Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°03′47″N 1°19′01″W / 51.063°N 1.317°W / 51.063; -1.317

Winchester
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Winchester in Hampshire.
Location of Hampshire within England.
County	Hampshire
Electorate	74,138 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Winchester, Chandler's Ford, Hiltingbury and Alresford
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Steve Brine (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1295–1918
Number of members	1295–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Winchester is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Steve Brine, a Conservative.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the northern bulk of the large City of Winchester District as well as Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury in the Borough of Eastleigh, and as such is a swathe of mid-Hampshire. The largest settlement is Winchester. Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hampshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new seat in the county: a new Meon Valley constituency was formed in 2010 from parts of the old Winchester seat.

History of boundaries

1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Winchester, the Urban District of Eastleigh and Bishopstoke, the Rural Districts of Hursley and Winchester, and the Rural District of South Stoneham except the civil parish of Bittern.

1950-1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Eastleigh, Romsey, and Winchester, in the Rural District of Romsey and Stockbridge the civil parishes of Ampfield, Chilworth, East Dean, Lockerley, Melchet Park and Plaitford, Michelmersh, Mottisfont, North Baddesley, Nursling and Rownhams, Romsey Extra, Sherfield English, and Wellow, and part of the Rural District of Winchester.

1955-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Romsey and Winchester, and parts of the Rural Districts of Romsey and Stockbridge, and Winchester.

1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Andover and Winchester, the Rural District of Andover, and parts of the Rural Districts of Romsey and Stockbridge, and Winchester.

1983-1997: The City of Winchester wards of , and the District of East Hampshire wards of Alton Holybourne, Alton North East, Alton North West, Alton South East, Alton South West and Beech, Farringdon, Four Marks, Medstead, North Downland and Ropley, and West Tisted.

1997-2010: The City of Winchester.

2010-present: The City of Winchester wards of Colden Common and Twyford, Compton and Otterbourne, Itchen Valley, Kings Worthy, Littleton and Harestock, Olivers Battery and Badger Farm, St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St John and All Saints, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul, Sparsholt, The Alresfords, and Wonston and Micheldever, and the Borough of Eastleigh wards of Chandler's Ford East, Chandler's Ford West, Hiltingbury East, and Hiltingbury West.

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies by making slight changes to this constituency for the 2010 general election, removing 11 mostly rural wards in and around Bishops Waltham to a new seat, Meon Valley. In return, Winchester gained four suburban and partially urban wards at the northern edge of Eastleigh.^[2]

History

1295–1885

The chartered city sent burgesses (equivalent to advisory MPs) to the Model Parliament of 1295 and then to most Parliaments convened by the monarch in the medieval period and thereafter; its representation being fixed at two in number during this long period of English history. As is common, major disruption in representation caused by both infrequency of Parliaments convened and allegiance of the incumbents (whether a Royalist or a Parliamentarian) led to sporadic representation during the Protectorate of England and its Commonwealth which followed the end of most fighting during the English Civil War, in this case the stripping of wealth and status from Sir William Ogle followed his being supportive of the wrong faction at the wrong time.

1885–date

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 reduced the narrow borough constituency that elected two MPs to only one, permitting the creation of new broader replacement seats in surrounding Hampshire countryside for two abolished boroughs: Andover and Fareham (also known as West and South Hampshire respectively).

Political history

The seat was a Conservative safe seat in terms of majority and length of time held from 1950 until 1997.

At the 1997 general election the incumbent MP Gerry Malone of the Conservative Party was defeated by Mark Oaten of the Liberal Democrats by just two votes. Malone petitioned the result and it was declared void by the High Court on the grounds of mis-stamped ballots having altered the outcome, necessitating a by-election. This was won definitively by Oaten with a very large majority of 21,556, in an election that saw the Labour vote collapse to 1.7% hence the candidate, Patrick Davies, losing his deposit.

The events of 1997 swung the constituency strongly away from its usual status as a fairly safe Conservative seat.

Avoidance of confusion in party names

The candidacy of Richard Huggett in both 1997 elections as a "Literal Democrat" candidate led in part to the creation of the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.

