UK Explained

Stoke-on-Trent South

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

Your MP at a glance

Allison Gardner, 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 South 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 428 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £717£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 388 areas and lower than 260.

UK 3.9%This area 3.6%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 South£7173.6%
Norwich South£7203.7%
Redditch£7133.7%
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley£7123.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Stoke-on-Trent South

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 people94,49459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over22%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher26%34%8 points lower
Households that own their home71%62%8 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%about the same
Households renting privately12%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
Allison Gardner

Labour

MAJORITY
627

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Allison Gardner won with 35% of the votes, and Jack Brereton (Conservative) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Labour35% · 14,221
Conservative33% · 13,594
Reform UK22% · 8,851
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,577
Independent4% · 1,492
Green Party3% · 1,207
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Allison GardnerLabour14,22134.7%
Jack BreretonConservative13,59433.2%
Michael BailyReform UK8,85121.6%
Alec SandifordLiberal Democrat1,5773.9%
Asif MehmoodIndependent1,3723.4%
Peggy WisemanGreen Party1,2072.9%
Carla ParrishIndependent1200.3%

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
£717 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
3.6%
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