UK Explained

Ashfield

Represented in Parliament by Lee Anderson (Reform UK). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

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How Ashfield 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 569 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £669£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 406 areas and lower than 242.

UK 3.9%This area 3.7%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
Ashfield£6693.7%
Aberafan Maesteg£6733.7%
Leeds Central and Headingley£6723.8%
Cardiff South and Penarth£6673.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Ashfield

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 people95,02159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%1 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher21%34%13 points lower
Households that own their home67%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately17%20%3 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
Lee Anderson

Reform UK

MAJORITY
5,508

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Lee Anderson won with 43% of the votes, and Rhea Keehn (Labour) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Reform UK43% · 17,062
Labour29% · 11,554
Ashfield Independents16% · 6,276
Conservative8% · 3,271
Green Party3% · 1,100
Liberal Democrat2% · 619
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lee AndersonReform UK17,06242.8%
Rhea KeehnLabour11,55429.0%
Jason ZadroznyAshfield Independents6,27615.7%
Debbie SolomanConservative3,2718.2%
Alexander CoatesGreen Party1,1002.8%
Daniel HolmesLiberal Democrat6191.6%

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
£669 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
3.7%
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