UK Explained

Woking

Represented in Parliament by Mr Will Forster (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

Will Forster, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

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

How Woking 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 115 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £862£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 224 areas and lower than 424.

UK 3.9%This area 2.7%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
Woking£8622.7%
Windsor£8622.7%
East Surrey£8682.6%
Newbury£8542.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Woking

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 people103,94059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher45%34%11 points higher
Households that own their home67%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately21%20%about the same

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
Will Forster

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
11,246

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

of people who could vote did

Will Forster won with 50% of the votes, and Jonathan Lord (Conservative) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat50% · 24,019
Conservative27% · 12,773
Reform UK10% · 4,888
Labour9% · 4,444
Green Party4% · 1,853
Heritage Party0% · 168
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Will ForsterLiberal Democrat24,01949.9%
Jonathan LordConservative12,77326.5%
Richard BarkerReform UK4,88810.2%
Ese ErherieneLabour4,4449.2%
Nataly AndersonGreen Party1,8533.8%
Tim ReadHeritage 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
£862 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
2.7%
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