Constituency view

Banbury

South East, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Sean Woodcock

Labour

Male

Previous MP: Victoria Prentis (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority3,256

Turnout65.8%

Electorate73,250

Valid votes48,178

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour18,468 - 38.3%

Conservative15,212 - 31.6%

Reform6,284 - 13.0%

Lib Dem4,352 - 9.0%

Green2,615 - 5.4%

Other1,247 - 2.6%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£172,301,337

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£1,607 total benefits bill per resident · 29% below average

Banbury: £1,607
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 431 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£172,301,337	408/575
Change over 2 years	+21.2%
Median local wage (2025)	£38,300	+15.9%

Universal Credit£102,047,744
£952 per resident · 7,963 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 2,597 · 1 in 25 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£34,345,817
£320 per resident · 4,669 claimants (+17.9% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 1,855 · 40% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 2,307
Disability Living Allowance£12,744,449
£119 per resident · 2,172 claimants
Housing Benefit£12,421,256
£116 per resident · 1,562 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£5,893,922
£55 per resident · 927 claimants
Carer's Allowance£4,848,149
£45 per resident · 1,118 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 89.7%White British 79.9%Asian 5.4%Black, African or Caribbean 1.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.4%Other 1.0%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 92.9%White British 87.3%Asian 4.3%Black, African or Caribbean 1.0%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.5%Other 0.3%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 96.4%White British 93.3%Asian 2.1%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.9%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 96.3%White British N/AAsian 1.7%Black, African or Caribbean 1.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Banbury (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 8.2%Other countries 7.8%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Banbury (2011)

UK 89.6%Other EU 4.0%Other countries 6.4%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Banbury (2001)

UK 93.8%Other EU 1.3%Other countries 4.9%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Banbury (1991)

UK 89.2%Other EU 2.7%Other countries 8.2%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Banbury

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Banbury	National	Difference	Rank
% White	89.7%	83.0%	+6.7pp	354/650
% White British	79.9%	74.4%	+5.5pp	363/632
% Asian	5.4%	8.6%	-3.2pp	268/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	1.5%	3.7%	-2.2pp	292/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.4%	2.7%	-0.3pp	273/650
% Other ethnic group	1.0%	2.0%	-1.0pp	310/650
% UK-born	84.0%	84.0%	+0.1pp	436/650
% Non-UK-born	16.0%	16.0%	-0.1pp	215/650
% Other EU-born	8.2%	6.0%	+2.2pp	130/650
% Other countries-born	7.8%	10.1%	-2.3pp	255/650
% Christian	51.4%	46.7%	+4.7pp	151/575
% Muslim	3.8%	6.3%	-2.5pp	206/575
% Hindu	0.3%	1.6%	-1.3pp	369/575
% Sikh	0.4%	0.9%	-0.5pp	189/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.3pp	213/575
% Buddhist	0.5%	0.4%	+0.0pp	138/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.1pp	290/575
% No religion	36.9%	37.0%	-0.1pp	360/575
% Religion not stated	6.0%	6.0%	+0.1pp	233/575
% Has any religion	57.0%	57.0%	+0.1pp	216/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Banbury

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.