UK Explained

Salisbury

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

Your MP at a glance

John Glen, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Salisbury 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 341 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £742£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
Salisbury£7422.4%
Lothian East£7422.4%
North East Derbyshire£7422.5%
Stroud£7412.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Salisbury

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 people92,51159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over24%19%6 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher38%34%5 points higher
Households that own their home67%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately18%20%3 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
John Glen

Conservative

MAJORITY
3,807

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
70%

of people who could vote did

John Glen won with 34% of the votes, and Matt Aldridge (Labour) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Conservative34% · 17,110
Labour27% · 13,303
Liberal Democrat24% · 11,825
Reform UK10% · 5,235
Green Party4% · 2,115
Independent1% · 458
Everyone else0% · 127
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
John GlenConservative17,11034.1%
Matt AldridgeLabour13,30326.5%
Victoria CharlestonLiberal Democrat11,82523.6%
Julian MalinsReform UK5,23510.4%
Barney NorrisGreen Party2,1154.2%
Arthur PendragonIndependent4580.9%
Chris HarwoodClimate Party1270.3%

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
£742 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