UK Explained

Runnymede and Weybridge

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

Your MP at a glance

Ben Spencer, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Runnymede and Weybridge 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 25 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £966£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 224 areas and lower than 424.

UK 3.9%This area 2.7%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
Runnymede and Weybridge£9662.7%
Esher and Walton£9632.5%
Brentwood and Ongar£9562.6%
Beaconsfield£9542.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Runnymede and Weybridge

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 people106,10759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher41%34%7 points higher
Households that own their home69%62%7 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately19%20%1 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
Ben Spencer

Conservative

MAJORITY
7,627

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

of people who could vote did

Ben Spencer won with 38% of the votes, and Ellen Nicholson (Liberal Democrat) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Conservative38% · 18,442
Liberal Democrat22% · 10,815
Labour21% · 9,963
Reform UK13% · 6,419
Green Party4% · 1,954
Independent1% · 518
Everyone else0% · 142
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ben SpencerConservative18,44238.2%
Ellen NicholsonLiberal Democrat10,81522.4%
Robert KingLabour9,96320.6%
Stewart MackayReform UK6,41913.3%
Steven RinghamGreen Party1,9544.0%
Michael CresseyIndependent5181.1%
Nicholas WoodUK Independence Party1420.3%

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
£966 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
2.7%
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