Constituency profile

Wokingham

South East · County constituency · Wokingham borough

Clive Jones MP
Sitting MP

Clive Jones

Liberal Democrat

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
County constituency, Wokingham council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCLD
Conservative 4/5, Liberal Democrats 1/5
EU referendum 2016
42.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -9.2pp below mean
Current outlook
Liberal Democrats +16.6pp
vs Conservative 28.6%
SouthernRemain-leaningGraduate-heavy

About the Wokingham constituency

Wokingham is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats won with 47.7% to 32.2% for the Conservatives, a majority of 8,345 votes on a 71.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Liberal Democrats on 45.2% and the Conservatives on 28.6%, a margin of 16.6 points.

Who lives in Wokingham? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
42.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
47.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
9.9%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
75.5%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
22.3%
UK average ~36%
Median age
42.5
UK median ~40
Age 65+
22.9%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
24.9%
UK average ~28%

How did Wokingham vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

LD gain from Con · majority 8,345 votes (15.5pp) · turnout 71.9%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Wokingham

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Wokingham within Wokingham

Wokingham sits entirely within Wokingham Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Wokingham
54 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Barkham & ArborfieldLib Dem 44.3%vs Conservative 28.9%May 2026 Lib Dem 39.6%vs Conservative 25.8%
Lib Dem share
-4.7pp
40.3%
EmmbrookLib Dem 53.7%vs Conservative 27.9%May 2026 Lib Dem 45.2%vs Conservative 24.5%
Lib Dem share
-8.5pp
50.6%
EvendonsLib Dem 52.3%vs Conservative 28.3%May 2026 Lib Dem 39.6%vs Conservative 26.2%
Lib Dem share
-12.7pp
49.0%
FinchampsteadConservative 42.0%vs Lib Dem 39.1%May 2026 Conservative 38.6%vs Lib Dem 31.1%
Conservative share
-3.4pp
52.1%
NorreysLib Dem 37.6%vs Conservative 32.1%May 2026 Labour 28.3%vs Conservative 25.2%
Lib Dem→Labour
+16.7pp
45.6%
Spencers Wood & SwallowfieldLib Dem 40.9%vs Conservative 38.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 31.0%vs Conservative 30.4%
Lib Dem share
-9.9pp
43.7%
Twyford, Ruscombe & HurstConservative 44.6%vs Lib Dem 37.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 59.2%vs Reform 16.2%
Conservative→Lib Dem
+25.6pp
53.8%
WescottLib Dem 49.2%vs Conservative 29.1%May 2026 Lib Dem 40.1%vs Conservative 27.3%
Lib Dem share
-9.1pp
45.7%
WinnershLib Dem 55.8%vs Conservative 25.4%May 2026 Lib Dem 44.8%vs Conservative 22.3%
Lib Dem share
-11.0pp
40.7%
Wokingham WithoutLib Dem 44.8%vs Conservative 35.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 36.4%vs Conservative 36.1%
Lib Dem share
-8.3pp
50.0%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Wokingham at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Wokingham at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdJohn Redwood10.1%52.7%28.0%3.1% UKIP1.0%5.1%13,49271.4%
2015Con holdJohn Redwood14.5%57.7%13.5%9.9% UKIP3.7%0.6%24,19771.9%+0.5
2017Con holdJohn Redwood25.1%56.6%15.9%-2.3%-18,79875.5%+3.6
2019notionalConservative winnerJohn Redwood 2019 MP, pre-review boundary9.9%55.5%32.3%-2.2%0.1%12,75078.3%+2.8
2024LD gain from ConClive Jones6.7%32.2%47.7%9.8% Ref3.6%-8,34571.9%-6.4

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Wokingham

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Wokingham. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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