Fareham and Waterlooville
South East · County constituency
About the Fareham and Waterlooville constituency
Fareham and Waterlooville is a county constituency in the South East, spanning parts of Fareham, Havant and neighbouring councils. The sitting MP is Suella Braverman (Reform UK), first elected in May 2015.
At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won Fareham and Waterlooville with 35.0% of the vote, ahead of Labour on 22.9%, a majority of 6,079 votes. Turnout was 65.1%.
If a general election were held today, PollCheck's projection at the current seven-poll average has the Conservatives on 34.1% and Reform UK on 30.1% in Fareham and Waterlooville, a margin of 4.0 points. The projection updates automatically as new polls are added.
Demographically, Fareham and Waterlooville is closely divided in the 2016 EU referendum (an estimated 53.7% voted Leave in 2016). About 29.5% of residents hold a degree, 74.4% of homes are owner-occupied, and the seat has a median age of about 47 (2021 Census).
Across the most recent general elections on record here, the seat has been won by the Conservatives each time.
Who lives in Fareham and Waterlooville? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
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
Current projection
Map of Fareham and Waterlooville
Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.
Fareham and Waterlooville within Fareham and Havant and 1 other council
Fareham and Waterlooville crosses multiple council boundaries: Fareham (57%), Havant (29%), Winchester (14%). The figures below come from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026 in each constituent council where they were held; for councils not in the 2026 election cycle the most recent available ward result is shown instead. In addition, the Hampshire County Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2026; the county-division results covering this seat are shown below.
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Fareham | 57% | View projection › |
| Havant | 29% | View projection › |
| Winchester | 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.
| Division | Winner | Top 3 vote shares | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowplain & Hart Plain | Ref | Ref 49% Con 23% LD 15% | 42.0% |
| Fareham Portchester | LD | LD 36% Ref 30% Con 24% | 50.1% |
| Fareham Town | Ref | Ref 29% LD 24% Con 24% | 45.6% |
| Waterloo & Stakes North | Ref | Ref 43% Con 23% LD 18% | 44.0% |
| Winchester Southern Parishes | LD | LD 34% Ref 31% Con 24% | 46.8% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward. Where the council held a May 2026 election, those results are shown; otherwise we show the most recent available ward result (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024), or, where the seat was uncontested at the last election, the current sitting councillor from OpenCouncilData. The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|
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 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Con hold | George Hollingbery Meon Valley MP | 6.4% | 56.2% | 32.6% | 12,125 | 72.7% |
| 2015predecessor | Con hold | George Hollingbery Meon Valley MP | 10.9% | 61.1% | 9.6% | 23,913 | 71.1%-1.6 |
| 2017predecessor | Con hold | George Hollingbery Meon Valley MP | 18.3% | 65.7% | 10.9% | 25,692 | 73.0%+1.9 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Flick Drummond Meon Valley MP, pre-review boundary | 15.8% | 61.2% | 18.9% | 21,276 | 65.4% |
| 2024 | Con hold | Suella Braverman | 22.9% | 35.0% | 19.0% | 6,079 | 65.1%-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.
Constituencies most like Fareham and Waterlooville
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Fareham and Waterlooville. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 73.2vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent13.1 / 13.8vs 20.2
- ↑Age 65+29.2 / 27.8vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 74.4vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent13.1 / 11.8vs 20.2
- ↓Under 3524.8 / 24.9vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 74.1vs 61.9
- ↑Age 65+29.2 / 31.3vs 22.7
- ↓Private rent13.1 / 14.0vs 20.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 76.1vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent13.1 / 13.3vs 20.2
- ↑Age 65+29.2 / 30.5vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 76.4vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent13.1 / 11.8vs 20.2
- ↓Social rent11.4 / 10.9vs 16.8
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
- 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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