UK Explained

Waveney Valley

Represented in Parliament by Adrian Ramsay (Green Party). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Adrian Ramsay, Green Party. Open their full page →

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

How Waveney Valley 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 520 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £689£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 177 areas and lower than 471.

UK 3.9%This area 2.5%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
Waveney Valley£6892.5%
Truro and Falmouth£6902.5%
South Suffolk£6822.4%
Torridge and Tavistock£6792.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Waveney Valley

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 people88,20259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1615%18%4 points lower
Aged 65 and over29%19%11 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher28%34%6 points lower
Households that own their home73%62%10 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately14%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
Adrian Ramsay

Green Party

MAJORITY
5,594

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
67%

of people who could vote did

Adrian Ramsay won with 42% of the votes, and Richard Rout (Conservative) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Green Party42% · 20,467
Conservative30% · 14,873
Reform UK16% · 7,779
Labour9% · 4,621
Liberal Democrat2% · 1,214
Social Democratic Party0% · 118
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Adrian RamsayGreen Party20,46741.7%
Richard RoutConservative14,87330.3%
Scott HugginsReform UK7,77915.9%
Gurpreet PaddaLabour4,6219.4%
John ShreeveLiberal Democrat1,2142.5%
Maya SeverynSocial Democratic Party1180.2%

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
£689 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
2.5%
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