Parliamentary constituencies in South East England explained
The region[1] of South East England is divided into 91 parliamentary constituencies, which are made up of 27 borough constituencies and 64 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 36 are represented by Labour MPs, 30 by Conservative MPs, 24 by Liberal Democrat MPs, and 1 by a Green MP.
Constituencies
See also: 2019 United Kingdom general election.
Constituency [2] | Electorate[3] | Majority[4] [5] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | County | Constituency Map |
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Aldershot BC | 72,617 | 16,698 | | Leo Docherty† | | Howard Kaye‡ | Hampshire | |
Arundel and South Downs CC | 81,726 | 22,521 | | Andrew Griffith† | | Alison Bennett¤ | West Sussex | |
Ashford CC | 89,553 | 24,029 | | Damian Green† | | Dara Farrell‡ | Kent | |
Aylesbury CC | 86,665 | 17,373 | | Rob Butler† | | Liz Hind‡ | Buckinghamshire | |
Banbury CC | 90,116 | 16,813 | | Victoria Prentis† | | Suzette Watson‡ | Oxfordshire | |
Basingstoke BC | 82,928 | 14,198 | | Maria Miller† | | Kerena Marchant‡ | Hampshire | |
Beaconsfield CC | 77,720 | 15,712 | | Joy Morrissey† | | Dominic Grieve | Buckinghamshire | |
Bexhill and Battle CC | 81,963 | 26,059 | | Huw Merriman† | | Christine Bayliss‡ | East Sussex | |
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton CC | 77,446 | 22,503 | | Nick Gibb† | | Alan Butcher‡ | West Sussex | |
Bracknell CC | 78,978 | 19,829 | | James Sunderland† | | Paul Bidwell‡ | Berkshire | |
Brighton, Kemptown BC | 69,833 | 8,061 | | Lloyd Russell-Moyle‡ | | Joe Miller† | East Sussex | |
Brighton, Pavilion BC | 79,057 | 19,940 | | Caroline Lucas♣ | | Adam Imanpour‡ | East Sussex | |
Buckingham CC | 83,146 | 20,411 | | Greg Smith† | | Stephen Dorrell¤ | Buckinghamshire | |
Canterbury CC | 80,203 | 1,836 | | Rosie Duffield‡ | | Anna Firth† | Kent | |
Chatham and Aylesford CC | 71,642 | 18,540 | | Tracey Crouch† | | Vince Maple‡ | Kent | |
Chesham and Amersham CC | 72,542 | 8,028 | | Sarah Green¤ | | Peter Fleet† | Buckinghamshire | |
Chichester CC | 85,499 | 21,490 | | Gillian Keegan† | | Kate O'Kelly¤ | West Sussex | |
Crawley BC | 74,207 | 8,360 | | Henry Smith† | | Peter Lamb‡ | West Sussex | |
Dartford CC | 82,209 | 19,160 | | Gareth Johnson† | | Sacha Gosine‡ | Kent | |
Dover CC | 76,355 | 12,278 | | Natalie Elphicke‡ | | Charlotte Cornell‡ | Kent | |
East Hampshire CC | 76,478 | 19,696 | | Damian Hinds† | | David Buxton¤ | Hampshire | |
East Surrey CC | 83,148 | 23,914 | | Claire Coutinho† | | Alex Ehmann¤ | Surrey | |
East Worthing and Shoreham CC | 75,194 | 7,441 | | Tim Loughton† | | Lavinia O'Connor‡ | West Sussex | |
Eastbourne BC | 79,307 | 4,331 | | Caroline Ansell† | | Stephen Lloyd¤ | East Sussex | |
Eastleigh BC | 83,880 | 15,607 | | Paul Holmes† | | Lynda Murphy¤ | Hampshire | |
Epsom and Ewell BC | 81,138 | 17,873 | | Chris Grayling† | | Steve Gee¤ | Surrey | |
Esher and Walton BC | 81,184 | 2,743 | | Dominic Raab† | | Monica Harding¤ | Surrey | |
Fareham CC | 78,337 | 26,086 | | Suella Braverman† | | Matthew Randall‡ | Hampshire | |
Faversham and Mid Kent CC | 73,403 | 21,976 | | Helen Whately† | | Jenny Reeves‡ | Kent | |
Folkestone and Hythe CC | 88,272 | 21,337 | | Damian Collins† | | Laura Davison‡ | Kent | |
Gillingham and Rainham | 73,549 | 15,119 | | Rehman Chishti† | | Andy Stamp‡ | Kent | |
Gosport BC | 73,541 | 23,278 | | Caroline Dinenage† | | Tom Chatwin‡ | Hampshire | |
Gravesham | 73,242 | 15,581 | | Adam Holloway† | | Lauren Sullivan‡ | Kent | |
Guildford CC | 77,729 | 3,337 | | Angela Richardson† | | Zöe Franklin¤ | Surrey | |
Hastings and Rye CC | 80,524 | 4,043 | | Sally-Ann Hart† | | Peter Chowney‡ | East Sussex | |
Havant BC | 72,103 | 21,792 | | Alan Mak† | | Rosamund Knight‡ | Hampshire | |
Henley CC | 76,646 | 14,053 | | John Howell† | | Laura Coyle¤ | Oxfordshire | |
Horsham CC | 86,730 | 21,127 | | Jeremy Quin† | | Louise Potter¤ | West Sussex | |
