| Gosport Borough constituency |
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| Gosport shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Peter Viggers |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hampshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Gosport is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP), by the first past the post voting system.
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The constituency is based around the town of Gosport, which is on the south coast of England, in Hampshire. It contains the whole of Gosport Borough including Lee-on-the-Solent. Stubbington and Hill Head from the neighbouring Fareham Borough also form part of the Gosport constituency.
The constituency was created in 1974. The area had previously been part of the constituency of Gosport and Fareham.
It is a safe Conservative seat, though it has some stark social divisions; the large council estate of Rowner, for example, is one of the most deprived areas in the United Kingdom.
It has been represented since its creation by Sir Peter Viggers. He has announced that he will be stepping down at the next general election due to the MPs' expenses scandal.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| Feb. 1974 | Peter Viggers | Conservative | |
| Confirmed candidates for the General Election 2010: Gosport[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Caroline Dinenage | ||||
| UKIP | Darren Fells | ||||
| Labour | Graham Giles | ||||
| General Election 2005: Gosport | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Viggers | 19,268 | 44.8 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Richard Williams | 13,538 | 31.5 | -5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Roberts | 7,145 | 16.6 | +1.5 | |
| UKIP | John Bowles | 1,825 | 4.2 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Andrea Smith | 1,258 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 5,730 | 13.3 | |||
| Turnout | 43,034 | 60.5 | 3.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Gosport | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Viggers | 17,364 | 43.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Richard Williams | 14,743 | 37.1 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Roberts | 6,011 | 15.1 | -4.5 | |
| UKIP | John Bowles | 1,162 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Kevin Chetwynd | 509 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,621 | 6.5 | |||
| Turnout | 39,789 | 57.1 | -13.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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