Fareham and Waterlooville

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Fareham and Waterlooville
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Fareham and Waterlooville
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Boundary of Fareham and Waterlooville in South East England
County Hampshire
Electorate 77,036 (2023) [1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Suella Braverman (Reform UK)
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Fareham and Waterlooville is a constituency in Hampshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was first contested at the 2024 general election, [2] when Suella Braverman of the Conservative Party was elected as its Member of Parliament (MP). Braverman was previously the MP for the now-former constituency of Fareham, first elected in 2015. Braverman defected to Reform UK in January 2026.

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Constituency profile

The Fareham and Waterlooville constituency is located in Hampshire and forms part of the South Hampshire conurbation. It covers the towns of Fareham and Waterlooville and the villages of Portchester, Denmead, Cowplain and Wickham. The constituency is generally suburban and affluent. [3] It contains Portus Adurni, the best-preserved Roman fort north of the Alps. [4] House prices in the constituency are similar to the national average. [5]

In general, residents of the constituency are older and have high incomes, and levels of education and professional employment are similar to the rest of the country. White people made up 96% of the population at the 2021 census. [5] At the local council level, eastern Fareham, Portchester and the rural areas to their north are mostly represented by Liberal Democrats, whilst Waterlooville and western Fareham elected Conservatives. An estimated 57% of residents supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, higher than the nationwide figure of 52%. [5]

Boundaries

Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was defined as comprising the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Following a local government boundary review in Fareham which became effective in May 2024, [7] the constituency now comprises the following with effect from the 2024 general election:

It comprises the following areas:

History

The constituency is formed from parts of the former Fareham and Meon Valley constituencies. On 5 April 2023, Suella Braverman (MP for Fareham) defeated Flick Drummond (previously MP for Meon Valley) by 77 votes to 54, to be preselected by a majority of local party members as the Conservative Party's candidate for the new seat in the 2024 election. [10] [11] [12]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Suella Braverman Conservative
2026 Reform UK

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Fareham and Waterlooville [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Suella Braverman 17,561 35.0 −26.2
Labour Gemma Furnivall11,48222.9+7.1
Liberal Democrats Bella Hewitt9,53319.0+0.1
Reform Kevan Chippindall-Higgin9,08418.1N/A
Green Baz Marie2,0364.1±0.0
Hampshire Ind. Robert Holliday2170.4N/A
Rejoin EU Edward Dean2100.4N/A
Majority 6,07912.1−30.1
Turnout 50,12364.5−0.9
Registered electors 77,691
Conservative hold Swing −16.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [14]
PartyVote%
Conservative 30,81961.2
Liberal Democrats 9,54318.9
Labour 7,95115.8
Green 2,0654.1
Turnout50,37865.4
Electorate77,036

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  3. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Goodall, John (2008) [2003], Portchester Castle (2nd ed.), London: English Heritage, p. 3, ISBN   978-1-84802-007-8
  5. 1 2 3 "Seat Details - Fareham and Waterlooville". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  7. ↑ LGBCE. "Fareham | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  8. ↑ "Seat Details - Fareham and Waterlooville". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  9. ↑ "New Seat Details – Fareham and Waterlooville". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  10. ↑ "Braverman wins 'Battle of Waterlooville' in selection for proposed new Hampshire constituency". Sky News. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  11. ↑ "Suella Braverman defeats fellow Tory MP in selection vote for new seat". BBC News. BBC. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  12. ↑ Morton, Tom (5 April 2023). "Home Secretary Suella Braverman wins 'Battle of Waterlooville' and beats Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond to stand for Tories in new Fareham and Waterlooville seat". Portsmouth News.
  13. ↑ "Fareham and Waterlooville - General election results 2024". BBC News.
  14. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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