UK Explained

Bangor Aberconwy

Represented in Parliament by Claire Hughes (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Claire Hughes, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Bangor Aberconwy 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 536 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £680£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 307 areas and lower than 341.

UK 3.9%This area 3.1%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
Bangor Aberconwy£6803.1%
St Austell and Newquay£6763.1%
South Holland and The Deepings£6863.0%
North Cornwall£6713.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Bangor Aberconwy

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 people92,26659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over24%19%5 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher35%34%about the same
Households that own their home66%62%4 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

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
Claire Hughes

Labour

MAJORITY
4,896

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
59%

of people who could vote did

Claire Hughes won with 34% of the votes, and Catrin Wager (Plaid Cymru) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Labour34% · 14,008
Plaid Cymru22% · 9,112
Conservative22% · 9,036
Reform UK15% · 6,091
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,524
Green Party3% · 1,361
Everyone else1% · 528
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Claire HughesLabour14,00833.6%
Catrin WagerPlaid Cymru9,11221.9%
Robin MillarConservative9,03621.7%
John ClarkReform UK6,09114.6%
Rachael RobertsLiberal Democrat1,5243.7%
Petra HaigGreen Party1,3613.3%
Kathrine JonesSocialist Labour Party4241.0%
Steve MarshallClimate Party1040.2%

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
£680 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
3.1%
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