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 | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Portsmouth South in Hampshire. |
|
Location of Hampshire within England. |
|
| 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.
Read more about Portsmouth South (UK Parliament Constituency): Boundaries, History, Members of Parliament
Famous quotes containing the words south and/or parliament:
“I need not tell you of the inadequacy of the American shipping marine on the Pacific Coast.... For this reason it seems to me that there is no subject to which Congress can better devote its attention in the coming session than the passage of a bill which shall encourage our merchant marine in such a way as to establish American lines directly between New York and the eastern ports and South American ports, and both our Pacific Coast ports and the Orient and the Philippines.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“What is the historical function of Parliament in this country? It is to prevent the Government from governing.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)