UK Explained

Shipley

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

Your MP at a glance

Anna Dixon, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Shipley 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 323 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £752£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 345 areas and lower than 303.

UK 3.9%This area 3.3%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
Shipley£7523.3%
Worthing West£7523.2%
Canterbury£7523.2%
Gedling£7523.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Shipley

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 people97,41959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over22%19%3 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher36%34%3 points higher
Households that own their home71%62%9 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately18%20%3 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 Dixon

Labour

MAJORITY
8,603

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Anna Dixon won with 45% of the votes, and Philip Davies (Conservative) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Labour45% · 21,738
Conservative27% · 13,135
Reform UK15% · 7,238
Green Party7% · 3,605
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,341
The Yorkshire Party1% · 447
Everyone else2% · 799
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anna DixonLabour21,73845.0%
Philip DaviesConservative13,13527.2%
Simon DandyReform UK7,23815.0%
Kevin WarnesGreen Party3,6057.5%
Graham ReedLiberal Democrat1,3412.8%
Will GrantThe Yorkshire Party4470.9%
John NagbeaIndependent2970.6%
Waqas KhanWorkers Party of Britain2690.6%
Paul ShkurkaSocial Democratic Party1370.3%
Darryl Morton-WrightChristian Peoples Alliance960.2%

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
£752 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
3.3%
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