Oaten stood down at the 2010 general election and was replaced as Liberal Democrat candidate by Martin Tod. Following significant boundary changes, Tod was defeated by Conservative candidate Steve Brine, who took the seat with a majority of 3,048 votes, a modest majority which cannot be described as either marginal or safe.

Prominent frontbenchers

• Sir George Hennessy was a senior whip (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household then Treasurer of the Household) from 1925 to 1929, being given the style 'sir' through a baronetcy in 1927.
• Peter Smithers resigned the seat in 1964 to serve as Secretary General of the Council of Europe until 1969.
• Gerry Malone became a Health Minister in 1994.
• Mark Oaten became Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesman from 2003 until January 2006.

Constituency profile

The ancient capital of Wessex, Winchester is a cathedral city with the arts and humanities-oriented University and an affluent population. Deprivation levels are very low, and the population is a mix of students, academics, London and Southampton commuters, and those employed locally in high-tech and creative industries.^[3]

The only other large settlement in the constituency is Chandler's Ford which has over 21,000 residents and is largely a dormitory town. The constituency also includes several villages, mostly to the north and east of Winchester, including Micheldever, New Alresford and Kings Worthy. Much of the rural territory previously in the constituency was moved to Meon Valley from the 2010 election.

Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[4]

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1295)

1295–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Richard Frye	Mark Le Faire[5]
1388 (Feb)	Mark Le Faire	Gilbert Forster[5]
1388 (Sep)	William Wygge	John Blake[5]
1390 (Jan)	Mark Le Faire	John West[5]
1390 (Nov)
1391	Mark Le Faire	Gilbert Forster[5]
1393	Mark Le Faire	Edmund Picard[5]
1394	John Peverel	Richard Gould[5]
1395	Mark Le Faire	John Blake[5]
1397 (Jan)	Henry Clerk	Nicholas Tanner[5]
1397 (Sep)	William Bolt	Richard Pachford[5]
1399	Mark Le Faire	Edmund Picard[5]
1401
1402	John Snell	John Steor[5]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Thomas Smale	Edmund Picard[5]
1407	John Steor	Robert Archer[5]
1410
1411	Mark Le Faire	Robert Archer[5]
1413 (Feb)	Mark Le Faire	William Wood[5]
1413 (May)	Mark Le Faire	William Wood[5]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Mark Le Faire	William Wood[5]
1415	Richard Gould	Richard Bolt[5]
1416 (Mar)	Mark Le Faire	William Wood[5]
1416 (Oct)	Richard Turnaunt	William Reson[5]
1417	Mark Le Faire	Richard Turnaunt[5]
1419	Richard Bolt	Richard Turnaunt[5]
1420	William Reson	William Wood[5]
1421 (May)	John French	William Wood[5]
1421 (Dec)	John French	Thomas Cuter[5]
1510-1523	No names known[6]
1529	William Hawles	Thomas Coke, died and replaced after 1532 by ?Walter Chandler[6]
1536	?William Hawles	?Walter Chandler[6]
1539	Thomas Lee	?[6]
1542	Walter Chandler	?[6]
1545	?
1547	William Honing	John Foster[6]
1553 (Mar)	Richard Bethell	William Lawrence I[6]
1553 (Oct)	Richard Bethell	William Lawrence I[6]
1554 (Apr)	William Lawrence I	Robert Hodson[6]
1554 (Nov)	William Lawrence I	Robert Hodson[6]
1555	William Lawrence I	Robert Hodson[6]
1558	Giles White	William Lawrence I[6]
1559 (Jan)	William Lawrence	Robert Bethell[7]
1562 (Dec)	William Lawrence	Thomas Michelborne[7]
1571	Thomas Michelborne	Richard Birde?[7]
1572 (May)	Thomas Michelborne, died and replaced Jan, 1583 by William Bethell	John Caplyn[7]
1584 (Nov)	John Wolley	Thomas Fleming I[7]
1586 (Oct)	John Wolley	Thomas Fleming I[7]
1588 (Oct)	Thomas Fleming I	Francis Mylles[7]
1593	Sir Edward Stafford	Thomas Fleming I[7]
1597 (Oct)	William Badger	John Moore[7]
1601 (Oct)	Edward Cole	Sir Thomas Fleming II[7]
1604	John Moore	Edward Cole
1614	Sir William Sandys	Sir William Bilson
1621	Richard Tichborne	William Savage
1624	Richard Tichborne	James Lord Wriothesley
1625	Richard Tichborne	Sir Thomas Phelipps
1626	Richard Tichborne	Henry Whitehead
1628	Richard Tichborne	Robert Mason
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	John Lisle	Sir William Ogle
1640 (Nov)	John Lisle	Sir William Ogle, disabled June 1643 replaced 1645 by Nicholas Love
1654	John Hildesley
1656	John Hildesley
1659	John Hildesley	Nicholas Love
1659	John Lisle	Nicholas Love

