UK Explained

Hartlepool

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

Your MP at a glance

Jonathan Brash, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Hartlepool 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 575 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £667£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 483 areas and lower than 165.

UK 3.9%This area 4.4%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
Hartlepool£6674.4%
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport£6704.3%
Gateshead Central and Whickham£6584.3%
Telford£6704.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Hartlepool

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 people92,33459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%1 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher25%34%9 points lower
Households that own their home59%62%4 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association23%17%6 points higher
Households renting privately18%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
Jonathan Brash

Labour

MAJORITY
7,698

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
50%

of people who could vote did

Jonathan Brash won with 46% of the votes, and Amanda Napper (Reform UK) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Labour46% · 16,414
Reform UK25% · 8,716
Conservative22% · 7,767
Independent3% · 895
Green Party2% · 834
Liberal Democrat2% · 572
Everyone else1% · 313
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jonathan BrashLabour16,41446.2%
Amanda NapperReform UK8,71624.5%
Jill MortimerConservative7,76721.9%
Sam LeeIndependent8952.5%
Jeremy Spyby-SteansonGreen Party8342.3%
Peter MaughanLiberal Democrat5721.6%
Tommy DudleyWorkers Party of Britain2480.7%
Vivienne NevilleHeritage Party650.2%

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
£667 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
4.4%
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