UK Explained

East Hampshire

Represented in Parliament by Damian Hinds (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Damian Hinds, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How East Hampshire compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 89 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £896£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 58 areas and lower than 590.

UK 3.9%This area 2.0%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
East Hampshire£8962.0%
East Renfrewshire£8961.9%
Reigate£9022.1%
Gordon and Buchan£9031.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in East Hampshire

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people90,85659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over24%19%6 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher40%34%6 points higher
Households that own their home74%62%12 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately14%20%7 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Damian Hinds

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,275

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
71%

of people who could vote did

Damian Hinds won with 37% of the votes, and Dominic Martin (Liberal Democrat) came second with 34%.

Votes for each party

Conservative37% · 18,509
Liberal Democrat34% · 17,234
Reform UK13% · 6,476
Labour10% · 4,867
Green Party5% · 2,404
Hampshire Independents1% · 364
Everyone else0% · 152
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Damian HindsConservative18,50937.0%
Dominic MartinLiberal Democrat17,23434.5%
Matthew KellermanReform UK6,47613.0%
Lucy SimsLabour4,8679.7%
Richard KnightGreen Party2,4044.8%
Jim MakinHampshire Independents3640.7%
Sara SmithSocial Democratic Party1520.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£896 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026