MPs 1660–1885

Year		First member[8]	First party		Second member[8]	Second party
1660		John Hooke			Thomas Cole
1660					Lord St John of Basing
1661		Richard Goddard			Lawrence Hyde
1666		Sir Robert Mason
1669		Sir Robert Holmes
1679		Lord Annesley			Sir John Cloberry
1685		Roger L'Estrange			Charles Hanses
1689		Francis Morley			Lord William Powlett
1690		Frederick Tylney
1701		George Rodney Brydges
1710					Thomas Lewis
1714		George Brydges			John Popham
1715					Lord William Powlett
1730					Norton Powlett
1734					Paulet St John
1741					William Powlett
1747					Henry Penton
1751		Paulet St John
1754		Marquess of Carnarvon
1761		Henry Penton			Lord Harry Powlett
1765					George Paulet
1774					Lovell Stanhope
1783					Henry Flood
1784					Richard Grace Gamon
1796		Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
1802		Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, Bt
1807		Sir Henry St John Carew St John Mildmay
1812					Richard Meyler
1818		James Henry Leigh
1818					Paulet St John-Mildmay
1823		Sir Edward Hyde East
1831		James Buller East	Conservative
1832		William Bingham Baring	Liberal[9]
1835					Sir James Buller East	Conservative[9]
1837		Paulet St John-Mildmay	Liberal[9]
1841		Bickham Escott	Conservative[9]
1847		John Bonham Carter	Liberal[9]
1864					Thomas Willis Fleming	Conservative[9]
1865					William Barrow Simonds	Conservative[9]
1874		Arthur Robert Naghten	Conservative[9]
1880		Viscount Baring	Liberal		Richard Moss	Conservative[9]
1885	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

Election		Member[8]	Party
	1885	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	Conservative
	1888 by-election	Richard Moss	Conservative
	1892	William Myers	Conservative
	1906	Guy Baring	Conservative
	1916 by-election	Douglas Carnegie	Conservative
	1917		National Party
	1918	Sir George Hennessy	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1931	Sir Robert Geoffrey Ellis	Conservative
	1935	Gerald Palmer	Conservative
	1945	George Jeger	Labour
	1950	Peter Smithers	Conservative
	1964 by-election	Morgan Morgan-Giles	Conservative
	1979	John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne	Conservative
	1992	Gerry Malone	Conservative
	1997	Mark Oaten	Liberal Democrat
	2010	Steve Brine	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Winchester^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Steve Brine	30,425	55.0	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jackie Porter	13,511	24.4	-18.7
	Labour	Mark Chaloner	4,613	8.3	+2.9
	UKIP	Martin Lyon	4,122	7.5	+5.4
	Green	Michael Wilks	2,645	4.8	N/A
Majority			16,914	30.6	+25.2
Turnout			53,316	74.6	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.6

General Election 2010: Winchester^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Steve Brine	27,155	48.5	+11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Tod	24,107	43.1	−7.0
	Labour	Patrick Davies	3,051	5.5	−3.9
	UKIP	Jocelyn Penn-Bull	1,139	2.0	−0.2
	English Democrat	Mark Lancaster	503	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,048	5.4	+18.2
Turnout			55,955	75.8	+3.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+9.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Winchester^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Oaten	31,225	50.6	−4.0
	Conservative	George Hollingbery	23,749	38.5	+0.2
	Labour	Patrick Davies	4,782	7.8	+1.9
	UKIP	David Abbott	1,321	2.1	+1.0
	Independent	Arthur Uther Pendragon	581	0.9	N/A
Majority			7,473	12.1
Turnout			61,655	71.9	−0.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−2.1

