Riding profile

Fareham and Waterlooville

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Fareham and Waterlooville: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
0.5
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 29.1%
  • Reform UK 28.6%
  • Lib Dems 18.4%
  • Labour 13.6%
  • Green 7.8%
  • Other 2.3%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems Labour
HereFareham and Waterlooville 29.1%28.6%18.4%13.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 19.3% +9.8 25.4% +3.3 11.4% +7.0 21.8% −8.2

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Editorial read

Fareham and Waterlooville, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 12-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 29% vote share, against 29% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Suella Braverman

Sits with Reform UK

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
12.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-11.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Suella Braverman Elected Conservative 17,561 35.0
Gemma Furnivall Labour 11,482 22.9
Bella Hewitt Lib Dems 9,533 19.0
Kevan Chippindall-Higgin Reform UK 9,084 18.1
Baz Marie Green 2,036 4.1
Robert Holliday Other 217 0.4
Edward Dean Other 210 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
99,399
Median age
46
Employment rate
82.2%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029