Fareham and Waterlooville (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Fareham and Waterlooville | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
 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) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | |
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 Borough of Fareham wards of Fareham East, Fareham North, Fareham North-West, Fareham South, Fareham West, Portchester East, and Portchester West.
- The Borough of Havant wards of Cowplain, Hart Plain, and Waterloo.
- The City of Winchester wards of Denmead, and Southwick & Wickham.[3]
The constituency comprises the following areas:
- The town of Fareham and village of Portchester from the former constituency of Fareham
- The town of Waterlooville, together with the villages of Denmead, Southwick and Wickham, from the former constituency of Meon Valley[4]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Suella Braverman | Conservative | |
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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