Hove BC | 74,313 | 17,044 | | Peter Kyle‡ | | Robert Nemeth† | East Sussex | |
Isle of Wight CC | 113,021 | 23,737 | | Bob Seely† | | Richard Quigley‡ | Isle of Wight | |
Lewes CC | 71,053 | 2,457 | | Maria Caulfield† | | Oli Henman¤ | East Sussex | |
Maidenhead CC | 76,668 | 18,846 | | Theresa May† | | Joshua Reynolds¤ | Berkshire | |
Maidstone and The Weald CC | 76,109 | 21,772 | | Helen Grant† | | Dan Wilkinson‡ | Kent | |
Meon Valley CC | 75,737 | 23,555 | | Flick Drummond† | | Lewis North¤ | Hampshire | |
Mid Sussex CC | 85,146 | 18,197 | | Mims Davies† | | Robert Eggleston¤ | West Sussex | |
Milton Keynes North CC | 91,545 | 6,255 | | Ben Everitt† | | Charlynne Pullen‡ | Buckinghamshire | |
Milton Keynes South BC | 96,363 | 6,944 | | Iain Stewart† | | Hannah O'Neill‡ | Buckinghamshire | |
Mole Valley CC | 74,665 | 12,041 | | Sir Paul Beresford† | | Paul Kennedy¤ | Surrey | |
New Forest East CC | 73,549 | 25,251 | | Julian Lewis† | | Julie Hope‡ | Hampshire | |
New Forest West CC | 70,869 | 24,403 | | Sir Desmond Swayne† | | Jack Davies¤ | Hampshire | |
Newbury CC | 83,414 | 16,047 | | Laura Farris† | | Lee Dillon¤ | Berkshire | |
North East Hampshire CC | 78,954 | 20,211 | | Ranil Jayawardena† | | Graham Cockarill¤ | Hampshire | |
North Thanet CC | 72,756 | 17,189 | | Sir Roger Gale† | | Coral Jones‡ | Kent | |
North West Hampshire CC | 83,083 | 26,308 | | Kit Malthouse† | | Luigi Gregori¤ | Hampshire | |
Oxford East BC | 78,303 | 17,832 | | Anneliese Dodds‡ | | Louise Staite† | Oxfordshire | |
Oxford West and Abingdon CC | 76,951 | 8,943 | | Layla Moran¤ | | James Fredrickson† | Oxfordshire | |
Portsmouth North BC | 71,299 | 15,780 | | Penny Mordaunt† | | Amanda Martin‡ | Hampshire | |
Portsmouth South BC | 74,186 | 5,363 | | Stephen Morgan‡ | | Donna Jones† | Hampshire | |
Reading East BC | 77,152 | 5,924 | | Matt Rodda‡ | | Craig Morley† | Berkshire | |
Reading West CC | 74,137 | 4,117 | | Alok Sharma† | | Rachel Eden‡ | Berkshire | |
Reigate BC | 74,242 | 18,310 | | Crispin Blunt† | | Susan Gregory‡ | Surrey | |
Rochester and Strood CC | 82,056 | 17,072 | | Kelly Tolhurst† | | Teresa Murray‡ | Kent | |
Romsey and Southampton North CC | 68,228 | 10,872 | | Caroline Nokes† | | Craig Fletcher¤ | Hampshire | |
Runnymede and Weybridge CC | 74,888 | 18,270 | | Ben Spencer† | | Robert King‡ | Surrey | |
Sevenoaks CC | 71,757 | 20,818 | | Laura Trott† | | Gareth Willis¤ | Kent | |
Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC | 83,917 | 24,479 | | Gordon Henderson† | | Clive Johnson‡ | Kent | |
Slough BC | 86,818 | 13,640 | | Tan Dhesi‡ | | Kanwal Toor Gill† | Berkshire | |
South Thanet CC | 73,223 | 10,587 | | Craig Mackinlay† | | Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt‡ | Kent | |
South West Surrey CC | 79,096 | 8,817 | | Jeremy Hunt† | | Paul Follows¤ | Surrey | |
Southampton Itchen BC | 72,299 | 4,498 | | Royston Smith† | | Simon Letts‡ | Hampshire | |
Southampton, Test BC | 70,116 | 6,213 | | Alan Whitehead‡ | | Steve Galton† | Hampshire | |
Spelthorne BC | 70,929 | 18,393 | | Kwasi Kwarteng† | | Pavitar Mann‡ | Surrey | |
Surrey Heath CC | 81,349 | 18,349 | | Michael Gove† | | Alasdair Pinkerton¤ | Surrey | |
Tonbridge and Malling CC | 79,278 | 26,941 | | Tom Tugendhat† | | Richard Morris¤ | Kent | |
Tunbridge Wells CC | 74,823 | 14,645 | | Greg Clark† | | Ben Chapelard¤ | Kent | |
Wantage CC | 90,867 | 12,653 | | David Johnston† | | Richard Benwell¤ | Oxfordshire | |
Wealden CC | 82,998 | 25,655 | | Nus Ghani† | | Chris Bowers¤ | East Sussex | |
Winchester CC | 75,582 | 985 | | Steve Brine† | | Paula Ferguson¤ | Hampshire | |
Windsor CC | 75,038 | 20,079 | | Adam Afriyie† | | Julian Tisi¤ | Berkshire | |
Witney CC | 83,845 | 15,177 | | Robert Courts† | | Charlotte Hoagland¤ | Oxfordshire | |
Woking CC | 75,424 | 9,767 | | Jonathan Lord† | | Will Forster¤ | Surrey | |
Wokingham CC | 83,953 | 7,383 | | Sir John Redwood† | | Phillip Lee¤ | Berkshire | |
