Constituency view

Sevenoaks

South East, England

Con hold

Current MP

Current representation

Laura Trott

Conservative

Female

Majority5,440

Turnout67.7%

Electorate73,708

Valid votes49,899

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Conservative18,328 - 36.7%

Lib Dem12,888 - 25.8%

Reform9,341 - 18.7%

Labour6,802 - 13.6%

Green2,033 - 4.1%

Other507 - 1.0%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£150,376,797

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

£1,485 total benefits bill per resident · 34% below average

Sevenoaks: £1,485
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 477 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£150,376,797	480/575
Change over 2 years	+22.3%
Median local wage (2025)	£35,937	+13.5%

Universal Credit£81,615,293
£806 per resident · 6,124 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 2,290 · 1 in 26 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£33,757,657
£333 per resident · 4,546 claimants (+22.3% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 1,848 · 41% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 2,273
Disability Living Allowance£13,450,689
£133 per resident · 2,221 claimants
Housing Benefit£10,983,707
£109 per resident · 1,513 claimants
Carer's Allowance£5,882,529
£58 per resident · 1,357 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£4,686,923
£46 per resident · 727 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 91.3%White British 84.4%Asian 3.2%Black, African or Caribbean 2.0%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 0.9%

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 95.4%White British 90.5%Asian 2.0%Black, African or Caribbean 0.9%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.5%Other 0.2%

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 97.8%White British 94.2%Asian 0.9%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.8%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 98.7%White British N/AAsian 0.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.3%

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

Sevenoaks (2021)

UK 88.3%Other EU 4.3%Other countries 7.4%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Sevenoaks (2011)

UK 91.5%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 6.0%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Sevenoaks (2001)

UK 93.5%Other EU 1.5%Other countries 5.0%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Sevenoaks (1991)

UK 94.6%Other EU 2.0%Other countries 3.4%

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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Sevenoaks

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Sevenoaks	National	Difference	Rank
% White	91.3%	83.0%	+8.2pp	332/650
% White British	84.4%	74.4%	+9.9pp	304/632
% Asian	3.2%	8.6%	-5.4pp	348/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	2.0%	3.7%	-1.7pp	246/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.7%	2.7%	+0.0pp	243/650
% Other ethnic group	0.9%	2.0%	-1.1pp	333/650
% UK-born	88.3%	84.0%	+4.3pp	356/650
% Non-UK-born	11.7%	16.0%	-4.3pp	295/650
% Other EU-born	4.3%	6.0%	-1.7pp	351/650
% Other countries-born	7.4%	10.1%	-2.6pp	269/650
% Christian	51.9%	46.7%	+5.2pp	136/575
% Muslim	1.1%	6.3%	-5.2pp	353/575
% Hindu	0.7%	1.6%	-0.9pp	262/575
% Sikh	0.3%	0.9%	-0.6pp	235/575
% Jewish	0.2%	0.5%	-0.3pp	175/575
% Buddhist	0.4%	0.4%	-0.1pp	246/575
% Other religion	0.3%	0.6%	-0.2pp	514/575
% No religion	39.3%	37.0%	+2.3pp	272/575
% Religion not stated	5.9%	6.0%	-0.1pp	271/575
% Has any religion	54.8%	57.0%	-2.2pp	302/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Sevenoaks

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.