UK Explained

Worcester

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

Your MP at a glance

Tom Collins, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Worcester 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 301 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £760£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 360 areas and lower than 288.

UK 3.9%This area 3.4%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
Worcester£7603.4%
Paisley and Renfrewshire South£7623.3%
Kettering£7653.3%
Gedling£7523.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Worcester

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 people103,86659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over18%19%1 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher34%34%about the same
Households that own their home62%62%about the same
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%about the same
Households renting privately21%20%about the same

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
Tom Collins

Labour

MAJORITY
7,116

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Tom Collins won with 40% of the votes, and Marc Bayliss (Conservative) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Labour40% · 18,622
Conservative25% · 11,506
Reform UK15% · 6,723
Green Party10% · 4,789
Liberal Democrat9% · 3,986
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1% · 280
Everyone else0% · 130
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tom CollinsLabour18,62240.5%
Marc BaylissConservative11,50625.0%
Andy PeplowReform UK6,72314.6%
Tor PingreeGreen Party4,78910.4%
Mel AllcottLiberal Democrat3,9868.7%
Mark DaviesTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2800.6%
Duncan MurraySocial Democratic Party1300.3%

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
£760 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
3.4%
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