UK Explained

Doncaster North

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

Your MP at a glance

Ed Miliband, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Doncaster North 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 451 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £710£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 453 areas and lower than 195.

UK 3.9%This area 4.1%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
Doncaster North£7104.1%
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£7134.1%
Redcar£7054.1%
Southampton Itchen£7214.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Doncaster North

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 people96,70859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%1 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher21%34%13 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%1 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association18%17%1 points higher
Households renting privately18%20%2 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
Ed Miliband

Labour

MAJORITY
9,126

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
44%

of people who could vote did

Ed Miliband won with 52% of the votes, and Glenn Bluff (Conservative) came second with 23%.

Votes for each party

Labour52% · 16,231
Conservative23% · 7,105
Social Democratic Party6% · 1,960
Green Party6% · 1,778
British Democratic Party4% · 1,160
The Yorkshire Party3% · 1,059
Everyone else6% · 1,709
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ed MilibandLabour16,23152.4%
Glenn BluffConservative7,10522.9%
Dave BettneySocial Democratic Party1,9606.3%
Tony NicholsonGreen Party1,7785.7%
Frank CalladineBritish Democratic Party1,1603.7%
Christopher DawsonThe Yorkshire Party1,0593.4%
Jonathan HarstonLiberal Democrat1,0453.4%
Catherine BriggsParty of Women4521.5%
Andy HilesTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2120.7%

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
£710 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
4.1%
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