UK Explained

Huddersfield

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

Your MP at a glance

Harpreet Uppal, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Huddersfield 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 604 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £646£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 583 areas and lower than 65.

UK 3.9%This area 6.0%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
Huddersfield£6466.0%
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£6546.0%
Stoke-on-Trent Central£6365.8%
Blackpool South£6476.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Huddersfield

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 people112,03859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over16%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher30%34%4 points lower
Households that own their home57%62%6 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association19%17%2 points higher
Households renting privately24%20%4 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
Harpreet Uppal

Labour

MAJORITY
4,533

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
52%

of people who could vote did

Harpreet Uppal won with 38% of the votes, and Andrew Cooper (Green Party) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 15,101
Green Party26% · 10,568
Conservative16% · 6,559
Reform UK15% · 6,196
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,741
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Harpreet UppalLabour15,10137.6%
Andrew CooperGreen Party10,56826.3%
Tony McGrathConservative6,55916.3%
Susan LairdReform UK6,19615.4%
Jan DobruckiLiberal Democrat1,7414.3%

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
£646 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
6.0%
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