UK Explained

Loughborough

Represented in Parliament by Dr Jeevun Sandher (Labour). 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

Jeevun Sandher, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Loughborough 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 318 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £754£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 198 areas and lower than 450.

UK 3.9%This area 2.6%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
Loughborough£7542.6%
Banbury£7552.6%
Mid Cheshire£7492.6%
Hazel Grove£7602.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Loughborough

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 people100,72459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over17%19%1 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher33%34%about the same
Households that own their home65%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
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
Jeevun Sandher

Labour

MAJORITY
4,960

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Jeevun Sandher won with 41% of the votes, and Jane Hunt (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 17,249
Conservative29% · 12,289
Reform UK17% · 7,204
Green Party7% · 2,956
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,561
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jeevun SandherLabour17,24940.8%
Jane HuntConservative12,28929.1%
Andy McWilliamReform UK7,20417.0%
Hans Zollinger-BallGreen Party2,9567.0%
Ian SharpeLiberal Democrat2,5616.1%

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
£754 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
2.6%
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