UK Explained

Sevenoaks

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

Your MP at a glance

Laura Trott, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Sevenoaks 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 43 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £946£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 130 areas and lower than 518.

UK 3.9%This area 2.3%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
Sevenoaks£9462.3%
North West Essex£9462.1%
Maidenhead£9582.4%
Hertford and Stortford£9582.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Sevenoaks

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 people99,47159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over21%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher38%34%4 points higher
Households that own their home74%62%11 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%4 points lower
Households renting privately13%20%7 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
Laura Trott

Conservative

MAJORITY
5,440

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Laura Trott won with 37% of the votes, and Richard Streatfeild (Liberal Democrat) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Conservative37% · 18,328
Liberal Democrat26% · 12,888
Reform UK19% · 9,341
Labour14% · 6,802
Green Party4% · 2,033
Rejoin EU1% · 298
Everyone else0% · 209
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Laura TrottConservative18,32836.7%
Richard StreatfeildLiberal Democrat12,88825.8%
James MilmineReform UK9,34118.7%
Denise Scott-McDonaldLabour6,80213.6%
Laura ManstonGreen Party2,0334.1%
Elwyn JonesRejoin EU2980.6%
Adam HibbertSocial Democratic Party2090.4%

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
£946 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
2.3%
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