North East Hampshire.
Liberal Democrats MP Alex Brewer holds the seat on 38.1% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basing Upton Grey | Kate Tuck | 2,116 | Basingstoke and Deane Ind | May 2026 |
| Bramley | Tony Durrant | 1,188 | Basingstoke and Deane Ind | May 2026 |
| Crookham East | Gill Butler | 1,420 | Hart LD | May 2026 |
| Crookham West Ewshot | Wendy Louise Makepeace-Browne | 1,308 | Hart LD | May 2026 |
| Fleet Central | Alan John Oliver | 1,262 | Hart LD | May 2026 |
| Fleet East | Dan Taylor | 1,392 | Hart LD | May 2026 |
| Fleet West | Angela Abigail Delaney | 958 | Hart LD | May 2026 |
| Hartley Wintney | Tim Southern | 1,510 | Hart LD | May 2026 |
| Hook | Ann Christine Baty | 1,277 | Hart LD | May 2026 |
| Odiham | Jon Hale | 1,529 | Hart LD | May 2026 |
| Yateley West | Richard Quarterman | 1,499 | Hart LD | May 2026 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Fleet | 38,483 | large town |
| Rural & dispersed | 10,334 | town |
| Hook (Hart) | 9,659 | town |
| Yateley | 7,665 | town |
| Odiham | 5,323 | town |
| Elvetham Heath | 5,260 | town |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 63.3% | 57.1% | +11% |
| Owner-occupied | 75.7% | 63.1% | +20% |
| Private rented | 14.1% | 20.0% | -30% |
| Social rented | 10.2% | 16.8% | -39% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £790m |
| Taxpayers | 61,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £4,190 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £13,000 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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.
Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.
Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex BrewerWON | LD | 21,178 | 38.1 |
| Ranil Jayawardena | Con | 20,544 | 37.0 |
| Paul Morton | Ref | 6,673 | 12.0 |
| Bradley Phillips | Lab | 5,057 | 9.1 |
| Mohamed Miah | Grn | 1,425 | 2.6 |
| Howling (Alan) Hope | Ind | 340 | 0.6 |
| Duncan Stone | Ind | 274 | 0.5 |
| Alex Zychowski | Ind | 69 | 0.1 |
Turnout 55,560
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ranil Jayawardena | Con | 59.5 |
| 2017 | Ranil Jayawardena | Con | 65.5 |
| 2015 | Ranil Jayawardena | Con | 65.9 |
| 2010 | Arbuthnot, James | Con | 60.6 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo