UK Explained

Godalming and Ash

Represented in Parliament by Sir Jeremy Hunt (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Jeremy Hunt, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Godalming and Ash 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 35 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £957£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 58 areas and lower than 590.

UK 3.9%This area 2.0%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
Godalming and Ash£9572.0%
Wokingham£9622.0%
Hertford and Stortford£9582.1%
Chester South and Eddisbury£9481.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Godalming and Ash

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 people96,47859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over22%19%3 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher44%34%10 points higher
Households that own their home73%62%11 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately14%20%6 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
Jeremy Hunt

Conservative

MAJORITY
891

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
72%

of people who could vote did

Jeremy Hunt won with 43% of the votes, and Paul Follows (Liberal Democrat) came second with 41%.

Votes for each party

Conservative43% · 23,293
Liberal Democrat41% · 22,402
Reform UK9% · 4,815
Labour5% · 2,748
Green Party2% · 1,243
Women's Equality Party0% · 195
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jeremy HuntConservative23,29342.6%
Paul FollowsLiberal Democrat22,40241.0%
Graham DrageReform UK4,8158.8%
James WalshLabour2,7485.0%
Ruby TuckerGreen Party1,2432.3%
Harriet WilliamsWomen's Equality Party1950.4%

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
£957 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
2.0%
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