UK Explained

Clwyd East

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

Your MP at a glance

Becky Gittins, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Clwyd East 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 407 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £723£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 237 areas and lower than 411.

UK 3.9%This area 2.8%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
Clwyd East£7232.8%
Cramlington and Killingworth£7282.8%
Angus and Perthshire Glens£7232.9%
Neath and Swansea East£7242.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Clwyd East

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 people96,12559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over26%19%7 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher33%34%1 points lower
Households that own their home73%62%10 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately15%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
Becky Gittins

Labour

MAJORITY
4,622

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Becky Gittins won with 39% of the votes, and James Davies (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour39% · 18,484
Conservative29% · 13,862
Reform UK16% · 7,626
Plaid Cymru8% · 3,733
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,859
Green Party3% · 1,659
Everyone else1% · 599
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Becky GittinsLabour18,48438.7%
James DaviesConservative13,86229.0%
Kirsty WalmsleyReform UK7,62615.9%
Paul PenlingtonPlaid Cymru3,7337.8%
Alec DaunceyLiberal Democrat1,8593.9%
Lee LaveryGreen Party1,6593.5%
Rob RobertsIndependent5991.3%

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
£723 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
2.8%
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