UK Explained

Bracknell

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

Your MP at a glance

Peter Swallow, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Bracknell 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 132 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £854£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 281 areas and lower than 367.

UK 3.9%This area 3.0%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
Bracknell£8543.0%
Sutton Coldfield£8462.9%
Welwyn Hatfield£8633.2%
Woking£8622.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Bracknell

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 people101,78559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over14%19%4 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher34%34%about the same
Households that own their home66%62%3 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association18%17%about the same
Households renting privately16%20%4 points lower

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
Peter Swallow

Labour

MAJORITY
784

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Peter Swallow won with 34% of the votes, and James Sunderland (Conservative) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour34% · 14,783
Conservative32% · 13,999
Reform UK17% · 7,445
Liberal Democrat11% · 4,768
Green Party5% · 2,166
Independent1% · 480
Everyone else0% · 196
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Peter SwallowLabour14,78333.7%
James SunderlandConservative13,99931.9%
Malcolm TullettReform UK7,44517.0%
Katie MansfieldLiberal Democrat4,76810.9%
Emily TorodeGreen Party2,1664.9%
Olivio BarretoIndependent4801.1%
Jason ReardonHeritage Party1960.4%

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
£854 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
3.0%
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