UK Explained

Chesham and Amersham

Represented in Parliament by Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Sarah Green, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

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

How Chesham and Amersham 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 94 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £890£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 105 areas and lower than 543.

UK 3.9%This area 2.2%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
Chesham and Amersham£8902.2%
Mid Bedfordshire£8822.1%
East Hampshire£8962.0%
Reigate£9022.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Chesham and Amersham

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 people99,06259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over21%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher47%34%14 points higher
Households that own their home75%62%13 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately12%20%8 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
Sarah Green

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
5,451

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
73%

of people who could vote did

Sarah Green won with 45% of the votes, and Gareth Williams (Conservative) came second with 35%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat45% · 24,422
Conservative35% · 18,971
Reform UK10% · 5,310
Labour6% · 3,502
Green Party3% · 1,673
Workers Party of Britain1% · 466
Everyone else0% · 111
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarah GreenLiberal Democrat24,42244.8%
Gareth WilliamsConservative18,97134.8%
Laurence JarvisReform UK5,3109.8%
Chris ChiltonLabour3,5026.4%
Justine FulfordGreen Party1,6733.1%
Muhammad KhanWorkers Party of Britain4660.9%
Julian FosterHeritage Party1110.2%

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
£890 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
2.2%
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