Parliamentary constituencies in South East England

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, 35 are represented by Labour MPs, 30 by Conservative MPs, 24 by Liberal Democrat MPs, 1 by a Green MP, and 1 by an independent MP.

Constituencies

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  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   ♣ Green Party   # Reform UK   § Ind. Network   Independent

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate[2] Majority[3][nb 2] Member of Parliament[3] Nearest opposition[3] County Constituency Map
Aldershot BC 78,569 5,683   Alex Baker   Leo Docherty Hampshire
 
Arundel and South Downs CC 77,969 12,134   Andrew Griffith   Richard Allen¤ West Sussex
 
Ashford CC 76,212 1,779   Sojan Joseph   Damian Green Kent
 
Aylesbury CC 79,169 630   Laura Kyrke-Smith   Rob Butler Buckinghamshire
 
Banbury CC 73,193 3,256   Sean Woodcock   Victoria Prentis Oxfordshire
 
Basingstoke BC 78,487 6,484   Luke Murphy   Maria Miller Hampshire
 
Beaconsfield CC 72,751 5,455   Joy Morrissey   Anna Crabtree¤ Buckinghamshire
 
Bexhill and Battle CC 72,209 2,657   Kieran Mullan Christine Bayliss‡ East Sussex
 
Bicester and Woodstock CC 74,350 4,958   Calum Miller¤   Rupert Harrison Oxfordshire
 
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton CC 77,565 1,765   Alison Griffiths   Clare Walsh‡ West Sussex
 
Bracknell CC 71,660 784   Peter Swallow   James Sunderland Berkshire
 
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven BC 68,784 9,609   Chris Ward   Khobi Vallis† East Sussex
 
Brighton Pavilion BC 74,786 14,290   Siân Berry   Tom Gray East Sussex
 
Buckingham and Bletchley CC 74,832 2,421   Callum Anderson   Iain Stewart Buckinghamshire
 
Canterbury CC 71,171 8,653   Rosie Duffield
(re-elected as Labour)
  Louise Harvey-Quirke† Kent
 
Chatham and Aylesford CC 75,109 1,998   Tris Osborne   Nathan Gamester† Kent
 
Chesham and Amersham CC 74,889 5,451   Sarah Green¤   Gareth Williams† Buckinghamshire
 
Chichester CC 78,374 12,172   Jess Brown-Fuller¤   Gillian Keegan West Sussex
 
Crawley BC 75,569 5,235   Peter Lamb   Zack Ali† West Sussex
 
Dartford CC 75,426 1,192   Jim Dickson   Gareth Johnson Kent
 
Didcot and Wantage CC 80,689 6,233   Olly Glover¤   David Johnston Oxfordshire
 
Dorking and Horley CC 71,300 5,391   Chris Coghlan¤   Marisa Heath† Surrey
 
Dover and Deal CC 78,801 7,559   Mike Tapp   Howard Cox# Kent
 
Earley and Woodley BC 73,548 848   Yuan Yang   Pauline Jorgensen† Berkshire
 
East Grinstead and Uckfield CC 75,385 8,480   Mims Davies   Benedict Dempsey¤ East Sussex / West Sussex
 
East Hampshire CC 71,965 1,275   Damian Hinds   Dominic Martin¤ Hampshire
 
East Surrey CC 73,307 7,450   Claire Coutinho   Tom Bowell‡ Surrey
 
East Thanet CC 74,940 6,971   Polly Billington   Helen Harrison† Kent
 
East Worthing and Shoreham CC 74,738 9,519   Tom Rutland   Leila Williams† West Sussex
 
Eastbourne BC 72,592 12,204   Josh Babarinde¤   Caroline Ansell East Sussex
 
Eastleigh BC 69,965 1,546   Liz Jarvis¤   Samuel Joynson† Hampshire
 
Epsom and Ewell BC 77,530 3,686   Helen Maguire¤   Mhairi Fraser† Surrey
 
Esher and Walton BC 74,042 12,003   Monica Harding¤   John Cope† Surrey
 
Fareham and Waterlooville CC 77,691 6,079   Suella Braverman   Gemma Furnivall‡ Hampshire
 
Farnham and Bordon CC 75,918 1,349   Greg Stafford   Khalil Yousuf¤ Hampshire / Surrey
 
Faversham and Mid Kent CC 74,301 1,469   Helen Whately   Mel Dawkins‡ Kent
 
Folkestone and Hythe CC 70,056 3,729   Tony Vaughan   Damian Collins Kent
 
Gillingham and Rainham BC 73,523 3,972   Naushabah Khan   Rehman Chishti Kent
 
Godalming and Ash CC 74,168 891   Jeremy Hunt Paul Follows¤ Surrey
 
Gosport BC 73,261 6,066   Caroline Dinenage   Edward Batterbury‡ Hampshire
 
Gravesham CC 73,088 2,712   Lauren Sullivan   Adam Holloway Kent
 
Guildford CC 70,734 8,429   Zöe Franklin¤   Angela Richardson Surrey
 
Hamble Valley CC 80,537 4,802   Paul Holmes   Prad Bains¤ Hampshire
 
Hastings and Rye CC 75,939 8,653   Helena Dollimore   Sally-Ann Hart East Sussex
 
Havant BC 72,346 92   Alan Mak   Stefanie Harvey‡ Hampshire
 
Henley and Thame CC 73,749 6,267   Freddie van Mierlo¤   Caroline Newton† Oxfordshire
 
