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Portsmouth North

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Apr 2026

A marginal seat — won by just 780 votes (1.9%) in 2024. Centred on Portsmouth. Population 91,192.

A steady, loyally on-message Labour MP, Amanda Martin has nonetheless carved out a visible local delivery record since winning Portsmouth North in 2024. Her most notable recent activity has been constituency-focused rather than parliamentary theatre -- she has been credited with helping secure a £40 million community investment fund for Portsmouth, welcoming £11.5 million for disabled residents seeking work, backing a £1 million boost for a veterans' outreach centre, and championing £1.56 million for a new SEND service in the city. Her recent parliamentary votes have followed the government line entirely, including supporting the Commons' rejection of multiple Lords amendments to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and the Pension Schemes Bill -- the latter a contentious set of votes where critics argued the government was maintaining an inappropriate power over private pension fund investments.

Martin votes with Labour 100% of the time and has cast 420 of 488 possible votes (86%), slightly above the Commons average. Her stance profile marks her as strongly pro-workers' rights, pro-progressive taxation, and supportive of housing development, while her low scores on pro-business (14%) and pro-climate action (44%) -- the latter notably 8 points below her own party's average -- are worth noting. She votes more conservatively than Labour colleagues on assisted dying access and criminal justice reform, and scores zero on pro-lords-scrutiny, consistent with her recent ping-pong votes. She is marginally more supportive of armed forces welfare than the Labour average, which fits her Portsmouth North constituency.

420
Commons votes
This parliament
£28k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
70.4k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab took this seat from Con after 4 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Amanda Martin

Amanda Martin

Labour Party

Amanda Martin is the Labour MP for Portsmouth North, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Voting at a Glance

A marginal seat — won by just 780 votes (1.9%) in 2024. Centred on Portsmouth. Population 91,192.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Martin’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.433 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Martin has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
92
Economy
79
Education
41
Crime & Policing
39
Employment
39
Constitution and Democracy
28
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip

No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.

§ 08The local picture.7 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BaffinsDarren Sanders1,595Liberal
CopnorLee Matthew Tindal1,111Portsmou
CoshamDerek James North1,149Portsmou
Drayton FarlingtonSpencer Roy Gardner1,389Conserva
HilseaMatthew William Stringer Cordy1,493Portsmou
NelsonRichard James Adair903Liberal
PaulsgroveGeorge David Madgwick1,561Portsmou
Population (2021 Census)
91,192
Electorate 70,446 · 2024 register
Median income
£27,800
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
19.8%
England average 20.0%
Schools
36
24 primary · 6 secondary
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