UK Explained

Pendle and Clitheroe

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

Your MP at a glance

Jonathan Hinder, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Pendle and Clitheroe 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 419 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £720£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 493 areas and lower than 155.

UK 3.9%This area 4.5%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
Pendle and Clitheroe£7204.5%
Halesowen£7104.5%
Clwyd North£7124.4%
Wakefield and Rothwell£7294.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Pendle and Clitheroe

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 people108,80259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over19%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher29%34%5 points lower
Households that own their home67%62%4 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately21%20%1 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
Jonathan Hinder

Labour

MAJORITY
902

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
59%

of people who could vote did

Jonathan Hinder won with 34% of the votes, and Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Labour34% · 16,129
Conservative33% · 15,227
Reform UK17% · 8,171
Independent7% · 3,241
Liberal Democrat4% · 2,039
Green Party3% · 1,421
Everyone else1% · 526
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jonathan HinderLabour16,12934.5%
Andrew StephensonConservative15,22732.6%
Victoria FletcherReform UK8,17117.5%
Zulfikar KhanIndependent3,1086.6%
Anna FryerLiberal Democrat2,0394.4%
Lex KristanGreen Party1,4213.0%
Syed HashmiWorkers Party of Britain3360.7%
Christopher ThompsonRejoin EU1900.4%
Tony JohnsonIndependent1330.3%

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
£720 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
4.5%
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