UK Explained

Barrow and Furness

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

Your MP at a glance

Michelle Scrogham, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Barrow and Furness 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 151 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £837£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
Barrow and Furness£8372.3%
East Grinstead and Uckfield£8322.3%
Warrington South£8372.4%
Stratford-on-Avon£8302.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Barrow and Furness

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 people97,42559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over23%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher28%34%6 points lower
Households that own their home73%62%10 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately16%20%4 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
Michelle Scrogham

Labour

MAJORITY
5,324

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Michelle Scrogham won with 44% of the votes, and Simon Fell (Conservative) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 18,537
Conservative31% · 13,213
Reform UK17% · 7,035
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,680
Green Party3% · 1,466
Party of Women1% · 290
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Michelle ScroghamLabour18,53743.9%
Simon FellConservative13,21331.3%
Barry MorganReform UK7,03516.7%
Adrian WaiteLiberal Democrat1,6804.0%
Lorraine WrennallGreen Party1,4663.5%
Lisa MorganParty of Women2900.7%

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
£837 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