Bargate is an
electoral ward
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in
Southampton
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, England. It covers
Southampton City Centre
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, and stretches as far as
Ocean Village and
St Mary's to the east, and
West Quay and
The Polygon to the west. Bargate Ward had 18,762 residents in the 2011 Census, which had risen to an estimated 20,926 in mid 2015.
The ward takes its name from the
Bargate
The Bargate is a Grade I listed medieval gatehouse in the city centre of Southampton, England. Constructed in Norman times as part of the Southampton town walls, it was the main gateway to the city. The building is a scheduled monument, which ...
, the northern gate of the old City Walls which still stands today, and is bounded by (clockwise from West)
Freemantle Ward,
Bevois Ward,
Peartree Ward and
Woolston Ward.
Boundary changes
Under the
Boundary Committee Review recommendations, implemented in 2002, Bargate Ward was reduced in size to deal with rapid population growth. In 1999 there had been 12,714 registered voters, and this figure was expected to rise to 14,025 by 2004. The boundary changes resulted in almost a quarter of its electorate being shifted to
Bevois and
Freemantle
Freemantle is a suburb and electoral ward in Southampton, England.
There are similarly named places in Hampshire: notably Henry II's hunting lodge in Kingsclere; a suburb of Hannington, Hampshire, Hannington; and Freemantle Common in Bitterne. ...
wards, making the adjusted electorate 9,746 in 1999, with a projected 10,801 in 2004.
As part of the size reduction,
Southampton City Council
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had proposed that the ward be renamed ''Town Ward''. The
Labour Party suggested that “the name Bargate may be more appropriate", and with support from the
Conservative Party
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, the original name stood.
Parliamentary representation
From 1955 to 1983, Bargate ward fell under the Southampton Test constituency, since when it has been in the Southampton Itchen constituency.
References
External links
Bargate Ward Councillors
{{Districts of Southampton
Wards of Southampton