Post by peterl on Oct 27, 2021 17:24:50 GMT
The Borough of Fareham is a town of around 116,000 people half way between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth. There is some evidence of the area having been occupied in Roman times and Fareham is mentioned (as “Ferneham”) in the Doomsday Book. Major local employers include the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and Maritime Warfare School HMS Collingwood. Two regional radio stations are based on Fareham. Fareham is also home to castle the oldest parts of which go back to the 11th Century, a former abbey for Premonstratensian Canons now under the care of English Heritage and Britain's second-oldest man-made waterway.
The Borough of Fareham was constituted as a second tier district of Hampshire in 1972, having previously been the geographically smaller Fareham Urban District. The council has been under Conservative control since 1999. Whilst it has during some periods before this been under No Overall Control, no other party has ever had control of the Borough. The Liberal Democrats are the only other party currently represented on the Council, holding five seats with three of them being in Portchester. UKIP have also been represented in recent years and there are some independent councillors. On Hampshire County Council, the Conservatives currently have six councilors in Fareham and the Lib Dems just one in Portchester.
The constituency of Fareham was established in 1885, abolished in 1950 and recreated for the February 1974 election. It has exclusively returned Conservative MPs. The present member, Suella Braverman, has served since 2015 and is currently the Attorney General. The Lib Dems and their predecessor parties have generally achieved second place. Labour came in second in 1997-2005, 2017 and 2019. UKIP managed second place once in 2015 with 15.4% of the vote, the only occasion in which they have saved their deposit. The Greens have stood at every election since 2010, with their strongest performance being 4.2% in 2019. The lowest Conservative majority since the seat was revived in 1974 was 4,448 in October 1974 and the next closest a majority of 7,009 in 2001.
General Election 2019 Result
Suella Braverman Conservative 36,459 63.7% +0.7%
Matthew Randall Labour 10,373 18.1% -7.1%
Matthew Winnington Liberal Democrats 8,006 14.0% +7.2%
Nick Lyle Green Party 2,412 4.2% +1.9%
The Borough of Fareham was constituted as a second tier district of Hampshire in 1972, having previously been the geographically smaller Fareham Urban District. The council has been under Conservative control since 1999. Whilst it has during some periods before this been under No Overall Control, no other party has ever had control of the Borough. The Liberal Democrats are the only other party currently represented on the Council, holding five seats with three of them being in Portchester. UKIP have also been represented in recent years and there are some independent councillors. On Hampshire County Council, the Conservatives currently have six councilors in Fareham and the Lib Dems just one in Portchester.
The constituency of Fareham was established in 1885, abolished in 1950 and recreated for the February 1974 election. It has exclusively returned Conservative MPs. The present member, Suella Braverman, has served since 2015 and is currently the Attorney General. The Lib Dems and their predecessor parties have generally achieved second place. Labour came in second in 1997-2005, 2017 and 2019. UKIP managed second place once in 2015 with 15.4% of the vote, the only occasion in which they have saved their deposit. The Greens have stood at every election since 2010, with their strongest performance being 4.2% in 2019. The lowest Conservative majority since the seat was revived in 1974 was 4,448 in October 1974 and the next closest a majority of 7,009 in 2001.
General Election 2019 Result
Suella Braverman Conservative 36,459 63.7% +0.7%
Matthew Randall Labour 10,373 18.1% -7.1%
Matthew Winnington Liberal Democrats 8,006 14.0% +7.2%
Nick Lyle Green Party 2,412 4.2% +1.9%
