UK Explained

Banbury

Represented in Parliament by Sean Woodcock (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Sean Woodcock, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Banbury 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 314 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £755£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 198 areas and lower than 450.

UK 3.9%This area 2.6%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
Banbury£7552.6%
Loughborough£7542.6%
Hazel Grove£7602.6%
Weald of Kent£7602.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Banbury

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 people101,68959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over19%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher35%34%1 points higher
Households that own their home66%62%3 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately19%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
Sean Woodcock

Labour

MAJORITY
3,256

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

of people who could vote did

Sean Woodcock won with 38% of the votes, and Victoria Prentis (Conservative) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 18,468
Conservative32% · 15,212
Reform UK13% · 6,284
Liberal Democrat9% · 4,352
Green Party5% · 2,615
Independent2% · 850
Everyone else1% · 397
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sean WoodcockLabour18,46838.3%
Victoria PrentisConservative15,21231.6%
Paul TopleyReform UK6,28413.0%
Liz AdamsLiberal Democrat4,3529.0%
Arron BakerGreen Party2,6155.4%
Cassi BellinghamIndependent8501.8%
Chris NevileClimate Party2420.5%
Declan SoperSocial Democratic Party1550.3%

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
£755 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
2.6%
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