34-652: Southampton Test is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Satvir Kaur , a member of the Labour Party since 2024. The constituency was created for the 1950 general election , when the previous two-member Southampton constituency was abolished. The boundaries of the seat have changed at most of the Boundary Commissions' periodic reviews. Horace King ,
68-468: A further six, leaving 33 unaltered. In Northern Ireland, minor boundary changes affected five seats, with no changes to the proposed names. As the number of constituencies in Northern Ireland remains the same, changes were only necessary to bring some of the electorates within the permitted range and align boundaries with those of revised local government wards. Belfast South was enlarged into
102-674: A net gain of 11 seats for the Conservatives, a net loss of 6 for Labour, a loss of 3 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 for Plaid Cymru. This was further analysed as follows: In January 2024, professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher published detailed estimates of what the result would have been had the new boundaries been in place at the previous general election. This analysis shows the Conservatives would have won seven additional seats in 2019, with Labour losing two,
136-665: A reduction of 13 seats. Primary legislation provides for the independence of the boundary commissions for each of the four parts of the UK, the number of seats for each of the countries, permissible factors to use in departing from any old boundaries, and a strong duty to consult. The Fifth Review was governed by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act of 1986 . Under the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 , as amended by
170-454: A review of local authority ward boundaries, which became effective in May 2023, the constituency now comprises the following: The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged. The constituency is bounded to the east by Southampton Itchen , to the north by Romsey and Southampton North and to
204-646: A sixth of Scotland, to the densely-populated London constituency of Islington North . As of the 2024 election there are 543 constituencies in England, 32 in Wales, 57 in Scotland and 18 in Northern Ireland. The "Region" of the table refers to the NUTS 1 statistical region of England , which coincides with the former European Parliament constituency in which the constituency was included until 31 January 2020. Following
238-409: A total of 24 constituencies would disappear (i.e. be broken up and not form the larger part of any proposed seats), offset by 24 wholly new constituencies (proposed seats which do not contain the larger part of any pre-existing seat). If the 2019 general election was re-run under the boundaries in the final proposals, it was estimated that a further 15 seats would change hands. The overall effect would be
272-411: Is governed by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 , as amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and subsequently by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 . The 2023 review was the successor to the 2018 periodic review of Westminster constituencies , which was abandoned after it failed to pass into law. After abandonment of several previous reviews since 2015,
306-564: Is no smaller than 69,724 and no larger than 77,062. The exceptions to this rule are five 'protected' constituencies for island areas: Orkney and Shetland , Na h-Eileanan an Iar , Ynys Mon , and two constituencies on the Isle of Wight . These consequently have smaller electorates than the lower limit for other constituencies. As the number of electors in each constituency is similar, the constituencies themselves vary considerably in area, ranging in 2019 from Ross, Skye and Lochaber , which occupies
340-546: The 2010 general election after proposals made by the boundary commissions for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ) were adopted through statutory instruments . Constituencies in Scotland remained unchanged, as the Boundary Commission for Scotland had completed a review just before the 2005 general election , which had resulted in
374-645: The Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 , the number of MPs is now fixed at 650. The Sainte-Laguë formula method is used to form groups of seats split between the four parts of the United Kingdom and the English regions (as defined by the NUTS 1 statistical regions of England ). The table below gives the number of eligible voters broken down by constituent country, including the average constituency size in each country. As of 2023, every recommended constituency must have an electorate as at 2 March 2020 that
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#1732782330625408-529: The Speaker of the House of Commons on 27 June 2023. The Speaker immediately laid these before Parliament and the reports were published on the respective commissions' websites the following day. The new boundaries were formally introduced into UK law on 15 November 2023 through The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023. (The original deadline of the end of October was missed by the government, which, according to
442-684: The (civil) Parish of Millbrook (which was then in the Romsey and Stockbridge Rural District). 1955–1983 : The County Borough of Southampton wards of Banister, Bargate, Bassett, Coxford, Freemantle, Millbrook, Portswood, Redbridge, and Shirley. 1983–1997 : The City of Southampton wards of Bassett, Coxford, Freemantle, Millbrook, Portswood, Redbridge, and Shirley. 1997–2010 : The City of Southampton wards of Coxford, Freemantle, Millbrook, Portswood, Redbridge, St Luke's, and Shirley. 2010–2023 The City of Southampton wards of Bevois, Coxford, Freemantle, Millbrook, Portswood, Redbridge, and Shirley. Following
476-481: The 1960's and 1970's. Southampton Test proved to be a bellwether (mirroring the national result) from 1966 until 2010, with the exception of the minority government of Harold Wilson from February to October 1974 (see third Wilson ministry ) . In the 2010 general election, Alan Whitehead for Labour performed better here than John Denham in Southampton Itchen , the other Southampton seat, which
510-660: The 2023 review was set to be the first review based on electoral registers drawn up using Individual Electoral Registration, which Parliament approved from 2014–15. Because every routine canvass by local government reaches slightly fewer imminent attainers of the age of 18 than the previous system of household registration, the new system favours the Conservatives , according to a University of Manchester researcher in 2023. Local election offices are funded to implement mitigating measures to minimise any such disproportionate impacts. The Command Papers were sponsored and ordered by
544-580: The Act, must only happen in exceptional circumstances). A description of the review process is detailed in timeline of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies . The four boundary commissions launched their 2023 reviews on 5 January 2021, to coincide with the release by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) of electorate data from analysis of the electoral registers that had been published on 2 March 2020. The commissions jointly calculated
578-521: The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg , a Liberal Democrat . Under current legislation, the four boundary commissions of the United Kingdom were required to report on their next review of the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies before 1 July 2023. In order to meet this deadline, the commissions began their work on 5 January 2021. Following three rounds of public consultation, all four commissions submitted their final proposals to
