Spelthorne: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Lincoln Jopp (Conservative) is the MP for Spelthorne, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Lincoln Jopp took the seat for Conservative in July 2024 with 14,038 votes (30.4%), ahead of Claire Tighe (Labour) on 12,448. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 62.6% (46,166 of 73,782); the winning margin was 1,590 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £465,000 and half for less. That is up 38% on £338,000 ten years before. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 84th highest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,073 recorded sales.
Residents of Spelthorne earned more than jobs based there paid in April 2025: median full-time pay was £38,007 for workplace jobs and £44,265 for residents. A year before, the residents' median was £40,466. The residents' figure ranks 111th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 78.7% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 11.0 points. The economically inactive share was 21.3%.
At the 2021 Census there were 41,805 households and 2,293.6 residents per square kilometre; 35.9% of workers mainly worked from home and 21.1% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
5,335 business sites were registered in Spelthorne in March 2026 (5,190 a year before), and employed 39,000 people in 2024.
4,209 children in Spelthorne were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 20.4% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 11.2% in 2024/25, from 9.7% in 2021/22.
About 107,100 people live in Spelthorne: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 107,074. 19,184 were aged 65 or over and 20,630 were under 16.
In September 2026, 3.6% of 16 to 64 year olds in Spelthorne were claimants (2,425 people). A year earlier the count was 2,260.
MP
Lincoln Jopp, Conservative
- MP for Spelthorne since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Lincoln Jopp on this site
In Parliament
What Lincoln Jopp said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 16 October 2026 to 27 October 2026). Hansard search returns 582 spoken contributions by Lincoln Jopp since 4 July 2024.
When President Trump met Xi Jinping last month, the US President raised with the Chairman the case of imprisoned British citizen Jimmy Lai. Has the Minister had a readout from that conversation, and what can he tell us about his own efforts to bring about Jimmy Lai’s release?
I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. She is right, of course, that there is not one homogeneous group, but the closest we can approximate to that is the veterans’ organisations that have come together and spoken with one voice, saying that they do not think there are …
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I do not think it is a poor point, because we all have to make judgments in this place and to vote with our conscience.
When this issue came up in the Defence Committee last week, the Secretary of State said that the national conversation should leave the public “alert but not alarmed.” I personally think the public need to be a bit more alarmed, so I was reassured when the excellent General Sir …
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Madam Deputy Speaker, you may or may not be aware that there is a rumour at large in Parliament and alive in the Tea Room that hon.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Jopp | Conservative | 14,038 | 30.4% | −28.5 |
| Claire Tighe | Labour | 12,448 | 27.0% | +5.3 |
| Harry Boparai | Liberal Democrat | 8,710 | 18.9% | +3.7 |
| Rory O'Brien | Reform UK | 8,284 | 17.9% | |
| Manu Singh | Green Party | 2,413 | 5.2% | +0.9 |
| Alistair Miller | Social Democratic Party | 273 | 0.6% |
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 30.4% | Labour 27.0% | 1,590 | 62.6% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 58.9% | Labour 21.7% | 18,393 | 67.9% |
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
Spelthorne lies within Spelthorne.
- Spelthorne E07000213
Who has power over Spelthorne
Every body that makes decisions for Spelthorne, 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 3: Local councils
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
- Spelthorne this page: Lincoln Jopp (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 Spelthorne?
UK Parliament lists Lincoln Jopp, Conservative, as the Member of Parliament for Spelthorne since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Spelthorne?
Lincoln Jopp (Conservative) won with 14,038 votes, a majority of 1,590, on a turnout of 62.6% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Spelthorne?
3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 2,425 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Spelthorne?
The median price paid was £465,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Spelthorne?
Median full-time pay of residents was £44,265 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Spelthorne live in low income families?
DWP counts 4,209 (20.4% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Spelthorne?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 107,074 residents.
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.