UK Explained

Stevenage

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

Your MP at a glance

Kevin Bonavia, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Stevenage 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 81 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £901£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
Stevenage£9013.5%
Bexleyheath and Crayford£8953.4%
Milton Keynes North£9033.7%
Southend West and Leigh£8993.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Stevenage

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 people99,97259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over16%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home60%62%2 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association25%17%8 points higher
Households renting privately15%20%6 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
Kevin Bonavia

Labour

MAJORITY
6,618

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Kevin Bonavia won with 41% of the votes, and Alex Clarkson (Conservative) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 17,698
Conservative26% · 11,080
Reform UK18% · 7,667
Liberal Democrat8% · 3,467
Green Party6% · 2,655
Christian Peoples Alliance0% · 148
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kevin BonaviaLabour17,69841.4%
Alex ClarksonConservative11,08025.9%
Peter HopperReform UK7,66717.9%
Lisa NashLiberal Democrat3,4678.1%
Paul DawsonGreen Party2,6556.2%
Joshua SmithChristian Peoples Alliance1480.3%

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
£901 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