Coordinates: 50°54′00″N 1°01′26″W / 50.900°N 1.024°W
| Meon Valley County constituency |
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| Meon Valley shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England | |
| Created: | in time for 2010 election |
| MP: | [[]] |
| Party: | [[]] |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hampshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Meon Valley will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
This seat has been formed by the Boundary Commission for England as an extra constituency in Hampshire, with electoral wards from East Hampshire, Havant and Winchester districts.
- From East Hampshire - the wards of Clanfield and Finchdean, Horndean Catherington and Lovedean, Horndean Downs, Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth, Horndean Kings, Horndean Murray and Rowlands Castle
- From Havant - the wards of Cowplain, Hart Plain and Waterlooville
- From Winchester - the wards of Bishops Waltham, Boarhunt and Southwick, Cheriton and Bishops Sutton, Denmead, Droxford, Soberton and Hambledon, Owslebury and Curdridge, Shedfield, Swanmore and Newtown, Upper Meon Valley, Whiteley and Wickham
The wards included are largely from parts of the former Winchester and East Hampshire parliamentary seats with some 600 voters from the Havant constituency which is otherwise unchanged.
The largest towns in the constituency will be Waterlooville and Horndean, which are substantially part of the Havant urban area.
Notional 2005 Results: Conservative: 21652 (45.1%) Liberal Democrat: 19662 (40.9%) Labour: 5167 (10.8%) Other: 1554 (3.2%) Majority: 1989 (4.1%)
The constituency has a strong Conservative background.
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | George Hollingbery | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Liz Leffman | ||||
| Labour | Howard Linsley | ||||
| Independent | Graeme Quar | ||||
References
- ^ Meon Valley, UKPollingReport
See also
- Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
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