UK Explained

Wythenshawe and Sale East

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

Your MP at a glance

Mike Kane, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Wythenshawe and Sale East 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 460 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £706£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 473 areas and lower than 175.

UK 3.9%This area 4.3%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
Wythenshawe and Sale East£7064.3%
Clwyd North£7124.4%
Redcar£7054.1%
Stalybridge and Hyde£6944.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Wythenshawe and Sale East

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 people111,57859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1622%18%4 points higher
Aged 65 and over15%19%4 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher33%34%about the same
Households that own their home50%62%12 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association33%17%16 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
Mike Kane

Labour

MAJORITY
14,610

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
50%

of people who could vote did

Mike Kane won with 53% of the votes, and Julie Fousert (Reform UK) came second with 15%.

Votes for each party

Labour53% · 20,596
Reform UK15% · 5,986
Conservative14% · 5,392
Green Party11% · 4,133
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,985
Workers Party of Britain2% · 714
Everyone else1% · 326
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mike KaneLabour20,59652.6%
Julie FousertReform UK5,98615.3%
Sarah BeamentConservative5,39213.8%
Melanie EarpGreen Party4,13310.6%
Simon LeporiLiberal Democrat1,9855.1%
John BarstowWorkers Party of Britain7141.8%
Hilary SaltSocial Democratic Party3260.8%

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
£706 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
4.3%
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