UK Explained

Mid Sussex

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

Your MP at a glance

Alison Bennett, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

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

How Mid Sussex 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 134 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £851£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
Mid Sussex£8511.9%
Wirral West£8571.8%
Bicester and Woodstock£8621.9%
Leeds North West£8542.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Mid Sussex

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 people98,40959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over20%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher40%34%7 points higher
Households that own their home73%62%11 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 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
Alison Bennett

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
6,662

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
70%

of people who could vote did

Alison Bennett won with 40% of the votes, and Kristy Adams (Conservative) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat40% · 21,136
Conservative27% · 14,474
Labour18% · 9,397
Reform UK11% · 5,921
Green Party4% · 2,048
Official Monster Raving Loony Party1% · 352
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Alison BennettLiberal Democrat21,13639.6%
Kristy AdamsConservative14,47427.1%
David RowntreeLabour9,39717.6%
Gary JohnsonReform UK5,92111.1%
Deanna NicholsonGreen Party2,0483.8%
Baron Von ThunderclapOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party3520.7%

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
£851 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