UK Explained

Gloucester

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

Your MP at a glance

Alex McIntyre, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Gloucester 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 489 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £696£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 416 areas and lower than 232.

UK 3.9%This area 3.8%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
Gloucester£6963.8%
Wallasey£6963.9%
Bournemouth West£6943.7%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood£6993.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Gloucester

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 people116,41859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over16%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home62%62%about the same
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately22%20%2 points higher

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
Alex McIntyre

Labour

MAJORITY
3,431

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
57%

of people who could vote did

Alex McIntyre won with 36% of the votes, and Richard Graham (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour36% · 16,472
Conservative29% · 13,041
Reform UK16% · 7,307
Liberal Democrat10% · 4,759
Green Party5% · 2,307
Workers Party of Britain2% · 974
Everyone else2% · 832
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Alex McIntyreLabour16,47236.1%
Richard GrahamConservative13,04128.5%
Chris FarmerReform UK7,30716.0%
Rebecca TrimnellLiberal Democrat4,75910.4%
Adam ShearingGreen Party2,3075.0%
Steve GowerWorkers Party of Britain9742.1%
Akhlaque AhmedSocialist Labour Party4961.1%
Fred Wing Commander (RTD) RamseyIndependent3360.7%

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
£696 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
3.8%
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