UK Explained

Maidenhead

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

Your MP at a glance

Joshua Reynolds, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

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

How Maidenhead 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 34 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £958£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 147 areas and lower than 501.

UK 3.9%This area 2.4%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
Maidenhead£9582.4%
Esher and Walton£9632.5%
Brentwood and Ongar£9562.6%
Beaconsfield£9542.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Maidenhead

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 people104,20759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher45%34%11 points higher
Households that own their home71%62%8 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 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
Joshua Reynolds

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
2,963

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

of people who could vote did

Joshua Reynolds won with 44% of the votes, and Tania Mathias (Conservative) came second with 38%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat44% · 21,895
Conservative38% · 18,932
Labour11% · 5,766
Green Party4% · 1,996
Independent2% · 1,222
Social Democratic Party1% · 518
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Joshua ReynoldsLiberal Democrat21,89543.5%
Tania MathiasConservative18,93237.6%
Jo SmithLabour5,76611.5%
Andrew CooneyGreen Party1,9964.0%
George WrightIndependent7911.6%
Tim BurtSocial Democratic Party5181.0%
Qazi IrshadIndependent4310.9%

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
£958 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
2.4%
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