Wycombe: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Wycombe is Emma Reynolds (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. Emma Reynolds took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 16,035 votes (35.9%), ahead of Steve Baker (Conservative) on 11,444. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 60.8% (44,637 of 73,415); the winning margin was 4,591 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Wycombe has the 45th highest employment rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (83.8%).
83.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±6.6 points). The economically inactive share was 14.1%.
About 112,300 people live in Wycombe: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 112,299. Children under 16 numbered 23,563; people aged 65 and over, 15,869.
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £395,000 and half for less. That is up 37% on £287,725 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £400,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 136th highest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,009 recorded sales.
5,695 business sites were registered in Wycombe in March 2026 (5,600 a year before), and employed 54,000 people in 2024.
Wycombe counted 40,573 households on Census day 2021; 16.2% of adults were retired and 35.3% of those in work were mostly working from home.
Full-time employees living in Wycombe had median pay of £37,877 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £39,471. A year before, the residents' median was £41,535. The residents' figure ranks 294th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
5,751 children in Wycombe were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 24.4% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 15.3% in 2024/25, from 15.9% in 2021/22.
In September 2026, 4.5% of 16 to 64 year olds in Wycombe were claimants (3,305 people). That is up from 3,275 twelve months before.
MP
Emma Reynolds, Labour
- MP for Wycombe since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Emma Reynolds on this site
In Parliament
What Emma Reynolds said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (8 September 2026). Hansard search returns 546 spoken contributions by Emma Reynolds since 4 July 2024.
I reassure my hon. Friend that I am working extremely closely with the Health Secretary and discussing overall levels of NHS spending—of course, the Department has the biggest budget across the Departments.
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I can reassure the hon. Gentleman that I am working extremely closely with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland who, as he will know, is in discussions with all the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive.
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I can reassure the hon. Gentleman that we are focused on driving public sector productivity to reach the efficiency targets I talked about. We are holding each Department to account on that.
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I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. Driving public sector productivity is extremely important in two ways: first, because we get better value for money for taxpayers for the tax that people are putting in, including taxpayers in our own constituencies; and secondly, as …
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I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, but I disagree with his assessment. As I said to my hon.
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General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Reynolds | Labour | 16,035 | 35.9% | −4.0 |
| Steve Baker | Conservative | 11,444 | 25.6% | −17.5 |
| Richard Phoenix | Reform UK | 4,769 | 10.7% | |
| Toni Brodelle | Liberal Democrat | 4,236 | 9.5% | −1.8 |
| Khalil Ahmed | Workers Party of Britain | 3,344 | 7.5% | |
| Catherine Bunting | Green Party | 2,193 | 4.9% | +2.3 |
| Ajaz Rehman | Independent | 1,913 | 4.3% | |
| Ed Gemmell | Climate Party | 489 | 1.1% | |
| Mark Smallwood | Independent | 214 | 0.5% |
Result summary as published: Lab 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 | Labour 35.9% | Conservative 25.6% | 4,591 | 60.8% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 43.1% | Labour 39.9% | 1,494 | 65.3% |
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
Wycombe lies within Buckinghamshire.
- Buckinghamshire E06000060
Who has power over Wycombe
Every body that makes decisions for Wycombe, 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
- Wycombe this page: Emma Reynolds (Labour) 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 Wycombe?
UK Parliament lists Emma Reynolds, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Wycombe since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Wycombe?
Emma Reynolds (Labour) won with 16,035 votes, a majority of 4,591, on a turnout of 60.8% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Wycombe?
4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 3,305 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Wycombe?
The median price paid was £395,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Wycombe?
Median full-time pay of residents was £37,877 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Wycombe live in low income families?
DWP counts 5,751 (24.4% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Wycombe?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 112,299 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.