Constituency view

Witham

East of England, England

Con hold

Current MP

Current representation

Priti Patel

Conservative

Female

Majority5,145

Turnout64.1%

Electorate78,991

Valid votes50,603

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Conservative18,827 - 37.2%

Labour13,682 - 27.0%

Reform9,870 - 19.5%

Green3,539 - 7.0%

Lib Dem3,439 - 6.8%

Other1,246 - 2.5%

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 94.4%White British 90.9%Asian 1.8%Black, African or Caribbean 1.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.9%Other 0.6%

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 97.1%White British 94.2%Asian 1.1%Black, African or Caribbean 0.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.2%Other 0.1%

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 98.3%White British 96.1%Asian 0.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.7%Other 0.1%

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

Witham (2021)

UK 93.5%Other EU 2.9%Other countries 3.6%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Witham (2011)

UK 94.8%Other EU 1.9%Other countries 3.3%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Witham (2001)

UK 96.1%Other EU 1.0%Other countries 2.9%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

1991 data not available for this topic.

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Witham

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Witham	National	Difference
% White	94.4%	83.0%	+11.4pp
% White British	90.9%	74.4%	+16.5pp
% Asian	1.8%	8.6%	-6.8pp
% Black, African or Caribbean	1.3%	3.7%	-2.4pp
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.9%	2.7%	-0.8pp
% Other ethnic group	0.6%	2.0%	-1.4pp
% UK-born	93.5%	84.0%	+9.5pp
% Non-UK-born	6.5%	16.0%	-9.5pp
% Other EU-born	2.9%	6.0%	-3.1pp
% Other countries-born	3.6%	10.1%	-6.4pp
% Christian	49.6%	46.7%	+2.9pp
% Muslim	0.5%	6.3%	-5.8pp
% Hindu	0.4%	1.6%	-1.2pp
% Sikh	0.1%	0.9%	-0.8pp
% Jewish	0.2%	0.5%	-0.3pp
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.1pp
% Other religion	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2pp
% No religion	42.7%	37.0%	+5.7pp
% Religion not stated	5.8%	6.0%	-0.2pp
% Has any religion	51.5%	57.0%	-5.5pp

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Witham

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.