UK Explained

Arundel and South Downs

Represented in Parliament by Andrew Griffith (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Andrew Griffith, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Arundel and South Downs compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 385 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £730£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 130 areas and lower than 518.

UK 3.9%This area 2.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Arundel and South Downs£7302.3%
South Ribble£7302.2%
South Shropshire£7232.3%
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber£7242.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Arundel and South Downs

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people97,18059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over29%19%10 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%4 points higher
Households that own their home74%62%12 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately14%20%6 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Andrew Griffith

Conservative

MAJORITY
12,134

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
70%

of people who could vote did

Andrew Griffith won with 40% of the votes, and Richard Allen (Liberal Democrat) came second with 18%.

Votes for each party

Conservative40% · 22,001
Liberal Democrat18% · 9,867
Labour18% · 9,782
Reform UK14% · 7,391
Green Party10% · 5,515
Social Democratic Party0% · 184
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Andrew GriffithConservative22,00140.2%
Richard AllenLiberal Democrat9,86718.0%
Christopher PhilipsbornLabour9,78217.9%
David ThomasReform UK7,39113.5%
Steve McAuliffeGreen Party5,51510.1%
Mike SmithSocial Democratic Party1840.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£730 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026