Fareham and Waterlooville (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards

Fareham
Waterlooville
Portchester

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Fareham
Meon Valley

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.

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 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]

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

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Suella Braverman	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Fareham and Waterlooville^[8]
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

References

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
^ "New Seat Details – Fareham and Waterlooville". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "Braverman wins 'Battle of Waterlooville' in selection for proposed new Hampshire constituency". Sky News. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
^ "Suella Braverman defeats fellow Tory MP in selection vote for new seat". BBC News. BBC. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
^ 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.
^ "Fareham and Waterlooville - General election results 2024". BBC News.
^ "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.