UK Explained

Scunthorpe

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

Your MP at a glance

Nicholas Dakin, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Scunthorpe 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 528 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £684£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 473 areas and lower than 175.

UK 3.9%This area 4.3%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
Scunthorpe£6844.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend£6794.3%
Swansea West£6814.4%
Jarrow and Gateshead East£6874.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Scunthorpe

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 people105,45659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher22%34%12 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association18%17%about the same
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
Nicholas Dakin

Labour

MAJORITY
3,542

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
53%

of people who could vote did

Nicholas Dakin won with 40% of the votes, and Holly Mumby-Croft (Conservative) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Labour40% · 15,484
Conservative31% · 11,942
Reform UK21% · 8,163
Green Party3% · 1,218
Independent3% · 1,202
Liberal Democrat2% · 942
Everyone else0% · 100
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nicholas DakinLabour15,48439.7%
Holly Mumby-CroftConservative11,94230.6%
Darren HaleyReform UK8,16320.9%
Nick CoxGreen Party1,2183.1%
Abdul ButtIndependent1,2023.1%
Cahal BurkeLiberal Democrat9422.4%
Scott CurtisHeritage Party1000.3%

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
£684 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
4.3%
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