612-425: The Liberal Democrats three and Plaid Cymru two. In total, the review produced 211 newly named constituencies, with the same number of seat names no longer being used (comprising just under one third of the total of 650). These constituencies are listed alphabetically below. Note that a constituency name remaining the same or changing does not necessarily correlate with how much the seat's boundaries change, or whether
646-505: The MP between 1950 and 1955, before switching to the neighbouring seat of Southampton Itchen, would later become the first Speaker of the House of Commons from the Labour Party . The seat was contested unsuccessfully in 1955 and 1959 respectively by Anthony Crosland and Shirley Williams , who would both later be elected for other seats and become prominent ministers in the Labour governments of
680-542: The UK in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method as shown in the table below. The Boundary Commission for England applied the same distribution formula to the English allocation, which results in the following redistribution of constituencies among the English regions: * Excluding Isle of Wight All four commissions submitted their Final Recommendations Reports to the speaker of the House of Commons on 27 June 2023. These were immediately laid before Parliament and
714-549: The United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries ( England , Scotland , Wales , and Northern Ireland ), each electing a single member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by the plurality ( first-past-the-post ) voting system, ordinarily every five years. Voting last took place in all 650 of those constituencies at the United Kingdom general election on 4 July 2024 . The number of seats rose from 646 to 650 at
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#1732782330625748-1088: The abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commissions formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their final proposals on 28 June 2023. See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (2024–present) by region for further details. 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies
782-417: The constituency would be seen as a "new constituency". For example, the pre-2023 Burton changes name to become the post-2023 Burton and Uttoxeter , but its boundaries remain identical; on the other hand, the constituency name Newcastle upon Tyne North remains the same after the review, but the majority of the post-review constituency covers different territory to the pre-review constituency, with only 43% of
816-475: The countryside and renamed Belfast South and Mid Down . East Antrim was extended further west, while Fermanagh-South Tyrone was extended further east into County Armagh. This table describes how the demographics of each constituency are different under the new boundaries compared to the old boundaries. The population disparity between constituencies exists because boundaries are drawn based on electorate size, not total population. The following table details
850-534: The national average of 3.8%, at 3.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian , above the average for the South East seats of 2.5% but below, for example, five seats in East Kent. The seat is home to Southampton 's football ground at St Mary's. 1950–1955 : The County Borough of Southampton wards of All Saints, Banister, Freemantle, Millbrook, St Nicholas, Shirley, and Town; and
884-534: The party also held that year. The area from 2010 to 2015 was one of four Labour seats in South East England and from 2017 to 2019 among two of eighteen in Hampshire won by Labour candidates. Whitehead was re-elected in 2017 with a majority of over 10,000 votes, and in 2019 over 6,000, making Southampton Test a relatively comfortable Labour seat. Whitehead did not stand at the 2024 general election; he
918-530: The proposed changes, based on the commission's final report. The final recommendations on the new constituencies in Wales were published on 28 June 2023 by the Boundary Commission for Wales . This followed years of proposals and consultations since 2021, with initial proposals published in 2021 and revised in 2022. Legend – New constituency ; expanded constituency ; redefined constituency ; revived constituency According to analysis carried out by electoral modelling consultancy Electoral Calculus ,
952-626: The relevant electoral quota/range to be used for the 2023 review and the allocation of parliamentary constituencies between the four nations. The English commission further divided its allocation between the nine regions of England . The electorate of the United Kingdom, comprising 650 constituencies, as determined by the ONS, was 47,558,398 on 2 March 2020. The electorate of the five protected constituencies – Isle of Wight (two seats), Na h-Eileanan an Iar , Orkney and Shetland , and Ynys Môn – amounted to 220,132, leaving 47,338,266 to be distributed between
986-406: The remaining 645 constituencies, which gave an electoral quota of 73,393. Each non-protected constituency must have an electorate which is within 5% of this quota, which gave a permitted range of 69,724 to 77,062. In Northern Ireland the legislation allows for a wider range, in certain prescribed circumstances, from 68,313 to 77,062. The 650 constituencies were allocated between the four nations of
1020-479: The reports were published on the respective commissions' websites on 28 June 2023. The final recommendations for England resulted in only 55 of the existing 533 constituencies remaining completely unchanged. In Wales, 21 of the 32 seats were unaltered from the revised proposals; 10 had revised boundaries (of which five were renamed); and one had a name change only. In Scotland boundary changes affected 18 seats, of which 12 were renamed. Only name changes affected
1054-702: The west by New Forest East . Southampton prior to 1950 50°56′N 1°25′W / 50.933°N 1.417°W / 50.933; -1.417 List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The Parliament of
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1088-674: The western fringes. It is traditionally the marginally more affluent of the two constituencies in the city, before 2010 having a higher number of Tory representatives than its neighbour Southampton Itchen – named after the other major river . The area includes the University of Southampton , though its halls of residence fall almost entirely within Romsey and Southampton North or Southampton Itchen. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 close to but slightly below than
1122-532: Was succeeded by fellow Labour Party member, Satvir Kaur , with a majority of over 9,000. The seat covers the western part of the City of Southampton and is named after the River Test , one of the city's two rivers. It covers some of the leafy northern suburbs (though the northernmost Bassett Ward ceased to form part of the constituency in 1997) and the western port areas as well as the social housing estates of
1156-475: Was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the constituency map for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . The new constituency boundaries were approved by the Privy Council on 15 November 2023 and came into law on 29 November. These constituencies were first contested at the 2024 general election . The process for periodic reviews of parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom
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