UK Explained

Stoke-on-Trent North

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

Your MP at a glance

David Williams, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Stoke-on-Trent North 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 602 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £648£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 529 areas and lower than 119.

UK 3.9%This area 5.0%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
Stoke-on-Trent North£6485.0%
South Shields£6505.1%
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£6565.1%
Birkenhead£6614.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Stoke-on-Trent North

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 people100,32059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over19%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher21%34%13 points lower
Households that own their home62%62%about the same
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%2 points higher
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
David Williams

Labour

MAJORITY
5,082

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
52%

of people who could vote did

David Williams won with 40% of the votes, and Jonathan Gullis (Conservative) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Labour40% · 14,579
Conservative26% · 9,497
Reform UK24% · 8,824
Green Party3% · 1,236
Independent3% · 1,103
Liberal Democrat3% · 911
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
David WilliamsLabour14,57940.3%
Jonathan GullisConservative9,49726.3%
Karl BeresfordReform UK8,82424.4%
Josh HarrisGreen Party1,2363.4%
Jag BoyapatiIndependent1,1033.1%
Lucy HurdsLiberal Democrat9112.5%

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
£648 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
5.0%
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