County Hampshire Created 2010 European Parliament constituency South East England Number of members 1 | Electorate 67,696 (December 2010) Created from Romsey Member of parliament Caroline Nokes Replaced by Romsey | |
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Romsey and Southampton North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Caroline Nokes, a Conservative. For the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer it is a county constituency.
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History
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which created this constituency for the 2010 general election primarily as an extended Romsey constituency.
Boundaries
Romsey and Southampton North is formed from electoral wards:
The area includes Stockbridge, which was a rotten borough constituency until the latter's abolition under the Great Reform Act of 1832.
Constituency profile
The constituency consists of two local government districts with similar characteristics: a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing. At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.5% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.4%. The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a low 13.5% of its population without a car, 18.4% of the population without qualifications and a high 30.5% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure 70.4% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across the Test Valley district.
Elections in the 2010s
This constituency was contested for the first time at the 2010 general election.