General Election 2001: Winchester^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Oaten	32,282	54.6	+12.5
	Conservative	Andrew Hayes	22,648	38.3	-3.8
	Labour	Stephen Wyeth	3,498	5.9	-4.6
	UKIP	Joan Martin	664	1.1	+0.4
	Wessex Regionalist	Henrietta Rous	66	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,634	16.3
Turnout			59,158	72.3	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Note: The percentage differences are compared to the previous general election poll, not the by-election.

Elections in the 1990s

Winchester by-election, 1997^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Oaten	37,006	68.0	+26
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	15,450	28.4	−13.6
	Labour	Patrick Davies	944	1.7	−8.8
	UKIP	Robin Page	521	1.0	+0.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	316	0.6	+0.1
	Literal Democrat	Richard Huggett	59	0.1	−0.9
	Natural Law	Rosemary Barry	48	0.1	+0.1
	Independent Conservative	Roger Everest	40	0.1	+0.1
Majority			21,556	39.6
Turnout				68.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1997: Winchester^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Oaten	26,100	42.1	+4.3
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	26,098	42.1	−8.0
	Labour	Patrick Davies	6,528	10.5	+3.1
	Referendum	Peter Strand	1,598	2.6	+2.6
	"Liberal Democrat Top Choice for Parliament"	Richard Huggett	640	1.0	+1.0
	UKIP	Derek Rumsey	476	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne	307	0.5	−4.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter Stockton	307	0.5	+0.5
Majority			2
Turnout			62,054
Void election result			Swing

Note: The result reflects the official return made at the time. It was subsequently declared void upon petition. Because of the presence on the ballot paper of Richard Huggett as "Liberal Democrat Top Choice for Parliament", Oaten used the description "Liberal Democrat: Leader: Paddy Ashdown" to identify himself as the official Liberal Democrat candidate.

General Election 1992: Winchester^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gerry Malone	33,113	50.1	−2.3
	Liberal Democrat	AD Barron	24,992	37.8	−2.4
	Labour	PJ Jenks	4,917	7.4	+0.9
	Independent Conservative	John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne	3,095	4.7	+4.7
Majority			8,121	12.3	+0.1
Turnout			66,117	83.2	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Winchester^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne	32,195	52.4	−5.2
	Social Democratic	John Lang MacDonald	24,716	40.2	+6.2
	Labour	Fred Inglis	4,028	6.6	−1.6
	Green	Julie Patricia Walker	565	0.9	N/A
Majority			7,479	12.2	−11.4
Turnout			76,507	80.4	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.7

