UK Explained

Oldham East and Saddleworth

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

Your MP at a glance

Debbie Abrahams, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Oldham East and Saddleworth 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 505 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £692£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 587 areas and lower than 61.

UK 3.9%This area 6.2%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
Oldham East and Saddleworth£6926.2%
Peterborough£6926.4%
Liverpool Riverside£6845.9%
Derby South£6756.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Oldham East and Saddleworth

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 people108,61359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1622%18%4 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home63%62%about the same
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%2 points higher
Households renting privately18%20%3 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
Debbie Abrahams

Labour

MAJORITY
6,357

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
55%

of people who could vote did

Debbie Abrahams won with 35% of the votes, and Jacob Barden (Reform UK) came second with 19%.

Votes for each party

Labour35% · 14,091
Reform UK19% · 7,734
Conservative17% · 6,838
Workers Party of Britain12% · 4,647
Liberal Democrat8% · 3,386
Independent5% · 1,879
Everyone else4% · 1,490
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Debbie AbrahamsLabour14,09135.2%
Jacob BardenReform UK7,73419.3%
Tom FishConservative6,83817.1%
Shanaz SaddiqueWorkers Party of Britain4,64711.6%
Sam Al-HamdaniLiberal Democrat3,3868.5%
Fesl Reza KhanGreen Party1,4903.7%
Paul ErrockIndependent1,3623.4%
Nick BuckleyIndependent5171.3%

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
£692 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
6.2%
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