UK Explained

East Grinstead and Uckfield

Represented in Parliament by Mims Davies (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Mims Davies, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How East Grinstead and Uckfield 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 157 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £832£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
East Grinstead and Uckfield£8322.3%
Barrow and Furness£8372.3%
Stratford-on-Avon£8302.2%
Warrington South£8372.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in East Grinstead and Uckfield

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 people95,59359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over22%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher36%34%2 points higher
Households that own their home76%62%13 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association10%17%7 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
Mims Davies

Conservative

MAJORITY
8,480

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
67%

of people who could vote did

Mims Davies won with 38% of the votes, and Benedict Dempsey (Liberal Democrat) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Conservative38% · 19,319
Liberal Democrat22% · 10,839
Labour21% · 10,440
Green Party10% · 5,277
Independent5% · 2,482
English Democrats4% · 2,036
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mims DaviesConservative19,31938.3%
Benedict DempseyLiberal Democrat10,83921.5%
Ben CoxLabour10,44020.7%
Christina ColemanGreen Party5,27710.5%
Ian GibsonIndependent2,4824.9%
William HightonEnglish Democrats2,0364.0%

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
£832 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