The 2024 General Election is just a couple of weeks away now, and households around Southampton will be considering who to vote for.

Rishi Sunak will be hoping to maintain the current majority that the Conservative Party has in Parliament while Sir Keir Starmer is looking to have Labour leading the Government for the first time since 2010.

The last general election took place in 2019 and with the next one due on July 4, you might wonder how your area voted all those years ago.

We have put together a map showing how the entire UK voted, but let’s take a closer look at the seats around Southampton.

How did Southampton vote in the 2019 General Election?

Southampton is split up into three seats in Parliament, and here is the breakdown of which way they went in 2019.

Romsey and Southampton North

Conservatives held the seats of Romsey and Southampton North with a majority of 10,872 votes.

In total, four candidates ran to be MP for the area and the electoral turnout was 75.3%, with the breakdown as follows:

  • Caroline Nokes (Conservative) - 27,862 votes
  • Craig Fletcher (Liberal Democrat) - 16,990 votes
  • Claire Ransom (Labour) - 5,898 votes
  • Geoff Bentley (UK Independence Party) - 640 votes

Southampton Test

Labour held the seat of Southampton Test with a majority of 6,213 votes.

In total, six candidates ran to be MP for the area and the electoral turnout was 64.2%, with the breakdown as follows:

  • Alan Whitehead (Labour) - 22,256 votes
  • Steven Galton (Conservative) - 16,043 votes
  • Joe Richards (Liberal Democrat) - 3,449 votes
  • Philip Crook (The Brexit Party) - 1,591 votes
  • Katherine Barbour (Green Party) - 1,433 votes
  • Kev Barry (Independent) - 222 votes

Southampton Itchen

Conservatives held the seat of Southampton Itchen with a majority of 4,498 votes.

In total, five candidates ran to be MP for the area and the electoral turnout was 65.6%, with the breakdown as follows:

  • Royston Smith (Conservative) - 23,952 votes
  • Simon Letts (Labour) - 19,454 votes
  • Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat) - 2,503 votes
  • Osman Sen-Chadun (Green Party) - 1,040 votes
  • Kim Rose (UK Independence Party) - 472 votes

What were the UK general election results in 2019?

In 2019, the Conservative Party won a majority with a total of 365 seats.

The Conservatives gained 47 seats which was up from the previous election two years earlier.

Boris Johnson, who was Prime Minister at the time, needed 365 seats to claim a Tory majority.

In contrast, the Labour Party lost 59 seats which brought them to 203 in total.

Across the country, 81 parliamentary seats changed hands.

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The Scottish National Party gained 13 seats which took them to 48 seats.

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 11 seats (losing one from 2017) and the DUP won 8 (losing two).

Sinn Féin reported  7 seats won, whilst Plaid Cymru secured 4 seats.

Meanwhile, other parties (including the speaker) won 9 seats to take the total to 650 in the House of Commons.