Wyre Forest: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Mark Garnier (Conservative) is the MP for Wyre Forest, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Mark Garnier took the seat for Conservative in July 2024 with 14,489 votes (32.1%), ahead of Vicki Smith (Labour) on 13,677. 45,158 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 77,329, 58.4% of those registered. The majority was 812.
Key figures
What the figures show
Compared with other constituencies, Wyre Forest has the 55th lowest median full-time pay for jobs based here of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£32,183 a year).
Residents of Wyre Forest earned more than jobs based there paid in April 2025: median full-time pay was £32,183 for workplace jobs and £34,661 for residents. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £33,616. The residents' figure ranks 117th lowest 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 72.6% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 7.8 points. 22.4% were economically inactive.
4,853 children in Wyre Forest were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 28.7% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 20.3% in 2021/22 to 22.8% in 2024/25.
At the 2021 Census there were 45,320 households and 520.0 residents per square kilometre; 23.1% of workers mainly worked from home and 28.7% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
The median price paid for a home was £250,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £158,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £255,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 223rd lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,299 sales were registered in the period, against 1,644 in the year to March 2025.
The ONS estimates 103,913 people lived in Wyre Forest in mid-2024, up 4.5% on 2014. 26,427 were aged 65 or over and 16,892 were under 16.
Workplaces in Wyre Forest accounted for 35,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,085 local units for March 2026.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 2,070, or 3.4% of the working-age population. A year earlier the count was 1,910.
MP
Mark Garnier, Conservative
- MP for Wyre Forest since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 6 May 2010
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Mark Garnier on this site
In Parliament
What Mark Garnier said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 1 September 2026 to 13 October 2026). Hansard search returns 354 spoken contributions by Mark Garnier since 4 July 2024.
I thank my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for securing this incredibly important debate. When he talks about the problems in Bromsgrove, he is speaking about a wider problem for the whole of Worcestershire and, indeed, the West Midlands.
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Dr Murrison, you will be delighted to hear that this is a highly uncontentious set of proposals, which the Opposition are fully behind.
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Many commentators have commented about public sector productivity underperformance. EY tells us that the public sector has underperformed to the point where it has cut GDP growth by 3% since 2019.
Read in Hansard (opening words; the full contribution is longer)
I will draw my remarks to a close, Mr Twigg—I have been rambling on a bit. I thank the hon. Member for Buckingham and Bletchley again for his words. This has been a very intelligent and thoughtful debate.
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Yes, I can, from having been on the Treasury Committee from 2010 to 2016, when we looked at creating the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulatory Authority, and, more relevantly, on the parliamentary commission on banking standards.
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Read from the Hansard API on 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Garnier | Conservative | 14,489 | 32.1% | −33.1 |
| Vicki Smith | Labour | 13,677 | 30.3% | +7.4 |
| Bill Hopkins | Reform UK | 9,682 | 21.4% | |
| Shazu Miah | Liberal Democrat | 2,809 | 6.2% | −1.9 |
| John Davis | Green Party | 2,443 | 5.4% | +1.5 |
| Leigh Whitehouse | Independent | 1,535 | 3.4% | |
| Nigel Geary | Independent | 523 | 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 32.1% | Labour 30.3% | 812 | 58.4% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 65.2% | Labour 22.8% | 21,413 | 65.7% |
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
Wyre Forest lies within Wyre Forest.
- Wyre Forest E07000239
Who has power over Wyre Forest
Every body that makes decisions for Wyre Forest, 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
- Wyre Forest this page: Mark Garnier (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 Wyre Forest?
Mark Garnier (Conservative), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Wyre Forest?
The House of Commons Library records 14,489 votes for Mark Garnier of Conservative and a majority of 812; 58.4% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Wyre Forest?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,070, 3.4% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Wyre Forest?
£250,000: 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 Wyre Forest?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £34,661 (April 2025).
How many children in Wyre Forest live in low income families?
4,853 children under 16, 28.7%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Wyre Forest?
103,913 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.