The Henley and Thame constituency is located in
Oxfordshire and covers a large rural area between
Oxford and
Reading. A large part of the constituency is covered by
the Chilterns, a protected
National Landscape of
chalk hills. The constituency is named after its two main towns,
Henley-on-Thames and
Thame, which each have populations of around 13,000. Other settlements include the small
market town of
Watlington and the villages of
Sonning Common,
Goring-on-Thames,
Benson,
Chalgrove,
Chinnor and
Wheatley. Henley-on-Thames and Thame are affluent, historic towns which fall within the 10% least-deprived areas in
England. The average house price in the constituency is higher than the rest of
South East England and almost double the national average. In general, residents of the constituency are older, more religious, well-educated and have very high levels of income compared to the rest of the country.
White people made up 94% of the population at the
2021 census. At the local council level, most of the constituency is represented by
Liberal Democrats with some
Green Party councillors elected in the rural areas and villages. An estimated 56% of voters in the constituency supported remaining in the
European Union in the
2016 referendum, higher than the nationwide figure of 48%. == Boundaries ==