UK Explained

Portsmouth North

Represented in Parliament by Amanda Martin (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Amanda Martin, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Portsmouth North 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 461 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £706£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 406 areas and lower than 242.

UK 3.9%This area 3.7%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
Portsmouth North£7063.7%
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley£7123.7%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood£6993.7%
Redditch£7133.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Portsmouth North

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 people100,12959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home65%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

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
Amanda Martin

Labour

MAJORITY
780

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
59%

of people who could vote did

Amanda Martin won with 35% of the votes, and Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Labour35% · 14,495
Conservative33% · 13,715
Reform UK20% · 8,501
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,031
Green Party4% · 1,851
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Amanda MartinLabour14,49534.8%
Penny MordauntConservative13,71533.0%
Melvyn ToddReform UK8,50120.4%
Simon DoddLiberal Democrat3,0317.3%
Duncan RobinsonGreen Party1,8514.5%

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
£706 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
3.7%
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