Havant and Waterloo (UK Parliament constituency)

Havant and Waterloo
Former constituency for the House of Commons
County	Hampshire
1974–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Havant and Portsmouth North[1]
Created from	Petersfield and Portsmouth Langstone

Havant and Waterloo was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Havant and Waterlooville in Hampshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The area of the constituency was the same as that of the Havant and Waterloo Urban District, on the south coast of England. The seat covered the semi-urban area in the south east of Hampshire, between the city of Portsmouth and the West Sussex border.

As part of the re-organisation of local government, in 1974-1975, the Urban District was incorporated in the Borough of Havant.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Ian Lloyd	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Havant

Election results

General Election 1979: Havant and Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Stewart Lloyd	35,580	57.30
	Labour	D.B. Hoodless	15,240	24.54
	Liberal	D. Amies	11,274	18.16
Majority			20,340	32.76
Turnout				75.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Havant and Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Stewart Lloyd	24,880	44.71
	Liberal	S. Brewin	16,148	29.02
	Labour	T. King	14,615	26.27
Majority			8,732	15.69
Turnout				73.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Havant and Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Stewart Lloyd	27,397	45.93
	Liberal	S. Brewin	18,209	30.53
	Labour	J.T. Acklaw	13,367	22.41
	Independent	R.E. Wakeford	675	1.13
Majority			9,188	15.40
Turnout				79.96
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "'Havant and Waterloo', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)