General Election 1983: Winchester^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne	31,908	57.56
	Social Democratic	J. MacDonald	18,861	34.02
	Labour	W.H. Allchin	4,512	8.14
	Wessex Regionalist	S. Winkworth	155	0.28
Majority			13,047	23.54
Turnout				76.16
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne	38,198	56.01
	Labour	W.H. Allchin	15,378	22.55
	Liberal	J. Morgan	14,228	20.86
	Wessex Regionalist	M. Mahoney	395	0.58
Majority			22,820	33.46
Turnout				78.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles	27,671	44.43
	Liberal	J.W. Matthew	18,451	29.63
	Labour	W.H. Allchin	16,153	25.94
Majority			9,220	14.81
Turnout				75.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles	30,843	46.15
	Liberal	J.W. Matthew	20,339	30.43
	Labour	W.H. Allchin	15,655	23.42
Majority			10,504	15.72
Turnout				81.49
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles	25,249	55.02
	Labour	Christopher Perry	11,773	25.66
	Liberal	John W. Matthew	8,867	19.32
Majority			13,476	29.37
Turnout				74.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles	21,162	51.57
	Labour	Stanley E. Spicer	12,485	30.42
	Liberal	E Terence S. Read	7,390	18.01
Majority			8,677	21.14
Turnout				77.87
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles	21,502	53.08
	Labour	C Patrick Seyd	12,495	30.85
	Liberal	E Terence S. Read	6,510	16.07
Majority			9,007	22.24
Turnout				79.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winchester by-election, 1964^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles	18,032	52.17
	Labour	C Patrick Seyd	11,968	34.62
	Liberal	J. Edwards	4,567	13.21
Majority			6,064	17.54
Turnout			34567
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers	24,924	67.26
	Labour	Mrs. Margaret J. Manning	12,132	32.74
Majority			12,792	44.52
Turnout				76.69
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers	23,827	65.43
	Labour	Jasper Godwin Ridley	12,591	34.57
Majority			11,236	30.85
Turnout				76.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers	31,700	56.49
	Labour	Eric Charles Neate	24,418	43.51
Majority			7,282	12.98
Turnout				83.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers	31,462	56.77
	Labour	L.F. Cornillie	23,955	43.23
Majority			7,507	13.55
Turnout				84.02
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Jeger	30,290	52.63
	Conservative	Gerald Eustace Howell Palmer	27,259	47.37
Majority			3,031	5.27
Turnout				71.70
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gerald Eustace Howell Palmer	28,506	64.43
	Labour	Arthur Leonard Williams	15,739	35.57
Majority			12,767	28.86
Turnout				71.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Winchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Robert Geoffrey Ellis	31,131	69.71
	Labour	Robert Arthur Lyster	13,529	30.29
Majority			17,602	39.41
Turnout				77.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Winchester ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir George Richard James Hennessy	17,560	44.8
	Labour	Robert Arthur Lyster	14,326	36.6
	Liberal	Frances Louise Josephy	7,278	18.6
Majority			3,234	8.2
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Winchester ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Richard James Hennessy	11240	46.8
	Labour	Albert Reginald Stamp	6,495	27.1
	Liberal	William James West	6,252	26.1
Majority			4,745	19.7	-10.9
Turnout				67.9
	Unionist hold		Swing

Election results 1885-1918

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Winchester ^[24][25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	1,153	54.0	n/a
	Liberal	Viscount Baring	982	46.0	n/a
Majority			171	8.0	n/a
Turnout				91.8
	Conservative win

General Election 1886: Winchester ^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	1,119	58.8	+4.8
	Liberal	Thomas Newcomen Archibald Grove	783	41.2	-4.8
Majority			336	17.6	+9.6
Turnout				81.8	-10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8

Winchester by-election, 1888 ^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Moss	1,364	61.6
	Liberal	Philip Vanderbyl	849	38.4
Majority			515	23.2
Turnout				90.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Winchester ^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Henry Myers	1,213	58.5	-3.1
	Liberal	Charles William Mathews	859	41.5	+3.1
Majority			354	17.0	-6.2
Turnout				86.6	-3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.1

General Election 1895: Winchester ^[24][25][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Henry Myers	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Winchester ^[24][25][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Henry Myers	1,342	61.3	n/a
	Liberal	Edward George Hemmerde	846	38.7	n/a
Majority			496	22.6	n/a
Turnout				81.6	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1906: Winchester ^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Guy Victor Baring	1,322	51.0	-10.3
	Liberal	Charles Albert McCurdy	1272	49.0	+10.3
Majority			50	2.0	-20.6
Turnout				87.0	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.3

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Winchester ^[24][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Guy Victor Baring	1,729	57.7	+6.7
	Liberal	George William Ricketts	1,268	42.3	-6.7
Majority			461	15.4	+13.4
Turnout				93.7	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.7

General Election December 1910: Winchester ^[24][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Guy Victor Baring	1,719	60.5
	Liberal	George William Ricketts	1,121	39.5
Majority			598	21.0
Turnout				88.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Guy Victor Baring
• Liberal:

Winchester by-election, 1916 ^[24][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Douglas George Carnegie	1,218	72.0	+11.5
	Independent	Henry Charles Woods	473	28.0	n/a
Majority			745	44.0	+23.0
Turnout				52.0	-35.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

Notes and References

Notes

References