UK Explained

Fareham and Waterlooville

Represented in Parliament by Suella Braverman (Reform UK). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Suella Braverman, Reform UK. Open their full page →

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

How Fareham and Waterlooville 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 192 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £801£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 177 areas and lower than 471.

UK 3.9%This area 2.5%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
Fareham and Waterlooville£8012.5%
Penistone and Stocksbridge£8012.4%
Bridgend£7992.6%
Brigg and Immingham£8052.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Fareham and Waterlooville

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 people98,80659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over25%19%6 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher30%34%4 points lower
Households that own their home75%62%13 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately13%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
Suella Braverman

Conservative

MAJORITY
6,079

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Suella Braverman won with 35% of the votes, and Gemma Furnivall (Labour) came second with 23%.

Votes for each party

Conservative35% · 17,561
Labour23% · 11,482
Liberal Democrat19% · 9,533
Reform UK18% · 9,084
Green Party4% · 2,036
Hampshire Independents0% · 217
Everyone else0% · 210
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Suella BravermanConservative17,56135.0%
Gemma FurnivallLabour11,48222.9%
Bella HewittLiberal Democrat9,53319.0%
Kevan Chippindall-HigginReform UK9,08418.1%
Baz MarieGreen Party2,0364.1%
Robert HollidayHampshire Independents2170.4%
Edward DeanRejoin EU2100.4%

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
£801 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
2.5%
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