UK Explained

Redcar

Represented in Parliament by Anna Turley (Labour (Co-op)). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Anna Turley, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Redcar 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 464 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £705£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 453 areas and lower than 195.

UK 3.9%This area 4.1%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
Redcar£7054.1%
Doncaster North£7104.1%
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£7134.1%
Wigan£6964.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Redcar

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 people93,28559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over23%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher24%34%10 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%1 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%3 points higher
Households renting privately16%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
Anna Turley

Labour

MAJORITY
3,323

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Anna Turley won with 41% of the votes, and Jacob Young (Conservative) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 15,663
Conservative32% · 12,340
Reform UK19% · 7,216
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,542
Green Party3% · 1,279
Social Democratic Party0% · 169
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anna TurleyLabour15,66341.0%
Jacob YoungConservative12,34032.3%
John DaviesReform UK7,21618.9%
Chris JonesLiberal Democrat1,5424.0%
Ruth HattonGreen Party1,2793.3%
Gary ConlinSocial Democratic Party1690.4%

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
£705 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
4.1%
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