Worthing West BC | 78,585 | 14,823 | | Sir Peter Bottomley† | | Rebecca Cooper‡ | West Sussex | |
Wycombe CC | 78,093 | 4,214 | | Steve Baker† | | Khalil Ahmed‡ | Buckinghamshire | |
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2023 boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the South East region would be increased by 7 from 84 to 91.[6] This includes the Isle of Wight which will have two protected seats, compared to one at present. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
Under proposals, the following constituencies for the region came into effect at the 2024 general election:[7]
Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial county | Local authority |
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Aldershot BC | 76,765 | Hampshire | Hart / Rushmoor |
Arundel and South Downs CC | 76,974 | West Sussex | Arun / Chichester / Horsham |
Ashford CC | 73,546 | Kent | Ashford / Folkestone and Hythe |
Aylesbury CC | 75,636 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Banbury CC | 69,943 | Oxfordshire | Cherwell / West Oxfordshire |
Basingstoke BC | 77,050 | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane |
Beaconsfield CC | 72,315 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Bexhill and Battle CC | 70,869 | East Sussex | Rother / Wealden |
Bicester and Woodstock CC | 70,389 | Oxfordshire | Cherwell / West Oxfordshire |
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton CC | 76,985 | West Sussex | Arun |
Bracknell BC | 70,247 | Berkshire | Bracknell Forest |
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven BC | 69,865 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove / Lewes |
Brighton Pavilion BC | 75,722 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove |
Buckingham and Bletchley CC | 73,644 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire / Milton Keynes |
Canterbury CC | 75,499 | Kent | Canterbury |
Chatham and Aylesford CC | 74,840 | Kent | Medway / Tonbridge and Malling |
Chesham and Amersham CC | 74,155 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Chichester CC | 76,785 | West Sussex | Arun / Chichester |
Crawley BC | 74,446 | West Sussex | Crawley |
Dartford CC | 72,048 | Kent | Dartford |
Didcot and Wantage CC | 74,456 | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire / Vale of White Horse |
Dorking and Horley CC | 70,317 | Surrey | Mole Valley / Reigate and Banstead |
Dover and Deal CC | 75,855 | Kent | Dover |
Earley and Woodley BC | 70,083 | Berkshire | Reading / Wokingham |
East Grinstead and Uckfield CC | 72,356 | East Sussex / West Sussex | Lewes / Mid Sussex / Wealden |
East Hampshire CC | 69,959 | Hampshire | East Hampshire |
East Surrey CC | 73,145 | Surrey | Reigate and Banstead / Tandridge |
East Thanet BC | 73,790 | Kent | Thanet |
East Worthing and Shoreham BC | 75,466 | West Sussex | Adur / Worthing |
Eastbourne BC | 73,322 | East Sussex | Eastbourne |
Eastleigh BC | 69,982 | Hampshire | Eastleigh / Test Valley |
Epsom and Ewell BC | 76,844 | Surrey | Epsom and Ewell / Mole Valley |
Esher and Walton BC | 73,280 | Surrey | Elmbridge |
Fareham and Waterlooville CC | 77,036 | Hampshire | Fareham / Havant / Winchester |
Farnham and Bordon CC | 72,938 | Hampshire / Surrey | East Hampshire / Waverley |
Faversham and Mid Kent CC | 71,798 | Kent | Maidstone / Swale |
Folkestone and Hythe CC | 70,023 | Kent | Folkestone and Hythe |
Gillingham and Rainham BC | 73,951 | Kent | Medway |
Godalming and Ash CC | 71,399 | Surrey | Guildford / Waverley |
Gosport BC | 73,763 | Hampshire | Fareham / Gosport |
Gravesham CC | 72,866 | Kent | Gravesham |
Guildford CC | 71,367 | Surrey | Guildford |
Hamble Valley CC | 76,902 | Hampshire | Eastleigh / Fareham / Winchester |
Hastings and Rye CC | 75,581 | East Sussex | Hastings / Rother |
Havant BC | 72,766 | Hampshire | Havant |
Henley and Thame CC | 70,626 | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire |
