UK Explained

Stockton West

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

Your MP at a glance

Matt Vickers, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Stockton West 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 253 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £771£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
Stockton West£7712.0%
Newcastle upon Tyne North£7742.0%
Witney£7672.0%
North West Hampshire£7702.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Stockton West

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 people91,34759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over21%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%3 points higher
Households that own their home81%62%18 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association6%17%11 points lower
Households renting privately13%20%8 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
Matt Vickers

Conservative

MAJORITY
2,139

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Matt Vickers won with 42% of the votes, and Joe Dancey (Labour) came second with 37%.

Votes for each party

Conservative42% · 20,372
Labour37% · 18,233
Reform UK14% · 6,833
Green Party3% · 1,477
Liberal Democrat2% · 1,203
Independent1% · 475
Everyone else0% · 45
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Matt VickersConservative20,37241.9%
Joe DanceyLabour18,23337.5%
Steve MatthewsReform UK6,83314.0%
Anna-Maria TomsGreen Party1,4773.0%
Nigel BoddyLiberal Democrat1,2032.5%
Mohammed ZaroofIndependent2630.5%
Niko OmilanaIndependent1060.2%
Vivek ChhabraIndependent1060.2%
Monty BrackIndependents for Direct Democracy450.1%

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
£771 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