List of British parliamentary constituencies held by the Conservative Party

The British Conservative Party, founded in 1832 and the most successful political party in the world, have been in opposition since their devastating 1997 loss to Labour. In 2001 they made a net gain of a single seat. However, in 2005, they made substantial inroads, which have seen them revitalizing, and many commentators predicting a Conservative landslide in 2010 based on recent opinion polls.

2005 gains and losses

In 2005, the Conservatives gained thirty-seven seats; thirty-one from Labour, five from the Liberal Democrats, and one from the Democratic Unionists. However, they also lost three seats to the LibDems, and one (notionally) to Labour. One gain from Labour was a notional gain, as it was a new seat.

Gains

Gains from Labour

1. Bexleyheath & Crayford
2. Braintree
3. Clwyd West
4. Croydon Central
5. Enfield Southgate
6. Forest of Dean
7. Gravesham
8. Hammersmith & Fulham
9. Harwich
10. Hemel Hempstead
11. Hornchurch
12. Ilford North
13. Kettering
14. Lancaster & Wyre
15. Monmouth
16. Milton Keynes North East
17. Northampton South
18. Peterborough
19. Preseli Pembrokeshire
20. Putney
21. Reading East
22. Rugby & Kenilworth
23. Scarborough & Whitby
24. Shipley
25. Shrewsbury & Atcham
26. St Albans
27. The Wrekin
28. Wellingborough
29. Welwyn Hatfield
30. Wimbledon

Constituencies in Scotland were all revised in 2005. The one constituency which the Conservatives won there was:

1. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale

which, based on pevious BOUNDARIES, was a Labour seat.

Gains from the Liberal Democrats

1. Torridge & West Devon
2. Guildford
3. Ludlow
4. Newbury
5. Weston-super-Mare

Gains from the DUP

The DUP only actually runs candidates in Northern Ireland (where it is the majority party), but in 2004 Andrew Hunter defected from the Conservatives to the DUP due to his membership of Protestant/ Ulster Unionist religious group the Orange Order. Thus the Conservatives easily retook the commuter town of Basingstoke in Hampshire.

Losses

Losses to Labour

The constituency of Dumfries & Galloway was created relatively similar to Galloway & Upper Nithsdale. Labour won Dumfries & Galloway, so this was a notional loss.

Losses to the Liberal Democrats

1. Solihull
2. Taunton
3. Westmorland and Lonsdale

Summary of gains and losses

• Gains from Labour: 31
• Losses to Labour: 1
• Net gain of 30 from Labour
• Gains from Liberal Democrats: 5
• Losses to Liberal Democrats: 3
• Net gain of 2 from Liberal Democrats
• Gains from DUP: 1
• NET GAIN OF 33

Seats changing since 2005

MPs who left the Conservatives

• 26 June 2007:
  • Quentin Davies ( Grantham & Stamford, Lincolnshire) defected to Labour.
• 25 September 2007:
  • Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central, Greater London) had the whip removed as he was accused of beating his pregnant wife.
• 29 January 2008:
  • Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup, Greater London) had the whip removed due to corruption.
• 12 March 2008:
  • Bob Spink (Castle Point, Essex) defected to Ukip.

Seats gained in by-elections

• 22 May 2008
  • Crewe & Nantwich, Cheshire was gained by Edward Timpson from Labour.

By-elections where the Conservatives held the seat

• 29 June 2006:
  • Following the death of Eric Forth, a by-election was held in Bromley & Chilehurst in Greater London, and Bob Neill was duly elected.
• 26 June 2008:
  • Following the election of incumbent MP Boris Johnson as Mayor of London, John Howell was elected at Henley in Oxfordshire.
• 10 July 2008:
  • In order to draw attention to what he perceived to be the gradual restriction civil liberties by the Labour Government, David Davies resigned as an MP. At the subsequent by-election in Haltemprice & Howden in Yorkshire, he was given an easy return.

Seats currently held by the Conservative Party

These seats are listed by region, then by ceremonial county.

