UK Explained

Rutland and Stamford

Represented in Parliament by Alicia Kearns (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Alicia Kearns, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Rutland and Stamford 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 310 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £757£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 58 areas and lower than 590.

UK 3.9%This area 2.0%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
Rutland and Stamford£7572.0%
Harrogate and Knaresborough£7601.9%
Thornbury and Yate£7542.1%
North West Leicestershire£7622.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Rutland and Stamford

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 people94,24259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over25%19%6 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%3 points higher
Households that own their home73%62%10 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately16%20%4 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
Alicia Kearns

Conservative

MAJORITY
10,394

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Alicia Kearns won with 44% of the votes, and Joe Wood (Labour) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Conservative44% · 21,248
Labour22% · 10,854
Reform UK14% · 7,008
Liberal Democrat13% · 6,252
Green Party6% · 2,806
Rejoin EU1% · 409
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Alicia KearnsConservative21,24843.7%
Joe WoodLabour10,85422.3%
Chris ClowesReform UK7,00814.4%
James MooreLiberal Democrat6,25212.9%
Emma BakerGreen Party2,8065.8%
Joanna BurrowsRejoin EU4090.8%

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
£757 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
2.0%
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