Constituency view

Bicester and Woodstock

South East, England

LD gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Calum Miller

Liberal Democrats

Male

Majority4,958

Turnout67.5%

Electorate74,353

Valid votes50,219

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Lib Dem19,419 - 38.7%

Conservative14,461 - 28.8%

Labour8,236 - 16.4%

Reform5,408 - 10.8%

Green2,404 - 4.8%

Other291 - 0.6%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£140,082,462

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

£1,313 total benefits bill per resident · 42% below average

Bicester and Woodstock: £1,313
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 533 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£140,082,462	513/575
Change over 2 years	+19.8%
Median local wage (2025)	£43,306	+7.1%

Universal Credit£79,757,006
£748 per resident · 6,176 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 1,936 · 1 in 34 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£31,084,606
£291 per resident · 4,151 claimants (+21.7% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 1,796 · 43% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 2,139
Disability Living Allowance£12,118,600
£114 per resident · 2,071 claimants
Housing Benefit£8,712,601
£82 per resident · 1,024 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£4,531,270
£42 per resident · 736 claimants
Carer's Allowance£3,878,378
£36 per resident · 896 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 89.4%White British 80.2%Asian 4.9%Black, African or Caribbean 1.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.9%Other 1.2%

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 93.5%White British 88.0%Asian 2.9%Black, African or Caribbean 1.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.8%Other 0.4%

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 96.8%White British 92.9%Asian 1.2%Black, African or Caribbean 0.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.2%Other 0.3%

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 data not available for this constituency.

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.

Country of birth

Bicester and Woodstock (2021)

UK 83.6%Other EU 7.1%Other countries 9.3%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Bicester and Woodstock (2011)

UK 89.1%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 7.3%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Bicester and Woodstock (2001)

UK 92.6%Other EU 1.7%Other countries 5.7%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

1991 data not available for this topic.

Inset map

Bicester and Woodstock

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Bicester and Woodstock	National	Difference	Rank
% White	89.4%	83.0%	+6.3pp	364/650
% White British	80.2%	74.4%	+5.8pp	359/632
% Asian	4.9%	8.6%	-3.7pp	286/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	1.5%	3.7%	-2.2pp	283/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.9%	2.7%	+0.3pp	214/650
% Other ethnic group	1.2%	2.0%	-0.7pp	265/650
% UK-born	83.6%	84.0%	-0.3pp	444/650
% Non-UK-born	16.4%	16.0%	+0.3pp	207/650
% Other EU-born	7.1%	6.0%	+1.2pp	164/650
% Other countries-born	9.3%	10.1%	-0.8pp	226/650
% Christian	51.8%	46.7%	+5.1pp	138/575
% Muslim	1.5%	6.3%	-4.8pp	312/575
% Hindu	0.8%	1.6%	-0.9pp	247/575
% Sikh	0.3%	0.9%	-0.6pp	227/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.3pp	213/575
% Buddhist	0.5%	0.4%	+0.1pp	130/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.1pp	241/575
% No religion	38.3%	37.0%	+1.3pp	314/575
% Religion not stated	6.2%	6.0%	+0.2pp	178/575
% Has any religion	55.5%	57.0%	-1.5pp	282/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Bicester and Woodstock

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.