The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 76,923 · 2023 boundaries

North East Hampshire.

Liberal Democrats MP Alex Brewer holds the seat on 38.1% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentAlex Brewer · Liberal Democrats
CouncilsHart · Basingstoke and Deane
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001392
Electorate · 2024
76.9k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
38.1%
Liberal Democrats · +1.1pp over Con
Settlements
16
Largest: Fleet
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
9.1
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

Brewer has been active on multiple fronts in recent weeks, consistently siding with the Lords against the Labour government across a string of parliamentary ping-pong votes. On 21--22 April 2026, she voted to defend Lords amendments on the English Devolution Bill, the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the Crime and Policing Bill, and the Pension Schemes Bill -- in every case backing the upper chamber over the Commons government majority. None of these were rebel votes; all were standard Liberal Democrat positions. Locally, she has been credited with helping secure the merger of Basingstoke council into a new North Hampshire Strategic Authority and is actively campaigning against a potential two-decade delay to the Basingstoke hospital rebuild.

Brewer votes with her party 100% of the time -- a perfect party-line record -- and her stance profile marks her out as strongly pro-Lords scrutiny (97%) and pro-parliamentary scrutiny (96%), and strongly opposed to fiscal consolidation measures (13% aligned) and housing development (8% aligned). She participates in 66% of votes, slightly below the Commons average. Her 71 contributions across 46 debates cover a broad spread -- economy, social care, crime, health, and local government all feature heavily. She sits on the Women and Equalities Committee.

Her news coverage over the past 90 days is mixed: local-government stories (average score 0.60) and transport coverage (0.43) are positive, while defence-related coverage (average -0.30) and health stories about the hospital delay (0.14) pull the average down. Her strongest scores reflect persistent casework wins -- a three-year pothole campaign, chalk stream protections, and a Defence Housing Strategy adoption -- suggesting a constituency-focused operating style. Voting data covers her full term from July 2024; news and speech data reflect the past 90 days.

38.1%
LD vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
11
Wards · 11 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.11 wards · 11 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Basing Upton Grey Kate Tuck2,116Basingstoke and Deane IndMay 2026
Bramley Tony Durrant1,188Basingstoke and Deane IndMay 2026
Crookham East Gill Butler1,420Hart LDMay 2026
Crookham West Ewshot Wendy Louise Makepeace-Browne1,308Hart LDMay 2026
Fleet Central Alan John Oliver1,262Hart LDMay 2026
Fleet East Dan Taylor1,392Hart LDMay 2026
Fleet West Angela Abigail Delaney958Hart LDMay 2026
Hartley Wintney Tim Southern1,510Hart LDMay 2026
Hook Ann Christine Baty1,277Hart LDMay 2026
Odiham Jon Hale1,529Hart LDMay 2026
Yateley West Richard Quarterman1,499Hart LDMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.16 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Fleet (38,483), with Rural & dispersed (10,334) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 99,976.

city 3,310large-town 38,483town 38,241village 19,942

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Fleet38,483large town
Rural & dispersed10,334town
Hook (Hart)9,659town
Yateley7,665town
Odiham5,323town
Elvetham Heath5,260town
Showing 6 of 16·All 16 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate63.3%57.1%+11%
Owner-occupied75.7%63.1%+20%
Private rented14.1%20.0%-30%
Social rented10.2%16.8%-39%

Ethnicity.

White92.5%
Asian3.4%
Black1.0%
Mixed2.3%
Other0.8%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.0% Female 51.0% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£36,100
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£57,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,900
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
40
28 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
78.1%
Attainment 8: 52.6

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£790m
Taxpayers61,000
Median per taxpayer£4,190
Mean per taxpayer£13,000

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Hart and Basingstoke and Deane. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.

§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
9.1
-56% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
3.0
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
40% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences3.6
Anti-social behaviour1.5
Other theft0.7
Vehicle crime0.6
Public order0.6
Shoplifting0.6
Criminal damage & arson0.6

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Alex BrewerWONLD21,17838.1
Ranil JayawardenaCon20,54437.0
Paul MortonRef6,67312.0
Bradley PhillipsLab5,0579.1
Mohamed MiahGrn1,4252.6
Howling (Alan) HopeInd3400.6
Duncan StoneInd2740.5
Alex ZychowskiInd690.1

Turnout 55,560

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Ranil JayawardenaCon59.5
2017Ranil JayawardenaCon65.5
2015Ranil JayawardenaCon65.9
2010Arbuthnot, JamesCon60.6
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission