Southampton Itchen
2010 Results:
Conservative: 16134 (36.33%)
Labour: 16326 (36.76%)
Liberal Democrat: 9256 (20.84%)
UKIP: 1928 (4.34%)
Green: 600 (1.35%)
TUSC: 168 (0.38%)
Majority: 192 (0.43%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 19581 (48.3%)
Conservative: 11097 (27.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 8354 (20.6%)
Other: 1488 (3.7%)
Majority: 8484 (20.9%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 11569 (26.8%)
Labour: 20871 (48.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 9162 (21.2%)
UKIP: 1623 (3.8%)
Majority: 9302 (21.5%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 11330 (27.4%)
Labour: 22553 (54.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 6195 (15%)
UKIP: 829 (2%)
Other: 466 (1.1%)
Majority: 11223 (27.1%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 15289 (28.4%)
Labour: 29498 (54.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 6289 (11.7%)
Referendum: 1660 (3.1%)
Other: 1122 (2.1%)
Majority: 14209 (26.4%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: John Denham(Labour) born 1953, Devon. Educated at Woodroffe Comprehensive and Southampton University. Formerly worked for Friends of the Earth, the British Council and War on Want. Hampshire county councillor 1981-1989. Southampton councillor 1989-1993. Contested Southampton Itchen 1983, 1987. First elected as MP for Southampton Itchen 1992. Under-secretary for social security 1997-1998, Minister of State for Social Security 1998-1999, Minister of State for Health 1999-2001 and at the Home Office 2001-2003, when he resigned over his opposition to the war in Iraq. Appointed to the cabinet as Secretary of State for Universities and Skills in Gordon Brown`s first cabinet in 2007. Secretary of State for Communities and local government 2009-2010 (more information at They work for you)






2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 92904
Male: 49.5%
Female: 50.5%
Under 18: 22%
Over 60: 19.5%
Born outside UK: 6.2%
White: 95.2%
Black: 0.9%
Asian: 1.6%
Mixed: 1.5%
Other: 0.8%
Christian: 69.6%
Muslim: 0.9%
Full time students: 8.8%
Graduates 16-74: 13.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 28.9%
Owner-Occupied: 60.4%
Social Housing: 25.4% (Council: 21.1%, Housing Ass.: 4.3%)
Privately Rented: 11.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 10.7%