UK Explained

Esher and Walton

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

Your MP at a glance

Monica Harding, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

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

How Esher and Walton 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 26 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £963£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 177 areas and lower than 471.

UK 3.9%This area 2.5%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
Esher and Walton£9632.5%
Maidenhead£9582.4%
Brentwood and Ongar£9562.6%
Beaconsfield£9542.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Esher and Walton

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 people102,93559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1622%18%3 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%1 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher52%34%18 points higher
Households that own their home74%62%11 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association10%17%7 points lower
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
Monica Harding

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
12,003

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
73%

of people who could vote did

Monica Harding won with 53% of the votes, and John Cope (Conservative) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat53% · 28,315
Conservative30% · 16,312
Reform UK9% · 4,777
Labour5% · 2,846
Green Party3% · 1,396
Social Democratic Party0% · 234
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Monica HardingLiberal Democrat28,31552.6%
John CopeConservative16,31230.3%
Alastair GrayReform UK4,7778.9%
Yoel GordonLabour2,8465.3%
Maciej PawlikGreen Party1,3962.6%
Richard BatesonSocial Democratic Party2340.4%

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
£963 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
2.5%
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