Constituency profile

East Hampshire

South East · County constituency

Damian Hinds MP
Sitting MP

Damian Hinds

Conservative

First elected May 2010

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
49.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -2.6pp below mean
Current outlook
Conservative +2.5pp
vs Liberal Democrats 31.2%
SouthernBrexit-marginalGraduate-heavy

About the East Hampshire constituency

East Hampshire is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Damian Hinds (Conservative), first elected in May 2010. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 37.0% to 34.5% for the Liberal Democrats, a majority of 1,275 votes on a 70.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 33.7% and the Liberal Democrats on 31.2%, a margin of 2.5 points.

Who lives in East Hampshire? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
49.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
40.1%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
12.6%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
72.7%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
25.9%
UK average ~36%
Median age
47.6
UK median ~40
Age 65+
28.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
23.1%
UK average ~28%

How did East Hampshire vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 1,275 votes (2.5pp) · turnout 70.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of East Hampshire

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

East Hampshire within East Hampshire

East Hampshire sits almost entirely within East Hampshire Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. In addition, the Hampshire County Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2026; the county-division results covering this seat are shown below. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
East Hampshire
51 LSOAs
96%
Basingstoke and Deane
2 LSOAs
4%View projection ›

Hampshire County Council election, Thursday 7 May 2026

The county council is a separate tier of local government from the district council and from Westminster. These are the results for the county divisions covering this seat; vote shares are computed from the declared per-candidate ballots.

DivisionWinnerTop 3 vote sharesTurnout
Alton RuralConCon 37% LD 32% Ref 22%0.0%
Alton TownLDLD 47% Ref 22% Con 18%48.8%
CatheringtonConCon 34% Ref 31% LD 23%48.4%
Petersfield ButserLDLD 40% Con 29% Ref 20%49.0%
Petersfield HangersConCon 38% LD 31% Ref 17%55.7%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
21 Aug 2025Alton Amery
East Hampshire
LD HOLDLD 55% Ref 26% Con 20%
16 Feb 2024Four Marks & Medstead
East Hampshire
LD HOLD

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Alton AmeryLib Dem 40.8%vs Conservative 30.9%2023 Lib Dem 53.3%vs Conservative 29.4%-35.0%
Alton AshdellLib Dem 40.8%vs Conservative 32.3%2023 Lib Dem 53.0%vs Conservative 33.8%-42.8%
Alton EastbrookeLib Dem 32.2%vs Conservative 31.7%2023 Labour 39.2%vs Conservative 27.8%-27.2%
Alton HolybourneConservative 35.4%vs Lib Dem 34.7%2023 Conservative 42.6%vs Lib Dem 41.0%-37.2%
Alton WestbrookeLib Dem 37.4%vs Conservative 33.1%2023 Lib Dem 43.7%vs Labour 26.8%-38.6%
Alton WhitedownLib Dem 47.8%vs Conservative 28.1%2023 Lib Dem 68.6%vs Conservative 30.2%-34.9%
Alton WooteysConservative 31.7%vs Lib Dem 31.6%2023 Lib Dem 33.9%vs Conservative 30.8%-28.1%
Bentworth & FroyleConservative 41.4%vs Lib Dem 29.1%2023 Conservative 61.5%vs Green 38.5%-42.8%
Binsted, Bentley & SelborneConservative 38.5%vs Lib Dem 36.1%2023 Conservative 51.9%vs Lib Dem 39.9%-40.9%
Buriton & East MeonConservative 41.2%vs Lib Dem 31.0%2023 Conservative 57.5%vs Lib Dem 28.0%-38.6%
ClanfieldLib Dem 34.2%vs Conservative 33.6%2023 Lib Dem 54.2%vs Conservative 45.8%-35.0%
Four Marks & MedsteadConservative 39.2%vs Lib Dem 36.2%2023 Lib Dem 45.6%vs Conservative 44.5%-42.1%
Froxfield, Sheet & SteepConservative 40.9%vs Lib Dem 35.3%2023 Conservative 56.0%vs Lib Dem 37.1%-50.4%
Horndean CatheringtonConservative 38.6%vs Lib Dem 30.1%2023 Conservative 63.4%vs Lib Dem 36.6%-35.1%
Horndean DownsConservative 37.5%vs Lib Dem 26.6%2023 Green 58.1%vs Conservative 41.9%-33.7%
Horndean Kings & BlendworthConservative 36.4%vs Lib Dem 31.5%2023 Conservative 56.4%vs Lib Dem 23.2%-43.4%
Horndean MurrayLib Dem 34.7%vs Conservative 32.6%2023 Lib Dem 52.8%vs Conservative 47.2%-30.2%
LissConservative 37.5%vs Lib Dem 35.9%2023 Conservative 39.7%vs Lib Dem 24.9%-57.7%
Oakley & The CandoversConservative 40.9%vs Labour 27.5%May 2026 Others 37.2%vs Conservative 24.2%
Conservative→Others
+27.0pp
48.7%
Petersfield Bell HillConservative 35.7%vs Lib Dem 31.6%2023 Independent 52.3%vs Conservative 23.2%-36.8%
Petersfield CausewayLib Dem 36.6%vs Conservative 34.3%2023 Lib Dem 49.0%vs Conservative 40.0%-37.3%
Petersfield HeathConservative 43.3%vs Lib Dem 32.6%2023 Lib Dem 45.0%vs Conservative 44.7%-42.0%
Petersfield St Peter'sLib Dem 37.3%vs Conservative 36.1%2023 Lib Dem 54.7%vs Conservative 38.1%-45.9%
Ropley, Hawkley & HangersConservative 43.5%vs Lib Dem 30.2%2023 Conservative 65.8%vs Lib Dem 34.2%-43.9%
Rowlands CastleConservative 40.5%vs Lib Dem 27.7%2023 Conservative 52.3%vs Reform 37.9%-38.7%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for East Hampshire at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won East Hampshire at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdDamian Hinds7.9%56.8%30.5%2.9% UKIP-2.0%13,49771.0%
2015Con holdDamian Hinds10.1%60.7%11.1%12.0% UKIP6.1%-25,14772.7%+1.7
2017Con holdDamian Hinds17.0%63.6%15.2%-3.2%1.0%25,85274.7%+2.0
2019notionalConservative winnerDamian Hinds 2019 MP, pre-review boundary12.3%59.0%21.7%1.1% Brx5.5%0.4%20,20077.4%+2.7
2024Con holdDamian Hinds9.7%37.0%34.5%13.0% Ref4.8%1.0%1,27570.8%-6.6

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like East Hampshire

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to East Hampshire. Politics shown for context.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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