Scotland

1. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale

Wales

1. Clwyd West
2. Monmouth
3. Preseli Pembrokeshire

North-West England

Cheshire

1. Congleton
2. Crewe & Nantwich
3. Eddisbury
4. Macclesfield
5. Tatton

Cumbria

1. Penrith & The Border

Greater Manchester

1. Altrincham & Sale West

Lancashire

1. Fylde
2. Lancaster & Wyre
3. Ribble Valley

North-East England

Northumberland

1. Hexham

Yorkshire & Humberside

Humberside

1. Beverley & Holderness
2. East Yorkshire
3. Haltemprice & Howden

North Yorkshire

1. Richmond
2. Ryedale
3. Scarborough & Whitby
4. Skipton & Ripon
5. Vale of York

West Yorkshire

1. Shipley

West Midlands

Herefordshire

1. Leominster

Shropshire

1. Ludlow
2. North Shropshire
3. Shrewsbury & Atcham
4. The Wrekin

Staffordshire

1. Lichfield
2. South Staffordshire
3. Stone

Warwickshire

1. Rugby & Kenilworth
2. Stratford-on-Avon

West Midlands Urban Area

1. Aldridge-Brownhills
2. Meriden
3. Sutton Coldfield

Worcestershire

1. Bromsgrove
2. Mid Worcestershire
3. West Worcestershire

East Midlands

Derbyshire

1. West Derbyshire

Leicestershire

1. Blaby
2. Bosworth
3. Charnwood
4. Harborough

Lincolnshire

1. Boston & Skegness
2. Gainsborough
3. Louth & Horncastle
4. Sleaford & North Hykeham
5. South Holland & The Deepings

Northamptonshire

1. Daventry
2. Kettering
3. Northampton South
4. Wellingborough

Nottinghamshire

1. Newark
2. Rushcliffe

Rutland

1. Rutland & Melton

Eastern England

Bedfordshire

1. Mid Bedfordshire
2. North East Bedfordshire
3. South West Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

1. Huntingdon
2. North East Cambridgeshire
3. North West Cambridgeshire
4. Peterborough
5. South Cambridgeshire
6. South East Cambridgeshire

Essex

1. Billericay
2. Braintree
3. Brentwood & Ongar
4. Epping Forest
5. Harwich
6. Maldon & East Chelmsford
7. North Essex
8. Rayleigh
9. Rochford & Southend East
10. Saffron Walden
11. Southend West
12. West Chelmsford

Hertfordshire

1. Broxbourne
2. Hemel Hempstead
3. Hertford & Stortford
4. Hertsmere
5. Hitchin & Harpenden
6. North East Hertfordshire
7. South West Hertfordshire
8. St Albans
9. Welwyn Hatfield

Norfolk

1. Mid Norfolk
2. North West Norfolk
3. South Norfolk
4. South West Norfolk

Suffolk

1. Bury St Edmunds
2. Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
3. South Suffolk
4. Suffolk Coastal
5. West Suffolk

South-West England

Devon

1. East Devon
2. South West Devon
3. Tiverton and Honiton
4. Torridge and West Devon
5. Totnes

Dorset

1. Bournemouth East
2. Bournemouth West
3. Christchurch
4. North Dorset
5. Poole
6. West Dorset

Gloucestershire

1. Cotswold
2. Forest of Dean
3. Tewkesbury

Somerset

1. Bridgwater
2. Wells
3. Weston-super-Mare
4. Woodspring

Wiltshire

1. Devizes
2. North Wiltshire
3. Salisbury
4. Westbury

South-East England

Berkshire

1. Bracknell
2. Maidenhead
3. Newbury
4. Reading East
5. Windsor
6. Wokingham

Buckinghamshire

1. Aylesbury
2. Beaconsfield
3. Buckingham
4. Chesham & Amersham
5. North East Milton Keynes
6. Wycombe

East Sussex

1. Bexhill & Battle
2. Eastbourne
3. Wealden

Hampshire

1. Aldershot
2. Basingstoke
3. East Hampshire
4. Fareham
5. Gosport
6. Havant
7. New Forest East
8. New Forest West
9. North East Hampshire
10. North West Hampshire

Isle of Wight

1. Isle of Wight

Kent

1. Ashford
2. Canterbury
3. Faversham & Mid Kent
4. Folkestone & Hythe
5. Gravesham
6. Maidstone & The Weald
7. North Thanet
8. Sevenoaks
9. Tonbridge & Malling
10. Tunbridge Wells

Oxfordshire

1. Banbury
2. Henley
3. Wantage
4. Witney

Surrey

1. East Surrey
2. Epsom & Ewell
3. Esher & Walton
4. Guildford
5. Mole Valley
6. Reigate
7. Runnymede & Weybridge
8. South West Surrey
9. Spelthorne
10. Surrey Heath
11. Woking

West Sussex

1. Arundel & South Downs
2. Bognor Regis & Littlehampton
3. Chichester
4. East Worthing & Shoreham
5. Horsham
6. Mid Sussex
7. Worthing West

Greater London

1. Beckenham
2. Bexleyheath & Crayford
3. Bromley & Chislehurst
4. Chingford & Woodford Green
5. Chipping Barnet
6. Cities of London & Westminster
7. Croydon Central
8. Croydon South
9. Enfield, Southgate
10. Hammersmith & Fulham
11. Hornchurch
12. Kensington & Chelsea
13. Old Bexley & Sidcup
14. Orpington
15. Putney
16. Romford
17. Ruislip-Northwood
18. Upminster
19. Uxbridge
20. Wimbledon