UK Explained

Witney

Represented in Parliament by Charlie Maynard (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

Charlie Maynard, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Witney compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 266 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £767£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 58 areas and lower than 590.

UK 3.9%This area 2.0%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Witney£7672.0%
Stockton West£7712.0%
North West Hampshire£7702.1%
Newcastle upon Tyne North£7742.0%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Witney

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people97,26159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%1 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher38%34%4 points higher
Households that own their home68%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately18%20%2 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Charles Maynard

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
4,339

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
67%

of people who could vote did

Charles Maynard won with 41% of the votes, and Robert Courts (Conservative) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat41% · 20,832
Conservative33% · 16,493
Reform UK12% · 6,307
Labour9% · 4,773
Green Party3% · 1,661
Independent1% · 350
Everyone else0% · 168
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Charles MaynardLiberal Democrat20,83241.2%
Robert CourtsConservative16,49332.6%
Richard LangridgeReform UK6,30712.5%
Antonio WeissLabour4,7739.4%
Andrew ProsserGreen Party1,6613.3%
Barry IngletonIndependent3500.7%
David CoxHeritage Party1680.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£767 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026