Editing Hampshire (section)

===Parliament===
{{Further|Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire}}
As of the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 General Election]], Hampshire elects 19 Members of Parliament, 10 MPs are [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], 6 MPs are [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], and 3 are [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].

In the 2019 General Election there were no seat changes, with the 16 Conservative constituencies and 2 Labour constituencies holding on to the same seats won or held in 2017. This is despite the Liberal Democrats gaining 57,876 more votes (an increase of 50.4%) compared to 2017, and Labour losing 72,278 votes (29.9%) compared to 2017.

At the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 General Election]], the Conservatives] won 16 seats, continuing their dominance in the county. Labour took two seats, [[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Test]] and [[Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth South]].

In the 2015 general election, every Hampshire seat except Southampton Test (Labour) was won by the Conservatives.
In 2010, 14 constituencies were represented by Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs), two by the Liberal Democrats, and two by Labour. Labour represented the largest urban centre, holding both Southampton constituencies ([[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Test]] and [[Southampton Itchen|Itchen]]). The Liberal Democrats held [[Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth South]] and [[Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Eastleigh]].

The Conservatives represent a mix of rural and urban areas: [[Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)|Aldershot]], [[Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)|Basingstoke]], [[East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Hampshire]], [[Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fareham]], [[Gosport (UK Parliament constituency)|Gosport]], [[Havant (UK Parliament constituency)|Havant]], [[Meon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Meon Valley]], [[North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Hampshire]], [[North West Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Hampshire]], [[New Forest East (UK Parliament constituency)|New Forest East]], [[New Forest West (UK Parliament constituency)|New Forest West]], [[Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth North]], [[Romsey and Southampton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Romsey and Southampton North]] and [[Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Winchester]].

At the [[2013 United Kingdom local elections|2013 local elections]] for Hampshire County Council, the Conservative Party had a 37.51 per cent share of the votes, the Liberal Democrats 21.71 per cent, the [[UK Independence Party]] 24.61 per cent and Labour 10 per cent. As a result, 45 Conservatives, 17 Liberal Democrats, 10 UKIP, four Labour and one Community Campaign councillor sit on the County Council.<ref>Hampshire County Council, 2013. [http://election.hants.gov.uk/hwstate.aspx?id=175&year=2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506025129/http://election.hants.gov.uk/hwstate.aspx?id=175&year=2013|date=6 May 2013}}.</ref> [[Southampton City Council]], which is a separate Unitary Authority, has 28 Labour, 16 Conservative, 2 Councillors Against the Cuts and 2 Liberal Democrat councillors.<ref>Southampton City Council, 2013. {{cite web |url=http://www.southampton.gov.uk/council-partners/councillorsrepresent/ |title=Councillors and MPS - Southampton City Council |access-date=12 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728184003/http://www.southampton.gov.uk/council-partners/councillorsrepresent/ |archive-date=28 July 2013}}.</ref> [[Portsmouth City Council]], also a UA, has 25 Liberal Democrat, 12 Conservative and 5 Labour councillors.<ref>Portsmouth City Council, 2013. {{cite web |url=http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/yourcouncil/1120.html |title=Councillors by area (Ward) |access-date=4 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817074308/http://portsmouth.gov.uk/yourcouncil/1120.html |archive-date=17 August 2013}}.</ref>

Hampshire has its own County Youth Council (HCYC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hcycweb.net/ |title=Hampshire County Youth Council |publisher=Hcycweb.net |date=22 April 2009 |access-date=3 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215103954/http://www.hcycweb.net/ |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and is an independent youth-run organisation. It meets once a month around Hampshire and aims to give the young people of Hampshire a voice. It also has numerous district and borough youth councils including Basingstoke's "Basingstoke & Deane Youth Council".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bdycweb.net/ |title=Basingstoke & Deane Youth Council |publisher=Bdycweb.net |access-date=3 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723023413/http://www.bdycweb.net/ |archive-date=23 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>