UK Explained

Easington

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

Your MP at a glance

Grahame Morris, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Easington 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 606 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £644£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
Easington£6444.1%
Mansfield£6374.1%
Sunderland Central£6334.2%
Gateshead Central and Whickham£6584.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Easington

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 people93,17859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher21%34%13 points lower
Households that own their home60%62%3 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association23%17%6 points higher
Households renting privately17%20%3 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
Grahame Morris

Labour

MAJORITY
6,542

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
49%

of people who could vote did

Grahame Morris won with 49% of the votes, and Lynn Murphy (Reform UK) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Labour49% · 16,774
Reform UK30% · 10,232
Conservative11% · 3,753
The North East Party5% · 1,581
Green Party3% · 1,173
Liberal Democrat2% · 811
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Grahame MorrisLabour16,77448.9%
Lynn MurphyReform UK10,23229.8%
Joanne HoweyConservative3,75310.9%
Mary CartwrightThe North East Party1,5814.6%
Stephen AshfieldGreen Party1,1733.4%
Tony FergusonLiberal Democrat8112.4%

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
£644 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