St Albans: MP, 2024 result and local figures
St Albans is represented in the House of Commons by Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat). Daisy Cooper took the seat for Liberal Democrat in July 2024 with 29,222 votes (56.6%), ahead of James Spencer (Conservative) on 9,388. 51,614 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 72,739, 71.0% of those registered. The majority was 19,834.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set St Albans apart: the 5th highest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£57,383 a year), and the 24th highest share working mainly from home (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (51.2%).
Median annual pay for full-time work was £43,729 for jobs in St Albans and £57,383 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £54,201. The residents' figure ranks 5th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £582,500 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £437,500. The highest March-year median in the series was £600,000, in the year to March 2023. It ranks 28th highest of 575 constituencies. 1,075 sales were registered in the period, against 1,597 in the year to March 2025.
2,854 children in St Albans were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 13.6% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it fell from 9.0% in 2021/22 to 8.4% in 2024/25.
Census 2021: 39,911 households, 1,667.2 people per square kilometre, 51.2% of workers based at home, 19.1% of adults retired.
Workplaces in St Albans accounted for 50,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 6,100 local units for March 2026.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 102,137; the estimate for 2014 was 97,702. There were more children under 16 (20,970) than residents aged 65 and over (16,821).
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 78.6% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 6.8 points. 16.0% were economically inactive.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 1,750 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 2.7%. September 2025 had 1,695.
MP
Daisy Cooper, Liberal Democrat
- MP for St Albans since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 12 December 2019
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Daisy Cooper on this site
In Parliament
What Daisy Cooper said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 15 September 2026 to 21 October 2026). Hansard search returns 317 spoken contributions by Daisy Cooper since 4 July 2024.
Q7. Three million households are in debt on their energy bills, pushing up everyone’s energy bills by around £50 a year to cover it.
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Was the hon. Gentleman sticking up for farmers when his party negotiated trade deals with Australia and New Zealand, which undermined farmers in the UK?
I agree with the hon. Lady. The business rates increases under this Government are very damaging, but she will remember that the previous Government also pledged to fundamentally reform business rates and completely failed to do so.
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Q4. Exactly five weeks ago, I asked the Prime Minister if he would back my three-year campaign to get a new mental health in-patient hub in Hertfordshire, which would begin to pay for itself as soon as it is built.
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On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker, two small businesses in my constituency of St Albans—Smallford farm shop and Hatch—have just been hit with a revaluation from the Valuation Office Agency that doubles their business rates bills overnight.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daisy Cooper | Liberal Democrat | 29,222 | 56.6% | +6.7 |
| James Spencer | Conservative | 9,388 | 18.2% | −21.1 |
| Sophia Bhatti | Labour | 5,189 | 10.1% | +1.2 |
| John Dowdle | Reform UK | 4,336 | 8.4% | |
| Simon Grover | Green Party | 3,272 | 6.3% | +4.6 |
| Dafydd Morriss | Heritage Party | 104 | 0.2% | |
| Stewart Satterly | Social Democratic Party | 103 | 0.2% |
Result summary as published: LD 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 | Liberal Democrat 56.6% | Conservative 18.2% | 19,834 | 71.0% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Liberal Democrat 49.9% | Conservative 39.3% | 5,905 | 78.0% |
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
St Albans lies within St Albans.
- St Albans E07000240
Who has power over St Albans
Every body that makes decisions for St Albans, 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
- St Albans this page: Daisy Cooper (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 St Albans?
Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in St Albans?
The House of Commons Library records 29,222 votes for Daisy Cooper of Liberal Democrat and a majority of 19,834; 71.0% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in St Albans?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,750, 2.7% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in St Albans?
£582,500: 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 St Albans?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £57,383 (April 2025).
How many children in St Albans live in low income families?
2,854 children under 16, 13.6%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of St Albans?
102,137 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.