The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 72,751 · 2023 boundaries

Beaconsfield.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Joy Morrissey holds the seat on 38.8% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentJoy Morrissey · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilBuckinghamshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001082
Electorate · 2024
72.8k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
38.8%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +11.4pp over LD
Settlements
15
Largest: Marlow
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
15.1
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

38.8%
Con vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
8
Wards · 22 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.8 wards · 22 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Beaconsfield(3 seats)Wheelhouse · Cranmer · Ng5,117Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Cliveden(3 seats)Sandy · Ashman · Kelly4,149Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Farnham Common Burnham Beeches David Moore860Buckinghamshire ConFeb 2024
Flackwell Heath Little Marlow Marlow South East(3 seats)Johncock · Watson · Towns4,837Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Iver(3 seats)Sullivan · Griffin · Matthews3,714Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Marlow(3 seats)Collingwood · Heap · Marshall5,482Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
Stoke Poges Wexham(3 seats)Bagge · Hogg · Egleton4,685Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021
The Wooburns Bourne End Hedsor(3 seats)Drayton · Kayani · Wilson5,285Buckinghamshire ConMay 2021

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.15 named places

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.

city 15,122town 68,544village 12,105

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Marlow14,773town
Beaconsfield12,235town
Slough11,578city
Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green9,768town
Bourne End7,408town
Farnham Common and Farnham Royal7,293town
Showing 6 of 15·All 15 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate60.0%57.1%+5%
Owner-occupied72.1%63.1%+14%
Private rented15.4%20.0%-23%
Social rented12.4%16.8%-26%

Ethnicity.

White79.5%
Asian13.0%
Black1.7%
Mixed3.5%
Other2.3%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.2% Female 51.8% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£36,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£62,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
6,635
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
48
31 primary · 7 secondary
GCSE pass
78.9%
Attainment 8: 56.2

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£870m
Taxpayers57,000
Median per taxpayer£4,200
Mean per taxpayer£15,200

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
15.1
-27% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.0
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
34% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.1
Vehicle crime1.6
Criminal damage & arson1.4
Other theft1.2
Shoplifting1.2
Anti-social behaviour1.1
Public order1.1

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Joy MorrisseyWONCon18,49438.8
Anna CrabtreeLD13,03927.3
Matthew PattersonLab7,21615.1
John HalsallRef6,05512.7
Dominick PegramGrn1,9774.1
Pippa AllenInd7101.5
Catherine HarkerInd1310.3
Cole CaesarInd1040.2

Turnout 47,726

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Joy MorrisseyCon56.1
2017Dominic GrieveCon65.3
2015Dominic GrieveCon63.2
2010Grieve, DominicCon61.1
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission