UK Explained

Macclesfield

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

Your MP at a glance

Tim Roca, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Macclesfield 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 83 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £900£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 177 areas and lower than 471.

UK 3.9%This area 2.5%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
Macclesfield£9002.5%
Tunbridge Wells£8942.5%
South West Hertfordshire£8882.7%
Reading West and Mid Berkshire£9012.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Macclesfield

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 people95,56759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over24%19%5 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher41%34%7 points higher
Households that own their home73%62%11 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately15%20%5 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
Tim Roca

Labour

MAJORITY
9,120

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
69%

of people who could vote did

Tim Roca won with 47% of the votes, and David Rutley (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour47% · 24,672
Conservative29% · 15,552
Reform UK12% · 6,592
Green Party5% · 2,493
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,482
Independent1% · 779
Everyone else0% · 222
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tim RocaLabour24,67246.7%
David RutleyConservative15,55229.5%
Steve BroadhurstReform UK6,59212.5%
Amanda IremongerGreen Party2,4934.7%
Neil ChristianLiberal Democrat2,4824.7%
Christopher WellavizeIndependent7791.5%
Dickie FletcherSocial Democratic Party2220.4%

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
£900 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
2.5%
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