UK Explained

Wyre Forest

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

Your MP at a glance

Mark Garnier, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Wyre Forest 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 498 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £693£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 360 areas and lower than 288.

UK 3.9%This area 3.4%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
Wyre Forest£6933.4%
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland£6913.4%
Ynys Môn£6933.5%
Northampton South£6923.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Wyre Forest

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 people101,60959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over25%19%7 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher26%34%8 points lower
Households that own their home70%62%7 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately16%20%4 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
Mark Garnier

Conservative

MAJORITY
812

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Mark Garnier won with 32% of the votes, and Vicki Smith (Labour) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Conservative32% · 14,489
Labour30% · 13,677
Reform UK21% · 9,682
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,809
Green Party5% · 2,443
Independent5% · 2,058
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mark GarnierConservative14,48932.1%
Vicki SmithLabour13,67730.3%
Bill HopkinsReform UK9,68221.4%
Shazu MiahLiberal Democrat2,8096.2%
John DavisGreen Party2,4435.4%
Leigh WhitehouseIndependent1,5353.4%
Nigel GearyIndependent5231.2%

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
£693 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
3.4%
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