UK Explained

Chichester

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

Your MP at a glance

Jess Brown-Fuller, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

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

How Chichester 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 510 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £690£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 388 areas and lower than 260.

UK 3.9%This area 3.6%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
Chichester£6903.6%
Norwich North£6893.5%
Ynys Môn£6933.5%
Bournemouth West£6943.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Chichester

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 people104,14759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1615%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over27%19%8 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher34%34%about the same
Households that own their home68%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately18%20%2 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
Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
12,172

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

of people who could vote did

Jess Brown-Fuller won with 49% of the votes, and Gillian Keegan (Conservative) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat49% · 25,540
Conservative26% · 13,368
Reform UK15% · 7,859
Labour6% · 3,175
Green Party3% · 1,815
Independent0% · 190
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jess Brown-FullerLiberal Democrat25,54049.2%
Gillian KeeganConservative13,36825.7%
Teresa De SantisReform UK7,85915.1%
Tom CollingeLabour3,1756.1%
Tim YoungGreen Party1,8153.5%
Andrew EmersonIndependent1900.4%

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
£690 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
3.6%
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