Constituency view

Southampton Itchen

South East, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Darren Paffey

Labour

Male

Majority6,105

Turnout55.7%

Electorate68,379

Valid votes38,053

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour15,782 - 41.5%

Conservative9,677 - 25.4%

Reform6,853 - 18.0%

Green2,793 - 7.3%

Lib Dem2,684 - 7.1%

Other264 - 0.7%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£279,918,123

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

£2,455 total benefits bill per resident · 9% above average

Southampton Itchen: £2,455
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 198 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£279,918,123	178/575
Change over 2 years	+18.9%
Median local wage (2025)	£39,448	+10.7%

Universal Credit£166,273,521
£1,458 per resident · 13,657 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 4,426 · 1 in 17 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£57,802,451
£507 per resident · 7,886 claimants (+19.4% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,433 · 44% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,828
Disability Living Allowance£20,338,997
£178 per resident · 3,423 claimants
Housing Benefit£18,940,798
£166 per resident · 2,563 claimants
Carer's Allowance£9,293,967
£82 per resident · 2,148 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£7,268,389
£64 per resident · 1,154 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 86.0%White British 75.1%Asian 6.3%Black, African or Caribbean 2.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.4%Other 1.7%

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 90.8%White British 84.7%Asian 4.2%Black, African or Caribbean 1.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.3%Other 0.9%

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 95.2%White British 92.6%Asian 2.1%Black, African or Caribbean 0.9%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.5%Other 0.3%

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 95.8%White British N/AAsian 2.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.9%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.5%

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

Southampton Itchen (2021)

UK 80.6%Other EU 10.0%Other countries 9.4%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Southampton Itchen (2011)

UK 87.9%Other EU 4.8%Other countries 7.3%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Southampton Itchen (2001)

UK 93.8%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 4.8%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Southampton Itchen (1991)

UK 94.3%Other EU 2.1%Other countries 3.6%

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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Southampton Itchen

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Southampton Itchen	National	Difference	Rank
% White	86.0%	83.0%	+2.9pp	410/650
% White British	75.1%	74.4%	+0.7pp	424/632
% Asian	6.3%	8.6%	-2.3pp	250/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	2.6%	3.7%	-1.1pp	205/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.4%	2.7%	+0.7pp	174/650
% Other ethnic group	1.7%	2.0%	-0.2pp	213/650
% UK-born	80.6%	84.0%	-3.4pp	492/650
% Non-UK-born	19.4%	16.0%	+3.4pp	159/650
% Other EU-born	10.0%	6.0%	+4.0pp	90/650
% Other countries-born	9.4%	10.1%	-0.7pp	222/650
% Christian	41.3%	46.7%	-5.5pp	474/575
% Muslim	3.2%	6.3%	-3.1pp	228/575
% Hindu	0.9%	1.6%	-0.8pp	228/575
% Sikh	0.9%	0.9%	+0.0pp	102/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	280/575
% Buddhist	0.4%	0.4%	-0.0pp	179/575
% Other religion	0.7%	0.6%	+0.1pp	100/575
% No religion	46.3%	37.0%	+9.3pp	50/575
% Religion not stated	6.3%	6.0%	+0.3pp	166/575
% Has any religion	47.4%	57.0%	-9.6pp	526/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Southampton Itchen

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.