UK Explained

Hazel Grove

Represented in Parliament by Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Lisa Smart, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

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

How Hazel Grove 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 303 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £760£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 198 areas and lower than 450.

UK 3.9%This area 2.6%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
Hazel Grove£7602.6%
Weald of Kent£7602.6%
Banbury£7552.6%
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey£7612.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Hazel Grove

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 people94,45359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over23%19%5 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher33%34%about the same
Households that own their home76%62%14 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately12%20%9 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
Lisa Smart

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
6,500

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
63%

of people who could vote did

Lisa Smart won with 38% of the votes, and Claire Vibert (Labour) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat38% · 17,328
Labour24% · 10,828
Conservative20% · 9,011
Reform UK15% · 6,955
Green Party4% · 1,763
Social Democratic Party0% · 113
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lisa SmartLiberal Democrat17,32837.7%
Claire VibertLabour10,82823.5%
Paul AthansConservative9,01119.6%
John KellyReform UK6,95515.1%
Graham ReidGreen Party1,7633.8%
Tim O'RourkeSocial Democratic Party1130.2%

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
£760 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
2.6%
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