Wokingham

2025 parliamentary constituency

Date elected

4th Jul 2024

Place

Constituency history

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

Bracknell

Covered approximately 17% of this new constituency’s population, and 39% of this new constituency’s area.

Maidenhead

Covered approximately 17% of this new constituency’s population, and 31% of this new constituency’s area.

Wokingham

Covered approximately 49% of this new constituency’s population, and 34% of this new constituency’s area.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 20.6% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 8.2% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 10.7% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 22.1% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 19.9% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 18.5% 19.1%

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 1.3% 1.1%
Construction 3.4% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 7.6% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 10.3% 7.9%
Manufacturing 3.2% 3.5%
Does not apply 49.8% 53.4%
Other 2.4% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 12.9% 14.3%
Transport and communication 9.1% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4.5% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 8.6% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 3.2% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 2.3% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 10.0% 6.0%
Does not apply 49.8% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 1.4% 3.2%
Professional occupations 14.1% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 2.5% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 3.4% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

12.6%

17.7% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 7.6% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 3.0% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 1.2% 1.8%
Other White 7.2% 6.3%
White British 79.2% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 2.7% 5.3%
Fair health 9.0% 12.8%
Very good or good health 88.4% 81.9%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

30.6%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

23.0%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

19.6%

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

38.0%

37.5% national average

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 0.2% 0.3%
Asian languages 2.1% 3.0%
English or Welsh 91.5% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 2.6% 3.8%
Does not apply 3.0% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0% 0.0%
Any other languages 0.4% 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 0.5% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 0.4% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 18.0% 21.3%
On foot 2.0% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 26.7% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 0.1% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.1% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 49.8% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.4% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 1.1% 1.8%
Taxi 0.0% 0.3%
Train 0.9% 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

41.6%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

England

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

5

2.8 national average

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 43.3% 37.2%
Neither 13.8% 12.5%
Undermined 42.9% 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 28.9% 34.1%
Neither 13.5% 11.5%
Reduced 57.5% 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 46.9% 44.3%
Neither 5.8% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 47.3% 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 52.8% 52.5%
Neither 5.5% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 41.7% 37.0%

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

This area National average
Neither 22.2% 21.1%
Oppose 26.3% 17.8%
Support 51.5% 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 77.2% 72.6%
Net disagree 8% 8.7%
Strongly agree 36.4% 33.8%
Partly agree 40.8% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 14.8% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6% 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 16.2% 17.6%
Strongly agree 25.4% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 37.4% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 21.0% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 10.8% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 5.4% 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 62.2% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 37.8% 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

25.8%

24.3% national average

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

87.2%

84.3% national average

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

60.8%

52.0% national average

Movement

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust members

2,583

2,956.4 national average

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

1

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

  • Loddon Nature Reserve
  • Shepperlands Farm