Fareham and Waterlooville (UK Parliament constituency)

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Fareham and Waterlooville
County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Hampshire
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament TBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created from Fareham & Meon Valley

Fareham and Waterlooville is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. The constituency is scheduled to be created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, and will first be contested in the 2024 general election. [1]

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Boundaries

Fareham and Waterlooville (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The constituency will comprise the following areas:

History

The constituency will be formed from parts of the existing Fareham and Meon Valley constituencies. On 5 April 2023, Suella Braverman (the current MP for Fareham) defeated Flick Drummond (the current 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. [4] [5] [6]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Fareham and Waterlooville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Suella Braverman [7]
Liberal Democrats Paul Gray [8]
Reform UK Kevan Chippindall-Higgin [9]
Majority
Turnout

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  3. ↑ "New Seat Details - Fareham and Waterlooville". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  4. ↑ "Braverman wins 'Battle of Waterlooville' in selection for proposed new Hampshire constituency". Sky News. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  5. ↑ "Suella Braverman defeats fellow Tory MP in selection vote for new seat". BBC News. BBC. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Suella Braverman defeats fellow Tory MP in selection vote for new seat". BBC News . Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Fareham and Waterlooville Constituency". Reform UK . Retrieved 9 February 2024.


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