UK Explained

Worsley and Eccles

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

Your MP at a glance

Michael Wheeler, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Worsley and Eccles 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 376 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £731£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 463 areas and lower than 185.

UK 3.9%This area 4.2%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
Worsley and Eccles£7314.2%
Glenrothes and Mid Fife£7394.3%
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy£7424.2%
Keighley and Ilkley£7214.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Worsley and Eccles

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 people106,62559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%2 points lower
Households that own their home63%62%about the same
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%3 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
Michael Wheeler

Labour

MAJORITY
11,091

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Michael Wheeler won with 48% of the votes, and Craig Birtwistle (Reform UK) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Labour48% · 20,277
Reform UK22% · 9,186
Conservative16% · 6,791
Green Party8% · 3,283
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,851
Workers Party of Britain1% · 466
Everyone else2% · 689
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Michael WheelerLabour20,27747.7%
Craig BirtwistleReform UK9,18621.6%
Bradley MitchellConservative6,79116.0%
David JonesGreen Party3,2837.7%
Jemma De VincenzoLiberal Democrat1,8514.4%
Nas BarghoutiWorkers Party of Britain4661.1%
Danny MoloneyIndependent4481.1%
Sally GriffithsTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2410.6%

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
£731 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
4.2%
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