Maldon: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Maldon is Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative), returned on 4 July 2024. On 4 July 2024 John Whittingdale (Conservative) won 19,374 votes, 38.9% of the valid vote; Pamela Walford (Reform UK) came second with 12,468. 49,841 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 78,282, 63.7% of those registered. The majority was 6,906.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £400,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £275,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £401,500, in the year to March 2023. It ranks 132nd highest of 575 constituencies. 1,302 sales were registered in the period, against 1,677 in the year to March 2025.
80.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±9.0 points). 18.2% were economically inactive.
In 2024/25, 18.6% of children under 16 in Maldon (3,198) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 11.1% in 2021/22 to 12.0% in 2024/25.
Workplaces in Maldon accounted for 33,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 5,595 local units for March 2026.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 103,246; the estimate for 2014 was 96,152. Children under 16 numbered 17,221; people aged 65 and over, 25,990.
Maldon counted 41,803 households on Census day 2021; 27.9% of adults were retired and 33.7% of those in work were mostly working from home.
Full-time employees living in Maldon had median pay of £39,120 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £36,542. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £36,089. The residents' figure ranks 275th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 1,525 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 2.5%. That is up from 1,365 twelve months before.
MP
Sir John Whittingdale, Conservative
- MP for Maldon since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 9 April 1992
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Sir John Whittingdale on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Sir John Whittingdale in Hansard, from 21 October 2026 to 22 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 237 spoken contributions by Sir John Whittingdale since 4 July 2024.
I support the deployment of British forces in support of our Saudi Arabian allies, but, as has become clear, the distinction between “offensive” and “defensive” support is pretty fuzzy at best.
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T3. As well as producing extremely fine wines, Maldon produces excellent oysters—I would be delighted to welcome any members of the ministerial team to visit. Will the Department do more to promote the shellfish industry?
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Is the Minister aware that Essex is now a centre of English wine production, with producers such as Danbury Ridge, Missing Gate, New Hall, Crouch Valley and Crouch Ridge all producing in my constituency?
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8. What steps her Department is taking to support the wine production industry.
Q13. Unlike the Government’s shameful attempts to hand over the sovereignty of the strategically important Chagos islands, will the Prime Minister confirm that this time the Government will strongly oppose the case being made by the Government of Argentina to the international …
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Whittingdale | Conservative | 19,374 | 38.9% | −33.4 |
| Pamela Walford | Reform UK | 12,468 | 25.0% | |
| Onike Gollo | Labour | 9,817 | 19.7% | +7.1 |
| Simon Burwood | Liberal Democrat | 5,882 | 11.8% | +0.1 |
| Isobel Doubleday | Green Party | 2,300 | 4.6% | +1.2 |
Result summary as published: Con hold. 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 | Conservative 38.9% | Reform UK 25.0% | 6,906 | 63.7% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 72.2% | Labour 12.6% | 32,001 | 69.9% |
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
Maldon covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Maldon E07000074
- Chelmsford E07000070
Who has power over Maldon
Every body that makes decisions for Maldon, 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
- Maldon this page: Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative) 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 Maldon?
Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Maldon?
The House of Commons Library records 19,374 votes for John Whittingdale of Conservative and a majority of 6,906; 63.7% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Maldon?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,525, 2.5% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Maldon?
£400,000: 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 Maldon?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £39,120 (April 2025).
How many children in Maldon live in low income families?
3,198 children under 16, 18.6%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Maldon?
103,246 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.