Constituency profile

Wycombe

South East · County constituency · Buckinghamshire borough

Emma Reynolds MP
Sitting MP

Emma Reynolds

Labour

First elected July 2024Cabinet: Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
County constituency, Buckinghamshire council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
48.5% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -3.4pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +7.7pp
vs Reform UK 20.3%
SouthernBrexit-marginalDiverse

About the Wycombe constituency

Wycombe is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Emma Reynolds (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 35.9% to 25.6% for the Conservatives, a majority of 4,591 votes on a 60.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 28.0% and Reform UK on 20.3%, a margin of 7.7 points.

Who lives in Wycombe? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
48.5%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
38.3%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
16.3%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
62.3%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
36.2%
UK average ~36%
Median age
37.6
UK median ~40
Age 65+
17.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
32.8%
UK average ~28%

How did Wycombe 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

Lab gain from Con · majority 4,591 votes (10.3pp) · turnout 60.8%

Current projection

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

Map of Wycombe

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)

Wycombe within Buckinghamshire

Wycombe sits entirely within Buckinghamshire Council. Buckinghamshire was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Buckinghamshire
61 LSOAs
100%

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
AbbeyLabour 38.6%vs Conservative 26.3%2021 Conservative 47.7%vs Labour 32.0%-35.4%
Booker, Cressex and CastlefieldLabour 46.7%vs Conservative 22.5%2021 Labour 46.6%vs Conservative 37.5%-45.7%
Chiltern VillagesConservative 36.4%vs Labour 27.4%2021 Conservative 66.4%vs Labour 17.0%-42.5%
DownleyLabour 42.7%vs Conservative 30.8%2021 Conservative 46.0%vs Labour 40.5%-40.3%
Ryemead and MicklefieldLabour 33.9%vs Conservative 20.2%2021 Others 38.0%vs Lib Dem 23.8%-35.7%
Terriers and Amersham HillLabour 34.8%vs Conservative 24.5%2021 Conservative 38.1%vs Lib Dem 26.8%-35.3%
Totteridge and BowerdeanLabour 35.1%vs Conservative 18.1%2021 Others 36.4%vs Lib Dem 29.7%-41.4%
Tylers Green and LoudwaterLabour 27.9%vs Conservative 26.2%2021 Conservative 49.7%vs Lib Dem 16.6%-44.6%
West WycombeLabour 34.7%vs Conservative 22.3%2021 Others 34.7%vs Conservative 29.6%-37.2%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Wycombe 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 holdSteve Baker17.3%48.6%28.8%4.4% UKIP-0.9%9,56064.9%
2015Con holdSteve Baker22.5%51.4%8.8%10.1% UKIP6.0%1.1%14,85667.4%+2.5
2017Con holdSteve Baker37.7%50.0%7.8%2.3% UKIP2.2%-6,57869.4%+2.0
2019notionalConservative winnerSteve Baker 2019 MP, pre-review boundary39.9%43.1%11.3%0.7% Brx2.6%2.4%1,49465.3%-4.1
2024Lab gain from ConEmma Reynolds35.9%25.6%9.5%10.7% Ref4.9%13.4%4,59160.8%-4.5

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

Constituencies most like Wycombe

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Wycombe. 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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