UK Explained

Ribble Valley

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

Your MP at a glance

Maya Ellis, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Ribble Valley 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 187 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £805£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 105 areas and lower than 543.

UK 3.9%This area 2.2%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
Ribble Valley£8052.2%
South Norfolk£7992.2%
Beverley and Holderness£7992.2%
Eastleigh£8092.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Ribble Valley

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 people99,09559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over22%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher38%34%4 points higher
Households that own their home81%62%18 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association6%17%11 points lower
Households renting privately14%20%7 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
Maya Ellis

Labour

MAJORITY
856

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Maya Ellis won with 35% of the votes, and Nigel Evans (Conservative) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Labour35% · 18,177
Conservative33% · 17,321
Reform UK16% · 8,524
Liberal Democrat10% · 5,001
Green Party3% · 1,727
Independent2% · 1,273
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maya EllisLabour18,17734.9%
Nigel EvansConservative17,32133.3%
John CarrollReform UK8,52416.4%
John PotterLiberal Democrat5,0019.6%
Caroline MontagueGreen Party1,7273.3%
Qasim AjmiIndependent1,2732.4%

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
£805 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
2.2%
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