The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 71,660 · 2023 boundaries

Bracknell.

Labour Party MP Peter Swallow holds the seat on 33.7% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentPeter Swallow · Labour Party
CouncilBracknell Forest
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001117
Electorate · 2024
71.7k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
33.7%
Labour Party · +1.8pp over Con
Settlements
3
Largest: Bracknell
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
14.2
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Evicted from the Commons chamber during PMQs in March -- an incident that drew criticism from local Conservatives and briefly dominated Bracknell coverage -- Peter Swallow has otherwise been an active local champion, raising a science discovery centre in Parliament, canvassing parents on children's social media use, and visiting a Bracknell firm to discuss the government's Warm Homes plan. His one rebel vote came on the assisted dying bill, where he backed a new clause on guidance and palliative care consultation, placing him slightly to the right of his parliamentary Labour colleagues on that issue.

At 86% voting participation -- broadly in line with the Commons average -- and 99.8% party-line alignment, Swallow is a reliable government loyalist. His 360 contributions across 236 debates since 2024 represent a high volume of parliamentary activity; economy and jobs, social care, local government, and defence dominate his speaking record. His stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, near-zero alignment with pro-business positions and Lords scrutiny, and a notably lower rate of support for disability benefits expansion than the Labour average.

Swallow sits on the Education Committee, which helps explain his local focus on schooling, the autism provision he lobbied ministers about, and the science centre campaign. News sentiment across the past 90 days is mildly positive overall, with crime coverage averaging the strongest scores and community issues neutral. The PMQs ejection stands as the sharpest negative coverage, though local reporting otherwise portrays consistent constituency engagement. Voting data covers his full term from July 2024; speech transcripts are available to verify topic patterns.

33.7%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
10
Wards · 26 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.10 wards · 26 councillors

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

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bullbrook(2 seats)Egglestone · Jefferies1,084Bracknell Forest LabMay 2023
Crowthorne(3 seats)Robertson · Eberle · McKenzie-Boyle2,564Bracknell Forest LabMay 2023
Easthampstead Wildridings(3 seats)Gillbe · Purnell · Bidwell2,658Bracknell Forest LabMay 2023
Great Hollands Donna Louise Pressland681Bracknell Forest LabNov 2024
Hanworth(3 seats)Thompson · Cochrane · Penfold2,940Bracknell Forest LabMay 2023
Harmans Water Crown Wood(3 seats)Welch · Watts · Frewer2,654Bracknell Forest LabMay 2023
Owlsmoor College Town(3 seats)Allen · Thompson · Mossom3,053Bracknell Forest LabMay 2023
Priestwood Garth(3 seats)Karim · Frost · Brown2,723Bracknell Forest LabMay 2023
Sandhurst(3 seats)Eberle · Forster · Zahurddin3,464Bracknell Forest LabMay 2023
Town Centre The Parks(2 seats)Wright · Bailey1,089Bracknell Forest LabMay 2023

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

§ 02Settlements.3 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Bracknell (74,451), with Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest) (20,212) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 102,633.

city 74,451town 28,182

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Bracknell74,451city
Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)20,212town
Crowthorne7,970town
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate66.8%57.1%+17%
Owner-occupied65.5%63.1%+4%
Private rented16.1%20.0%-19%
Social rented18.3%16.8%+9%

Ethnicity.

White85.6%
Asian7.4%
Black2.6%
Mixed3.1%
Other1.3%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.5% Female 50.4% 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
£31,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£40,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,230
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
33
23 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
67.6%
Attainment 8: 46.9

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£380m
Taxpayers55,000
Median per taxpayer£3,530
Mean per taxpayer£6,890

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Bracknell Forest. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
14.2
-31% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
4.7
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
41% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.8
Anti-social behaviour1.8
Shoplifting1.5
Other theft1.1
Public order0.9
Criminal damage & arson0.9
Vehicle crime0.8

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%
Peter SwallowWONLab14,78333.7
James SunderlandCon13,99931.9
Malcolm TullettRef7,44517.0
Katie MansfieldLD4,76810.9
Emily TorodeGrn2,1664.9
Olivio BarretoInd4801.1
Jason ReardonInd1960.5

Turnout 43,837

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019James SunderlandCon58.7
2017Phillip LeeCon58.8
2015Phillip LeeCon55.8
2010Lee, PhilipCon52.4
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