UK Explained

St Albans

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

Your MP at a glance

Daisy Cooper, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

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

How St Albans 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 2 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £1,155£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
St Albans£1,1552.7%
Wimbledon£1,1502.9%
Harpenden and Berkhamsted£1,1361.8%
Hampstead and Highgate£1,1673.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in St Albans

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 people99,52959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%3 points higher
Aged 65 and over16%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher52%34%18 points higher
Households that own their home69%62%6 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%4 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
Daisy Cooper

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
19,834

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
71%

of people who could vote did

Daisy Cooper won with 57% of the votes, and James Spencer (Conservative) came second with 18%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat57% · 29,222
Conservative18% · 9,388
Labour10% · 5,189
Reform UK8% · 4,336
Green Party6% · 3,272
Heritage Party0% · 104
Everyone else0% · 103
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Daisy CooperLiberal Democrat29,22256.6%
James SpencerConservative9,38818.2%
Sophia BhattiLabour5,18910.1%
John DowdleReform UK4,3368.4%
Simon GroverGreen Party3,2726.3%
Dafydd MorrissHeritage Party1040.2%
Stewart SatterlySocial Democratic Party1030.2%

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
£1,155 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