Fareham and Waterlooville (UK Parliament constituency)

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Fareham and Waterlooville
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Fareham and Waterlooville (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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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 (Conservative)
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Fareham and Waterlooville is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was first contested in the 2024 general election [2] and is currently represented by Suella Braverman of the Conservative Party.

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Boundaries

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following wards:

The constituency 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. [5] [6] [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Suella Braverman Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Fareham and Waterlooville [8]
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 UK 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
Majority6,07912.1–30.1
Turnout 50,12364.5–0.9
Registered electors 77,691
Conservative hold Swing –16.7

Elections in the 2010s

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

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