UK Explained

Stafford

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

Your MP at a glance

Leigh Ingham, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Stafford 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 282 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £763£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 263 areas and lower than 385.

UK 3.9%This area 2.9%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
Stafford£7632.9%
Poole£7642.9%
Caerfyrddin£7602.9%
The Wrekin£7672.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Stafford

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 people94,55159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over22%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher34%34%about the same
Households that own their home68%62%6 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately17%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
Leigh Ingham

Labour

MAJORITY
4,595

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Leigh Ingham won with 40% of the votes, and Theo Clarke (Conservative) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Labour40% · 18,531
Conservative30% · 13,936
Reform UK19% · 8,612
Green Party6% · 2,856
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,676
Official Monster Raving Loony Party1% · 307
Everyone else0% · 91
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Leigh InghamLabour18,53140.3%
Theo ClarkeConservative13,93630.3%
Michael RileyReform UK8,61218.7%
Scott SpencerGreen Party2,8566.2%
Peter AndrasLiberal Democrat1,6763.6%
Titus AnythingOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party3070.7%
Craig MortonHeritage Party910.2%

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
£763 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
2.9%
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