Herne Bay and Sandwich CC 77,841 2,499   Roger Gale   Helen Whitehead‡ Kent
 
Horsham CC 79,150 2,517   John Milne¤   Jeremy Quin West Sussex
 
Hove and Portslade BC 74,063 19,881   Peter Kyle   Sophie Broadbent♣ East Sussex
 
Isle of Wight East CC 55,855 3,323   Joe Robertson   Sarah Morris# Isle of Wight
 
Isle of Wight West CC 55,406 3,177   Richard Quigley   Bob Seely Isle of Wight
 
Lewes CC 76,166 12,624 James MacCleary¤   Maria Caulfield East Sussex
 
Maidenhead CC 75,687 2,963   Joshua Reynolds¤ Tania Mathias Berkshire
 
Maidstone and Malling CC 76,449 1,674   Helen Grant   Maureen Cleator‡ Kent
 
Mid Buckinghamshire CC 75,415 5,872   Greg Smith   Anja Schaefer¤ Buckinghamshire
 
Mid Sussex CC 75,969 6,662   Alison Bennett¤   Kristy Adams† West Sussex
 
Milton Keynes Central BC 81,078 7,291   Emily Darlington   Johnny Luk† Buckinghamshire
 
Milton Keynes North CC 70,709 5,430   Chris Curtis   Ben Everitt Buckinghamshire
 
New Forest East CC 70,618 8,495   Julian Lewis   Sasjkia Otto‡ Hampshire
 
New Forest West CC 68,644 5,600   Desmond Swayne   Sally Johnston‡ Hampshire
 
Newbury CC 71,986 2,377 Lee Dillon¤   Laura Farris Berkshire
 
North East Hampshire CC 76,975 634 Alex Brewer¤   Ranil Jayawardena Hampshire
 
North West Hampshire CC 78,629 3,288   Kit Malthouse   Andy Fitchet‡ Hampshire
 
Oxford East BC 71,845 14,465   Anneliese Dodds   Sushila Dhall♣ Oxfordshire
 
Oxford West and Abingdon CC 71,318 14,894 Layla Moran¤   Vinay Raniga† Oxfordshire
 
Portsmouth North BC 70,446 780   Amanda Martin   Penny Mordaunt Hampshire
 
Portsmouth South BC 73,711 13,155   Stephen Morgan   Mark Zimmer# Hampshire
 
Reading Central BC 73,600 12,637   Matt Rodda Raj Singh† Berkshire
 
Reading West and Mid Berkshire CC 68,786 1,361   Olivia Bailey Ross Mackinnon† Berkshire
 
Reigate BC 77,101 3,187   Rebecca Paul   Stuart Brady‡ Surrey
 
Rochester and Strood CC 74,257 2,293   Lauren Edwards   Kelly Tolhurst Kent
 
Romsey and Southampton North CC 71,871 2,191   Caroline Nokes   Geoff Cooper¤ Hampshire
 
Runnymede and Weybridge CC 73,610 7,627   Ben Spencer   Ellen Nicholson¤ Surrey
 
Sevenoaks CC 73,708 5,440   Laura Trott Richard Streatfeild¤ Kent
 
Sittingbourne and Sheppey CC 79,067 355   Kevin McKenna   Aisha Cuthbert† Kent
 
Slough BC 81,512 3,647 Tan Dhesi Azhar Chohan§ Berkshire
 
Southampton Itchen BC 68,379 6,105   Darren Paffey   Sidney Yankson† Hampshire
 
Southampton Test BC 65,520 9,333   Satvir Kaur   Ben Burcombe-Filer† Hampshire
 
Spelthorne BC 73,782 1,590   Lincoln Jopp   Claire Tighe‡ Surrey
 
Surrey Heath CC 71,934 5,640 Al Pinkerton¤   Ed McGuinness† Surrey
 
Sussex Weald CC 72,897 6,842   Nus Ghani Danielle Newson¤ East Sussex
 
Tonbridge CC 72,799 11,166   Tom Tugendhat   Lewis Bailey‡ Kent
 
Tunbridge Wells CC 78,738 8,687 Mike Martin¤   Neil Mahapatra† Kent
 
Weald of Kent CC 75,988 8,422   Katie Lam   Lenny Rolles‡ Kent
 
Winchester CC 78,289 13,821   Danny Chambers¤   Flick Drummond Hampshire
 
Windsor CC 73,334 6,457 Jack Rankin   Pavitar Mann‡ Berkshire
 
Witney CC 75,448 4,339 Charlie Maynard¤   Robert Courts Oxfordshire
 
Woking CC 72,977 11,246 Will Forster¤   Jonathan Lord Surrey
 
Wokingham CC 75,082 8,345 Clive Jones¤ Lucy Demery† Berkshire
 
Worthing West BC 77,038 3,949   Beccy Cooper   Peter Bottomley West Sussex
 
Wycombe CC 73,846 4,591   Emma Reynolds   Steve Baker Buckinghamshire
 

2023 boundary changes

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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.[4] 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:[5]

Constituency Electorate Ceremonial county Local authority
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

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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:[6]

Party Votes % Change
from 2019
Seats Change from
2019 (actual)
Change from
2019 (notional)
Conservative 1,332,755 30.6   23.4 30   44   51
Labour 1,067,897 24.5   2.4 36   28   28
Liberal Democrats 951,222 21.9   3.6 24   23   23
Reform UK 609,281 14.0   13.7 0   0   0
Green 299,665 6.9   3.0 1   0   0
Others 90,596 2.1   0.7 0   0   0
Total 4,351,416 100.0 91   7

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 (2024 as above)

Percentage votes

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South East votes %

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Seats

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South East seats

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
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References

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  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  3. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Revised proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South East region". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  6. ^ "General election 2024 results". House of Commons Library. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.