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UK Parliament - Gosport

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> United Kingdom > England > South East > South East > Gosport

Office

Parliament

Honorific

Member of Parliament - Abbr: MP

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 0000 - 06:00pm Central

Polls Open

May 06, 2010 - 01:00am Central

Polls Close

May 06, 2010 - 04:00pm Central

Term Start

May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm

Term End

May 17, 2015 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Ralphie

Last Modified

Imperator May 14, 2010 06:40pm

Data Sources

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Description

BBC Profile:
Conservative Peter Viggers has held this seat since it was created in 1974. His old five-figure majorities have come down to four figures and he achieved a lead of 5,730 in 2005 with Labour in second place. He is standing down at this election.

There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.

Gosport is a maritime seat. The peninsula faces Portsmouth to the east across the harbour and the Isle of Wight to the south across the Solent. The Portsmouth Naval Base has employed Gosport residents for hundreds of years, and strong psychological and economic ties to the armed services remain.

There are ship- and yacht-building facilities here, as well as various light industries.

The distribution of the labour force is heavily skewed towards managerial and skilled manual labour, and the workforce is particularly strong in mechanical, electrical, instrument engineering and high technology skills. Issues of local concern here include road congestion leading to the peninsula, and healthcare provision.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
No Boundary Changes