UK Explained

Bournemouth West

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

Your MP at a glance

Jessica Toale, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Bournemouth West 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 496 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £694£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 406 areas and lower than 242.

UK 3.9%This area 3.7%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
Bournemouth West£6943.7%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood£6993.7%
Gloucester£6963.8%
Chichester£6903.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Bournemouth West

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 people107,21959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1615%18%4 points lower
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home56%62%7 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%4 points lower
Households renting privately32%20%11 points higher

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
Jessica Toale

Labour

MAJORITY
3,224

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Jessica Toale won with 36% of the votes, and Conor Burns (Conservative) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Labour36% · 14,365
Conservative28% · 11,141
Reform UK17% · 6,647
Liberal Democrat11% · 4,311
Green Party7% · 2,614
Christian Peoples Alliance1% · 201
Everyone else0% · 139
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jessica ToaleLabour14,36536.4%
Conor BurnsConservative11,14128.3%
Ben AstonReform UK6,64716.9%
Jeff HannaLiberal Democrat4,31110.9%
Darren JonesGreen Party2,6146.6%
Julie VivienneChristian Peoples Alliance2010.5%
David WardenSocial Democratic Party1390.4%

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
£694 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
3.7%
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