UK Explained

Goole and Pocklington

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

Your MP at a glance

David Davis, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Goole and Pocklington 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 239 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £776£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 38 areas and lower than 610.

UK 3.9%This area 1.9%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
Goole and Pocklington£7761.9%
Na h-Eileanan an Iar£7801.9%
Newcastle upon Tyne North£7742.0%
Stockton West£7712.0%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Goole and Pocklington

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 people103,41159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over23%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher32%34%2 points lower
Households that own their home75%62%12 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association9%17%8 points lower
Households renting privately16%20%4 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
David Davis

Conservative

MAJORITY
3,572

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

David Davis won with 38% of the votes, and Liam Draycott (Labour) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Conservative38% · 18,981
Labour31% · 15,409
Reform UK18% · 9,054
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,380
Green Party5% · 2,451
Independent1% · 467
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
David DavisConservative18,98138.2%
Liam DraycottLabour15,40931.0%
Rich KellyReform UK9,05418.2%
Dale NeedhamLiberal Democrat3,3806.8%
Angela StoneGreen Party2,4514.9%
Shona WadeIndependent4670.9%

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
£776 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
1.9%
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