger Keyes	Conservative
	1943 by-election	William James	Conservative
	1945	Donald Bruce	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Portsmouth West

[edit] MPs 1974-present

Constituency recreated (1974)

	Member	Party
Feb 1974	Frank Judd	Labour
1979	Peter Griffiths	Conservative
1997	Syd Rapson	Labour
2005	Sarah McCarthy-Fry	Labour Co-operative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Portsmouth North
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 Democrat	Gary Lawson	6,684	17.7	+7.4
	UKIP	Mike Smith	1,348	3.6	+2.1
Majority			1,139	3.0
Turnout			37,717	60.0	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.5

General Election 2001: Portsmouth North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Rapson	18,676	50.7	+3.5
	Conservative	Chris Day	13,542	36.7	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Sanders	3,795	10.3	-0.3
	UKIP	William McCabe	559	1.5	+0.9
	Independent	Brian Bundy	294	0.8	+0.6
Majority			5,134	14.0
Turnout			36,866	57.4	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Portsmouth North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Rapson	21,339	47.1
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	17,016	37.6
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Sollitt	4,788	10.6
	Referendum Party	Shaun Evelegh	1,757	3.9
	UKIP	P. Coe	298	0.7
	Independent	Colin Bex	72	0.2
Majority			4,323	9.5
Turnout			45,270	70.1	-
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

[edit] References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Historical list of MPs

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