UK Explained

Rossendale and Darwen

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

Your MP at a glance

Andy MacNae, Labour. Open their full page →

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How Rossendale and Darwen 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 458 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £707£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 378 areas and lower than 270.

UK 3.9%This area 3.5%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
Rossendale and Darwen£7073.5%
Caerphilly£7133.4%
Torbay£6983.5%
Stoke-on-Trent South£7173.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Rossendale and Darwen

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 people101,41059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over19%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home69%62%6 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%4 points lower
Households renting privately18%20%2 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
Andy MacNae

Labour

MAJORITY
5,628

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Andy MacNae won with 41% of the votes, and Jake Berry (Conservative) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 18,247
Conservative28% · 12,619
Reform UK22% · 9,695
Green Party5% · 2,325
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,241
Workers Party of Britain1% · 491
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Andy MacNaeLabour18,24740.9%
Jake BerryConservative12,61928.3%
Daniel MatchettReform UK9,69521.7%
Bob BauldGreen Party2,3255.2%
Rowan FittonLiberal Democrat1,2412.8%
Tayab AliWorkers Party of Britain4911.1%

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
£707 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
3.5%
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