The
region
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of
South East England
South East England is one of the nine official regions of England at the ITL 1 statistical regions of England, first level of International Territorial Level, ITL for Statistics, statistical purposes. It consists of the counties of england, ...
is divided into 84
parliamentary constituencies
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Administra ...
, which are made up of 23
borough constituencies
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Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...
and 61
county constituencies
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Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...
. Since the
general election of December 2019, 73 are represented by
Conservative
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MPs, 8 by
Labour
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** Manual labour, physical work
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MPs, 2 by
Liberal Democrat
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Active parties
Former parties ...
MPs, and 1 by a
Green
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MP.
Constituencies
Proposed boundary changes
''See
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
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for further details.''
Following the abandonment of the
Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the
Boundary Commission for England
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* Boundary Commission for E ...
formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the South East region will increase by 7 from 84 to 91. This includes the Isle of Wight which will have two protected seats, compared to one at present. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. Final proposals will be published by 1 July 2023.
Under the revised proposals, the following constituencies for the region would come into effect at the
next general election:
Results history
''Primary data source:'' House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the South East region in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Percentage votes
![South East votes %](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/South_East_votes_%25.svg)
''Key:''
CON -
Conservative Party
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, including
National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB -
Labour Party
LIB -
Liberal Party
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__TOC__ Active liberal parties
This is a li ...
up to 1979;
SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987;
Liberal Democrats from 1992
UKIP/Br -
UK Independence Party
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2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019);
Brexit Party
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in 2019
Green -
Green Party of England and Wales
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(included in Other up to 2005)
Seats
![South East seats](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/South_East_seats.svg)
''Key:''
CON -
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
, including
National Liberal Party up to 1966 (2010-2017 - includes The Speaker,
John Bercow
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)
LAB -
Labour Party
LIB -
Liberal Party
The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left.
__TOC__ Active liberal parties
This is a li ...
up to 1979;
SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987;
Liberal Democrats from 1992
OTH - 2010-2019 -
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
See also
*
List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
The Parliament of the United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), each electing a single member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by ...
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire
*
Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)
Isle of Wight ( ) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Bob Seely, a Conservative.
Created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, it covers the whole of the Isle of Wight. It ...
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Kent
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire
The county of Oxfordshire
is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies
— 1 borough constituency
and 5 county constituencies.
Constituencies
2010 boundary changes
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Bound ...
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex
Notes
External links
Politics Resources(2017 Election results)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Parliamentary Constituencies in South East