Constituency profile

Fareham and Waterlooville

South East · County constituency

Suella Braverman MP
Sitting MP

Suella Braverman

Reform UK

First elected May 2015

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
53.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +1.8pp above mean
Current outlook
Conservative +2.3pp
vs Reform UK 30.6%
SouthernBrexit-marginal

About the Fareham and Waterlooville constituency

Fareham and Waterlooville is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Suella Braverman (Reform UK), first elected in May 2015. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 35.0% to 22.9% for Labour, a majority of 6,079 votes on a 65.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 32.9% and Reform UK on 30.6%, a margin of 2.3 points.

Who lives in Fareham and Waterlooville? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
53.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
29.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
16.4%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
74.4%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
24.5%
UK average ~36%
Median age
46.8
UK median ~40
Age 65+
29.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
24.8%
UK average ~28%

How did Fareham and Waterlooville 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 6,079 votes (12.1pp) · turnout 65.1%

Current projection

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

Map of Fareham and Waterlooville

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)

Fareham and Waterlooville within Fareham and Havant and 1 other council

Fareham and Waterlooville crosses council boundaries: Fareham (57%), Havant (29%), Winchester (14%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. 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
Fareham
36 LSOAs
57%View projection ›
Havant
18 LSOAs
29%View projection ›
Winchester
9 LSOAs
14%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
Cowplain & Hart PlainRefRef 49% Con 23% LD 15%42.0%
Fareham PortchesterLDLD 36% Ref 30% Con 24%50.1%
Fareham TownRefRef 29% LD 24% Con 24%45.6%
Waterloo & Stakes NorthRefRef 43% Con 23% LD 18%44.0%
Winchester Southern ParishesLDLD 34% Ref 31% Con 24%46.8%

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
CowplainConservative 36.2%vs Labour 27.4%May 2026 Reform 45.6%vs Lib Dem 28.9%
Conservative→Reform
+19.1pp
45.6%
DenmeadConservative 38.1%vs Lib Dem 22.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 36.5%vs Reform 30.7%
Conservative→Lib Dem
+13.7pp
46.9%
Hart PlainConservative 35.3%vs Labour 26.1%May 2026 Reform 52.4%vs Conservative 27.4%
Conservative→Reform
+20.2pp
39.9%
Southwick and WickhamConservative 30.4%vs Lib Dem 30.0%May 2026 Lib Dem 39.4%vs Reform 31.3%
Conservative→Lib Dem
+11.1pp
44.8%
WaterlooConservative 34.7%vs Labour 26.2%May 2026 Reform 44.9%vs Lib Dem 27.6%
Conservative→Reform
+16.9pp
44.6%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Fareham and Waterlooville at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Fareham and Waterlooville 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
2010predecessorCon holdGeorge Hollingbery Meon Valley MP6.4%56.2%32.6%2.9% UKIP-1.9%12,12572.7%
2015predecessorCon holdGeorge Hollingbery Meon Valley MP10.9%61.1%9.6%14.8% UKIP3.5%-23,91371.1%-1.6
2017predecessorCon holdGeorge Hollingbery Meon Valley MP18.3%65.7%10.9%2.6% UKIP2.4%-25,69273.0%+1.9
2019notionalConservative winnerFlick Drummond Meon Valley MP, pre-review boundary15.8%61.2%18.9%-4.1%-21,27665.4%
2024Con holdSuella Braverman22.9%35.0%19.0%18.1% Ref4.1%0.9%6,07965.1%-0.3

Fareham and Waterlooville was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Meon Valley (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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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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