Bicester and Woodstock: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Bicester and Woodstock is Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat), returned on 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) 19,419 votes and Rupert Harrison (Conservative) 14,461, a majority of 4,958. 50,219 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 74,353, 67.5% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Bicester and Woodstock has the 10th lowest economic inactivity rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (10.1%), and the 10th highest employment rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (87.1%).
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 87.1% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 5.4 points. 10.1% were economically inactive.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £43,306 for jobs in Bicester and Woodstock and £48,076 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £44,753. The residents' figure ranks 50th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
DWP figures count 3,226 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 16.2% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 7.8% in 2021/22 to 8.7% in 2024/25.
The median price paid for a home was £385,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £310,129. The highest March-year median in the series was £400,000, in the year to March 2023. It ranks 142nd highest of 575 constituencies. 1,172 sales were registered in the period, against 1,578 in the year to March 2025.
Workplaces in Bicester and Woodstock accounted for 54,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 5,790 local units for March 2026.
At the 2021 Census there were 41,359 households and 225.4 residents per square kilometre; 36.3% of workers mainly worked from home and 20.8% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
The ONS estimates 106,660 people lived in Bicester and Woodstock in mid-2024, up 15.6% on 2014. Children under 16 numbered 19,858; people aged 65 and over, 20,205.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 1,270, or 1.9% of the working-age population. September 2025 had 1,240.
MP
Calum Miller, Liberal Democrat
- MP for Bicester and Woodstock since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Calum Miller on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Calum Miller's latest words in Parliament, from 14 October 2026 to 21 October 2026. Hansard search returns 331 spoken contributions by Calum Miller since 4 July 2024.
My hon. Friend is making a good case about the shortcomings of the SFI system. One of my farmers told me this week that he is facing a choice between seeking SFI for direct drilling and seeking SFI for preserving waterways by having a grass verge before we get to the waterway.
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The hon. Lady is giving a typically powerful and empathetic speech. Amid the deluge of letters failing to arrive in my constituency, one constituent was waiting 12 days for an important letter.
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The hon. Lady is setting out a very clear case. One of my constituents contacted me because she had been the victim of coercive control and domestic abuse and was set to wait up to two years for the court case.
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My constituent Anthony Henman farms Pegtop farm at Woodeaton. He has SFI agreements that expire in March next year. When I spoke to him this morning, he told me that these are “vital to us.
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I appreciate your efforts to regulate our debate, Madam Deputy Speaker, but might I seek your dispensation to speak for slightly longer than the limit you have imposed, given that my constituents are in the Gallery and the Opposition chose to cite a motion mentioning my …
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General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calum Miller | Liberal Democrat | 19,419 | 38.7% | +12.1 |
| Rupert Harrison | Conservative | 14,461 | 28.8% | −25.1 |
| Veronica Oakeshott | Labour | 8,236 | 16.4% | −0.5 |
| Augustine Obodo | Reform UK | 5,408 | 10.8% | +10.5 |
| Ian Middleton | Green Party | 2,404 | 4.8% | +2.4 |
| Tim Funnell | Social Democratic Party | 291 | 0.6% |
Result summary as published: LD gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Liberal Democrat 38.7% | Conservative 28.8% | 4,958 | 67.5% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 53.9% | Liberal Democrat 26.6% | 14,205 | 73.9% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Bicester and Woodstock covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Cherwell E07000177
- West Oxfordshire E07000181
Who has power over Bicester and Woodstock
Every body that makes decisions for Bicester and Woodstock, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Bicester and Woodstock this page: Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Bicester and Woodstock?
Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Bicester and Woodstock?
The House of Commons Library records 19,419 votes for Calum Miller of Liberal Democrat and a majority of 4,958; 67.5% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Bicester and Woodstock?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,270, 1.9% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Bicester and Woodstock?
£385,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Bicester and Woodstock?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £48,076 (April 2025).
How many children in Bicester and Woodstock live in low income families?
3,226 children under 16, 16.2%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Bicester and Woodstock?
106,660 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.