UK Explained

Normanton and Hemsworth

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

Your MP at a glance

Jon Trickett, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Normanton and Hemsworth 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 608 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £642£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 307 areas and lower than 341.

UK 3.9%This area 3.1%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
Normanton and Hemsworth£6423.1%
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor£6463.2%
North Durham£6493.2%
Bishop Auckland£6273.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Normanton and Hemsworth

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 people103,00159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher22%34%12 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%1 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association22%17%5 points higher
Households renting privately14%20%6 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
Jon Trickett

Labour

MAJORITY
6,662

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
48%

of people who could vote did

Jon Trickett won with 48% of the votes, and Callum Bushrod (Reform UK) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour48% · 17,275
Reform UK29% · 10,613
Conservative14% · 4,995
Green Party6% · 2,147
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,319
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jon TrickettLabour17,27547.5%
Callum BushrodReform UK10,61329.2%
Alice HopkinConservative4,99513.7%
Ashton HowickGreen Party2,1475.9%
Craig DobsonLiberal Democrat1,3193.6%

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
£642 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
3.1%
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