Fareham and Waterlooville | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 77,036 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Suella Braverman (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
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.
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:
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]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Suella Braverman | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Suella Braverman | 17,561 | 35.0 | –26.2 | |
Labour | Gemma Furnivall | 11,482 | 22.9 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bella Hewitt | 9,533 | 19.0 | +0.1 | |
Reform UK | Kevan Chippindall-Higgin | 9,084 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Green | Baz Marie | 2,036 | 4.1 | ±0.0 | |
Hampshire Ind. | Robert Holliday | 217 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Rejoin EU | Edward Dean | 210 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,079 | 12.1 | –30.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,123 | 64.5 | –0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 77,691 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –16.7 | |||
2019 notional result [9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 30,819 | 61.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9,543 | 18.9 | |
Labour | 7,951 | 15.8 | |
Green | 2,065 | 4.1 | |
Turnout | 50,378 | 65.4 | |
Electorate | 77,036 |
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