Constituency view

North West Hampshire

South East, England

Con hold

Current MP

Current representation

Kit Malthouse

Conservative

Male

Majority3,288

Turnout64.6%

Electorate78,629

Valid votes50,823

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Conservative17,770 - 35.0%

Labour14,482 - 28.5%

Reform7,734 - 15.2%

Lib Dem7,626 - 15.0%

Green2,745 - 5.4%

Other466 - 0.9%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£181,928,197

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£1,615 total benefits bill per resident · 29% below average

North West Hampshire: £1,615
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 429 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£181,928,197	377/575
Change over 2 years	+19.5%
Median local wage (2025)	£35,474	+3.3%

Universal Credit£105,612,848
£938 per resident · 8,318 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 2,731 · 1 in 26 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£38,711,297
£344 per resident · 5,243 claimants (+18.1% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,122 · 41% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 2,610
Disability Living Allowance£13,806,277
£123 per resident · 2,341 claimants
Housing Benefit£12,635,876
£112 per resident · 1,550 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£5,884,088
£52 per resident · 927 claimants
Carer's Allowance£5,277,812
£47 per resident · 1,219 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 91.8%White British 85.6%Asian 3.7%Black, African or Caribbean 1.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.1%Other 0.7%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 96.0%White British 92.1%Asian 1.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.4%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 97.8%White British 95.3%Asian 0.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.8%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 98.9%White British N/AAsian 0.5%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

North West Hampshire (2021)

UK 87.2%Other EU 5.8%Other countries 7.0%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

North West Hampshire (2011)

UK 91.4%Other EU 3.5%Other countries 5.0%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

North West Hampshire (2001)

UK 93.8%Other EU 1.9%Other countries 4.3%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

North West Hampshire (1991)

UK 94.5%Other EU 2.6%Other countries 2.9%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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North West Hampshire

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	North West Hampshire	National	Difference	Rank
% White	91.8%	83.0%	+8.8pp	322/650
% White British	85.6%	74.4%	+11.2pp	288/632
% Asian	3.7%	8.6%	-4.9pp	328/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	1.6%	3.7%	-2.1pp	272/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.1%	2.7%	-0.6pp	309/650
% Other ethnic group	0.7%	2.0%	-1.3pp	382/650
% UK-born	87.2%	84.0%	+3.2pp	386/650
% Non-UK-born	12.8%	16.0%	-3.2pp	265/650
% Other EU-born	5.8%	6.0%	-0.2pp	239/650
% Other countries-born	7.0%	10.1%	-3.1pp	286/650
% Christian	49.6%	46.7%	+2.9pp	223/575
% Muslim	0.7%	6.3%	-5.6pp	398/575
% Hindu	0.8%	1.6%	-0.9pp	247/575
% Sikh	0.2%	0.9%	-0.7pp	283/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	401/575
% Buddhist	0.5%	0.4%	+0.0pp	146/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.1pp	260/575
% No religion	42.0%	37.0%	+5.0pp	178/575
% Religion not stated	5.7%	6.0%	-0.3pp	349/575
% Has any religion	52.3%	57.0%	-4.7pp	386/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around North West Hampshire

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.