UK Explained

West Suffolk

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

Your MP at a glance

Nick Timothy, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How West Suffolk 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 371 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £732£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
West Suffolk£7322.5%
North Herefordshire£7282.5%
High Peak£7382.5%
Taunton and Wellington£7262.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in West Suffolk

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 people118,14859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over19%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home60%62%2 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%1 points lower
Households renting privately24%20%3 points higher

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
Nick Timothy

Conservative

MAJORITY
3,247

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Nick Timothy won with 34% of the votes, and Rebecca Denness (Labour) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Conservative34% · 15,814
Labour27% · 12,567
Reform UK21% · 9,623
Liberal Democrat9% · 4,284
Green Party6% · 2,910
Independent2% · 830
Everyone else0% · 133
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nick TimothyConservative15,81434.3%
Rebecca DennessLabour12,56727.2%
David BullReform UK9,62320.8%
Henry BatchelorLiberal Democrat4,2849.3%
Mark EreiraGreen Party2,9106.3%
Katie ParkerIndependent4851.1%
Luke O'BrienIndependent3450.7%
Ivan KinsmanSocial Democratic Party1330.3%

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
£732 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