UK Explained

Sussex Weald

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

How Sussex Weald 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 102 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £877£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 147 areas and lower than 501.

UK 3.9%This area 2.4%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
Sussex Weald£8772.4%
Edinburgh West£8662.4%
East Surrey£8682.6%
Lichfield£8622.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Sussex Weald

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 people90,86659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over26%19%7 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher33%34%1 points lower
Households that own their home77%62%15 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association9%17%8 points lower
Households renting privately13%20%7 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
Nus Ghani

Conservative

MAJORITY
6,842

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
67%

of people who could vote did

Nus Ghani won with 34% of the votes, and Danielle Newson (Liberal Democrat) came second with 20%.

Votes for each party

Conservative34% · 16,758
Liberal Democrat20% · 9,916
Reform UK18% · 8,920
Labour17% · 8,239
Green Party8% · 3,762
Independent2% · 953
Everyone else1% · 627
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nus GhaniConservative16,75834.1%
Danielle NewsonLiberal Democrat9,91620.2%
David MorganReform UK8,92018.1%
Dipesh PatelLabour8,23916.8%
Austin HendersonGreen Party3,7627.7%
Shaun BowlerIndependent9531.9%
Stephen GanderSocial Democratic Party3190.6%
Dominie StempHeritage Party1560.3%
Chris MagnessUK Independence Party1520.3%

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
£877 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
2.4%
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