UK Explained

Welwyn Hatfield

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

Your MP at a glance

Andrew Lewin, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Welwyn Hatfield 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 112 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £863£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 328 areas and lower than 320.

UK 3.9%This area 3.2%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
Welwyn Hatfield£8633.2%
Epping Forest£8633.3%
Bracknell£8543.0%
Rugby£8803.0%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Welwyn Hatfield

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 people113,75159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over15%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%4 points higher
Households that own their home57%62%6 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association26%17%9 points higher
Households renting privately17%20%4 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
Andrew Lewin

Labour

MAJORITY
3,799

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
64%

of people who could vote did

Andrew Lewin won with 41% of the votes, and Grant Shapps (Conservative) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 19,877
Conservative33% · 16,078
Reform UK13% · 6,397
Liberal Democrat6% · 3,117
Green Party6% · 2,986
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Andrew LewinLabour19,87741.0%
Grant ShappsConservative16,07833.2%
Jack AaronReform UK6,39713.2%
John MunroLiberal Democrat3,1176.4%
Sarah ButcherGreen Party2,9866.2%

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
£863 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
3.2%
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