Herne Bay and Sandwich CC | 76,028 | Kent | Canterbury / Dover / Thanet |
Horsham CC | 76,981 | West Sussex | Horsham |
Hove and Portslade BC | 73,726 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove |
Isle of Wight East CC | 56,805 | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight |
Isle of Wight West CC | 54,911 | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight |
Lewes CC | 75,091 | East Sussex | Lewes / Wealden |
Maidenhead CC | 73,463 | Berkshire | Bracknell Forest / Windsor and Maidenhead |
Maidstone and Malling CC | 73,084 | Kent | Maidstone / Tonbridge and Malling |
Mid Buckinghamshire CC | 72,240 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
Mid Sussex CC | 72,255 | West Sussex | Mid Sussex |
Milton Keynes North CC | 70,620 | Buckinghamshire | Milton Keynes |
Milton Keynes Central BC | 76,708 | Buckinghamshire | Milton Keynes |
New Forest East CC | 73,823 | Hampshire | New Forest |
New Forest West CC | 71,009 | Hampshire | New Forest |
Newbury CC | 71,631 | Berkshire | West Berkshire |
North East Hampshire CC | 73,306 | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane / Hart |
North West Hampshire CC | 76,004 | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane / Test Valley |
Oxford East BC | 72,731 | Oxfordshire | Oxford |
Oxford West and Abingdon CC | 72,004 | Oxfordshire | Oxford / Vale of White Horse |
Portsmouth North BC | 71,844 | Hampshire | Portsmouth |
Portsmouth South BC | 74,253 | Hampshire | Portsmouth |
Reading Central BC | 71,283 | Berkshire | Reading |
Reading West and Mid Berkshire CC | 69,999 | Berkshire | Reading / West Berkshire |
Reigate CC | 76,139 | Surrey | Reigate and Banstead |
Rochester and Strood CC | 72,155 | Kent | Medway |
Romsey and Southampton North CC | 73,831 | Hampshire | Southampton / Test Valley |
Runnymede and Weybridge CC | 73,778 | Surrey | Elmbridge / Runnymede |
Sevenoaks CC | 73,684 | Kent | Dartford / Sevenoaks |
Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC | 76,818 | Kent | Swale |
Slough BC | 75,287 | Berkshire | Slough |
Southampton Itchen BC | 72,150 | Hampshire | Southampton |
Southampton Test BC | 69,960 | Hampshire | Southampton |
Spelthorne BC | 72,897 | Surrey | Spelthorne |
Surrey Heath CC | 70,825 | Surrey | Guildford / Surrey Heath |
Sussex Weald CC | 70,075 | East Sussex | Wealden |
Tonbridge CC | 73,692 | Kent | Sevenoaks / Tonbridge and Malling |
Tunbridge Wells CC | 75,213 | Kent | Tunbridge Wells |
Weald of Kent CC | 70,110 | Kent | Ashford / Maidstone / Tunbridge Wells |
Winchester CC | 76,577 | Hampshire | Winchester |
Windsor CC | 74,338 | Berkshire / Surrey | Runnymede / Slough / Windsor and Maidenhead |
Witney CC | 70,042 | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse / West Oxfordshire |
Woking BC | 71,737 | Surrey | Woking |
Wokingham CC | 70,235 | Berkshire | Wokingham |
Worthing West BC | 76,293 | West Sussex | Adur / Worthing |
Wycombe CC | 71,769 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire | |
2024 results
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the South East region in the 2024 general election were as follows:[8]
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 (2024 as above)
Percentage votes
Key:
Seats
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- Web site: Baker. Carl. Uberoi. Elise. Cracknell. Richard. 28 January 2020. General Election 2019: full results and analysis. en-GB.
- Web site: Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019. BBC News. en-GB. 26 April 2020.
- The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
- Web site: 2023 Review. 8 January 2021. Boundary Commission for England. en-GB.
- Web site: Revised proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South East region . 2022-12-08 . Boundary Commission for England.
- Web site: 26 July 2024 . General election 2024 results . 1 August 2024 . House of Commons Library.