Beaconsfield.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP Joy Morrissey holds the seat on 38.8% of the vote.
3 Jun 2026
Morrissey has been active on both national opposition duties and local constituency work. In late April she voted to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, backed the Lords' attempts to block government powers to direct pension fund investments, and sided with the Lords on multiple devolution amendments -- all straightforward Conservative opposition positions. Her most notable local intervention came in March, when she wrote publicly to the Home Office and local council opposing an asylum housing plan in a village in her constituency; she has also repeatedly lobbied on Green Belt protection and rail improvements, with local press coverage across the past year reflecting consistent engagement on those themes.
Her parliamentary participation sits at 62%, below the Commons average, though she has made 178 contributions across 86 debates -- a reasonably active speech record. Her topics cluster around economy and jobs, fiscal policy, local government, environment, and social care. She votes with the Conservative Party 100% of the time, with no rebel votes on record, making her a fully loyal opposition MP. Two deviations from her party's average stand out: she is noticeably more supportive of criminal justice reform than most Conservative colleagues (+42 percentage points above the party average), and less likely to vote in line with pension protection positions (-39 points).
Morrissey sits on the Work and Pensions Committee, which may explain her engagement with pension legislation debates. Her local news coverage -- 72 articles over 90 days -- is substantial, with consistently neutral-to-positive sentiment on constituency issues such as housing, transport, and community events; economy and jobs coverage is slightly negative in tone, likely reflecting the national economic climate rather than her personal conduct. Voting data and speech records are current to April 2026.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconsfield(3 seats) | Wheelhouse · Cranmer · Ng | 5,117 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Cliveden(3 seats) | Sandy · Ashman · Kelly | 4,149 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Farnham Common Burnham Beeches | David Moore | 860 | Buckinghamshire Con | Feb 2024 |
| Flackwell Heath Little Marlow Marlow South East(3 seats) | Johncock · Watson · Towns | 4,837 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Iver(3 seats) | Sullivan · Griffin · Matthews | 3,714 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Marlow(3 seats) | Collingwood · Heap · Marshall | 5,482 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| Stoke Poges Wexham(3 seats) | Bagge · Hogg · Egleton | 4,685 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
| The Wooburns Bourne End Hedsor(3 seats) | Drayton · Kayani · Wilson | 5,285 | Buckinghamshire Con | May 2021 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Marlow (14,773), with Beaconsfield (12,235) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 95,771.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Marlow | 14,773 | town |
| Beaconsfield | 12,235 | town |
| Slough | 11,578 | city |
| Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green | 9,768 | town |
| Bourne End | 7,408 | town |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 7,293 | town |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 60.0% | 57.1% | +5% |
| Owner-occupied | 72.1% | 63.1% | +14% |
| Private rented | 15.4% | 20.0% | -23% |
| Social rented | 12.4% | 16.8% | -26% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £870m |
| Taxpayers | 57,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £4,200 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £15,200 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy MorrisseyWON | Con | 18,494 | 38.8 |
| Anna Crabtree | LD | 13,039 | 27.3 |
| Matthew Patterson | Lab | 7,216 | 15.1 |
| John Halsall | Ref | 6,055 | 12.7 |
| Dominick Pegram | Grn | 1,977 | 4.1 |
| Pippa Allen | Ind | 710 | 1.5 |
| Catherine Harker | Ind | 131 | 0.3 |
| Cole Caesar | Ind | 104 | 0.2 |
Turnout 47,726
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Joy Morrissey | Con | 56.1 |
| 2017 | Dominic Grieve | Con | 65.3 |
| 2015 | Dominic Grieve | Con | 63.2 |
| 2010 | Grieve, Dominic | Con | 61.1 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo