England · Constituency
New Forest East
Covers Totton · Eling · Hounsdown
Photograph shows Hythe, a village in this constituency, not the whole of New Forest East.
Your member of parliament
Sir Julian Lewis
ConservativeConservative won New Forest East at the 2024 general election with a majority of 8,495 votes, or 18.8 points. A swing of 9.4 points to Labour would take it. That makes it safer than 423 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 227.
Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site
How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 18.8 points, which is larger than 423 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Conservative finished ahead of Labour by 8,495 votes.
Majority
8,495
18.8% of votes cast.
Turnout
64.0%
+4.3 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
7
45,230 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian LewisElected | Conservative | 17,412 | 38.5% | +14.8 |
| Sasjkia Otto | Labour | 8,917 | 19.7% | -14.0 |
| Roy Swales | Reform UK | 7,646 | 16.9% | +2.6 |
| Caroline Rackham | Liberal Democrat | 7,198 | 15.9% | +3.7 |
| Simon King | Green Party | 3,118 | 6.9% | +0.5 |
| Mad Hatter | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 529 | 1.2% | +1.1 |
| Andrew Knight | Animal Welfare Party | 410 | 0.9% | +0.9 |
Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
Coming soon
Local news for New Forest East
We’re working on pulling local reporting into each seat page, from across the spectrum and sourced the same way as everything else here. It isn’t built yet, and we’d rather say so than fill the space.
Nearby in the list
One email each morning
The morning email, and New Forest East when it lands
One email each morning on where Britain stands, and local news for your seat as soon as we build it.
We’ll ask for your constituency and year of birth next. Both optional, and the year only so we know readers are 13 or over.