The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 78,629 · 2023 boundaries

North West Hampshire.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Kit Malthouse holds the seat on 35.0% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentKit Malthouse · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilsTest Valley · Basingstoke and Deane
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001403
Electorate · 2024
78.6k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
35.0%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +6.5pp over Lab
Settlements
11
Largest: Andover
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
12.3
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026

Malthouse's most prominent recent votes have been on assisted dying, where he broke from the Conservative majority five times on 20 June 2025 during the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill's Report Stage. He voted against procedural moves his party supported, and split from the Conservative majority on the contested question of whether voluntary stopping of eating and drinking should qualify someone as terminally ill -- voting in two directions across related amendments, suggesting a cautious rather than ideologically fixed approach to the bill's scope. He has otherwise voted in line with standard Conservative opposition positions: backing the referral of Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, opposing the government's pension investment powers, and siding with Lords amendments on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.

At 74% participation, Malthouse votes somewhat below the Commons average. He is a 96% party-line voter on most issues, with his strongest deviations being a markedly higher civil liberties alignment than his Conservative peers, and notably lower support for pension protections and criminal justice reform. His 394 contributions across 141 debates place him among the more active speakers; social care, health, and the economy dominate his speech record.

Outside Parliament, his local press coverage is active and largely practical -- heating oil price spikes, A34 road safety, Remembrance parade costs, and housing planning powers have all drawn his public intervention. He sits on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. His former roles as a minister (including Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) and his time as Deputy Mayor of London under Boris Johnson provide background context, though they do not visibly drive his current parliamentary focus.

35.0%
Con vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
12
Wards · 22 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.12 wards · 22 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
Andover Downlands(2 seats)Donnelly · Lodge977Test Valley ConMay 2023
Andover Harroway(3 seats)Borg-Neal · Gregori · Hughes2,149Test Valley ConMay 2023
Andover Millway(3 seats)Neal · Leech · Brooks2,500Test Valley ConMay 2023
Andover Romans(3 seats)Sangster · Brooks · North1,793Test Valley ConMay 2023
Andover St Marys(3 seats)Cattell · Andersen · Budzynski1,718Test Valley ConMay 2023
Andover Winton(2 seats)Gillies · Matthews1,197Test Valley ConMay 2023
Bourne Valley Phil North576Test Valley ConMay 2023
Evingar Samuel David Carr1,637Basingstoke and Deane IndMay 2026
Sherborne St John Rooksdown Karl Rand1,084Basingstoke and Deane IndMay 2026
Tadley North Kingsclere Baughurst Kerry Morrow1,408Basingstoke and Deane IndMay 2026
Tadley Pamber Jo Slimin1,497Basingstoke and Deane IndMay 2026
Whitchurch Overton Laverstoke Chloe Ashfield2,318Basingstoke and Deane IndMay 2026

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

§ 02Settlements.11 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Andover (46,480), with Rural & dispersed (17,100) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 109,181.

city 10,233large-town 46,480town 42,461village 10,007

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Andover46,480large town
Rural & dispersed17,100town
Tadley14,211town
Basingstoke10,233city
Whitchurch (Basingstoke and Deane)5,902town
Overton (Basingstoke and Deane)5,248town
Showing 6 of 11·All 11 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate64.4%57.1%+13%
Owner-occupied68.4%63.1%+8%
Private rented14.2%20.0%-29%
Social rented17.4%16.8%+4%

Ethnicity.

White92.6%
Asian3.3%
Black1.5%
Mixed2.0%
Other0.6%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.4% Female 50.6% 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
£31,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£44,600
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,050
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
53
33 primary · 7 secondary
GCSE pass
58.0%
Attainment 8: 41.2

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£528m
Taxpayers63,000
Median per taxpayer£3,410
Mean per taxpayer£8,330

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Test Valley 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

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

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
12.3
-41% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
4.1
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
42% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.2
Anti-social behaviour1.7
Public order1.1
Criminal damage & arson0.9
Shoplifting0.9
Other theft0.6
Burglary0.6

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%
Kit MalthouseWONCon17,77035.0
Andy FitchetLab14,48228.5
Andy MeachamRef7,73415.2
Luigi GregoriLD7,62615.0
Hina WestGrn2,7455.4
Phil HeathInd4660.9

Turnout 50,823

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Kit MalthouseCon62.1
2017Kit MalthouseCon62.1
2015Kit MalthouseCon58.1
2010Young, GeorgeCon58.3
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