Chesham and Amersham

2025 parliamentary constituency

Date elected

17th Jun 2021

Place

Constituency history

This constituency was introduced at the July 2024 general election, and replaced the previous three new constituencies:

Beaconsfield

Covered approximately 8% of this new constituency’s population, and 6% of this new constituency’s area.

Chesham and Amersham

Covered approximately 84% of this new constituency’s population, and 66% of this new constituency’s area.

Wycombe

Covered approximately 8% of this new constituency’s population, and 3% of this new constituency’s area.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 20.0% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 8.4% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 9.1% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 20.3% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 21.1% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 21.1% 19.1%

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 0.7% 1.1%
Construction 4.0% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 7.5% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 11.4% 7.9%
Manufacturing 2.7% 3.5%
Does not apply 52.5% 53.4%
Other 2.6% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 12.6% 14.3%
Transport and communication 6.0% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4.3% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 7.2% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 3.3% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 2.4% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 10.5% 6.0%
Does not apply 52.5% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 1.4% 3.2%
Professional occupations 12.2% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 2.5% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 3.6% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

13.1%

17.7% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 12.1% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 3.5% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 1.4% 1.8%
Other White 7.3% 6.3%
White British 74.7% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 3.2% 5.3%
Fair health 9.6% 12.8%
Very good or good health 87.2% 81.9%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

27.0%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

19.0%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

16.6%

19.0% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

36.0%

37.5% national average

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 0.1% 0.3%
Asian languages 2.8% 3.0%
English or Welsh 91.4% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 2.4% 3.8%
Does not apply 3.0% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0.0% 0.0%
Any other languages 0.3% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 0.1% 0.1%
Any other UK languages 0.0% 0.0%
Sign and supported languages 0.0% 0.0%

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 0.3% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 0.4% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 18.0% 21.3%
On foot 2.3% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 22.8% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 1.1% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.2% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 52.5% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.4% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 1.2% 1.8%
Taxi 0.1% 0.3%
Train 0.8% 0.8%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

24.0%

28.7% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

41.7%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

England

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

5

2.8 national average

Coastal constituency

0%

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 41.3% 37.2%
Neither 14.3% 12.5%
Undermined 44.4% 47.3%

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

This area National average
Expanded 29.0% 34.1%
Neither 13.0% 11.5%
Reduced 58.0% 51.5%

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

This area National average
Comfortable 43.8% 44.3%
Neither 6.0% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 50.2% 46.8%

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

This area National average
Comfortable 52.2% 52.5%
Neither 6.0% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 41.9% 37.0%

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

This area National average
Neither 23.0% 21.1%
Oppose 24.6% 17.8%
Support 52.4% 58.2%

Second placed party at most recent election

Conservative Party

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 77.5% 72.6%
Net disagree 8.2% 8.7%
Strongly agree 37.5% 33.8%
Partly agree 39.9% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 14.5% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6.0% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 2% 2.7%

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 62.6% 58.9%
Net disagree 17.2% 17.6%
Strongly agree 24.9% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 36.7% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 20.3% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 11.0% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 6.1% 7.1%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 62.6% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 37.4% 42.5%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

22%

26.2% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

22.5%

24.3% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

89.9%

84.3% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

59.9%

52.0% national average

Predicted winning party at next general election

Liberal Democrats

This area National average
Labour 11% 22.5%
Conservative 27% 20.4%
Liberal Democrat 34% 14.7%
Reform 21% 28.2%
Green 6% 8.1%
Other 1% 4.6%

Movement

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust members

4,328

2,956.4 national average

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

2

  • Frogmore Meadows
  • Long Grove Wood