Portsmouth South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 50°47′13″N 1°04′44″W / 50.787°N 1.079°W / 50.787; -1.079
| Portsmouth South | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Portsmouth South in Hampshire. |
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Location of Hampshire within England. |
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| County | Hampshire |
| Electorate | 71,947 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1918 (1918) |
| Member of Parliament | Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Portsmouth |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Portsmouth South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system. The current MP, since the 1997 general election, is Mike Hancock of the Liberal Democrats.
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