North West Hampshire: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for North West Hampshire is Kit Malthouse (Conservative), returned on 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Kit Malthouse (Conservative) 17,770 votes and Andy Fitchet (Labour) 14,482, a majority of 3,288. 50,823 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 78,629, 64.6% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates 112,627 people lived in North West Hampshire in mid-2024, up 17.6% on 2014. Children under 16 numbered 22,081; people aged 65 and over, 19,968.
DWP figures count 4,073 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 18.4% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 9.7% in 2021/22 to 10.5% in 2024/25.
The median price paid for a home was £350,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £250,005. It ranks 183rd highest of 575 constituencies. 1,375 sales were registered in the period, against 1,651 in the year to March 2025.
Full-time employees living in North West Hampshire had median pay of £40,319 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £35,474. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £41,922. The residents' figure ranks 218th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
At the 2021 Census there were 44,686 households and 242.5 residents per square kilometre; 36.2% of workers mainly worked from home and 20.5% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
78.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±7.1 points). 20.9% were economically inactive.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 1,530, or 2.2% of the working-age population. That is up from 1,510 twelve months before.
Workplaces in North West Hampshire accounted for 45,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,720 local units for March 2026.
MP
Kit Malthouse, Conservative
- MP for North West Hampshire since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 7 May 2015
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Kit Malthouse on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Kit Malthouse's latest words in Parliament, from 13 October 2026 to 20 October 2026. Hansard search returns 439 spoken contributions by Kit Malthouse since 4 July 2024.
Does the Minister agree that more important than the number of people or how often they attend that House is that it has become clear that individual peers are much more powerful than individual elected Members of Parliament?
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Let us say that a farm is worth £3 million, ostensibly on land value. That farm might be yielding a net income to a farmer of only £30,000 to £50,000 a year, on which they are surviving.
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There seems to be a disconnect in the Labour party’s understanding of the situation. Does the Minister not appreciate that the capital value of an enterprise, whether it be a farm or a business, does not necessarily equate to the revenue that it generates?
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My hon. Friend is making a powerful argument in defence of jury trials. Members are rightly thinking about the impact on victims and defendants, but would he agree that the erosion of jury trial also has significant implications for the judiciary?
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As I am sure the Minister is aware, as well as applying to join the CPTPP, the Argentinians are in the final stage of accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kit Malthouse | Conservative | 17,770 | 35.0% | −25.1 |
| Andy Fitchet | Labour | 14,482 | 28.5% | +11.6 |
| Andy Meacham | Reform UK | 7,734 | 15.2% | |
| Luigi Gregori | Liberal Democrat | 7,626 | 15.0% | −3.5 |
| Hina West | Green Party | 2,745 | 5.4% | +0.8 |
| Phil Heath | Hampshire Independents | 466 | 0.9% |
Result summary as published: Con hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Conservative 35.0% | Labour 28.5% | 3,288 | 64.6% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 60.1% | Liberal Democrat 18.5% | 21,507 | 68.0% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
North West Hampshire covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Test Valley E07000093
- Basingstoke and Deane E07000084
Who has power over North West Hampshire
Every body that makes decisions for North West Hampshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- North West Hampshire this page: Kit Malthouse (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for North West Hampshire?
Kit Malthouse (Conservative), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in North West Hampshire?
The House of Commons Library records 17,770 votes for Kit Malthouse of Conservative and a majority of 3,288; 64.6% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in North West Hampshire?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,530, 2.2% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in North West Hampshire?
£350,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in North West Hampshire?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £40,319 (April 2025).
How many children in North West Hampshire live in low income families?
4,073 children under 16, 18.4%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of North West Hampshire?
112,627 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.