UK Explained

Mansfield

Represented in Parliament by Steve Yemm (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

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

How Mansfield 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 611 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £637£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 453 areas and lower than 195.

UK 3.9%This area 4.1%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
Mansfield£6374.1%
Easington£6444.1%
Sunderland Central£6334.2%
Houghton and Sunderland South£6423.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Mansfield

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 people105,32659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher22%34%12 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%about the same
Households renting privately19%20%1 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
Steve Yemm

Labour

MAJORITY
3,485

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
55%

of people who could vote did

Steve Yemm won with 39% of the votes, and Ben Bradley (Conservative) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Labour39% · 16,048
Conservative31% · 12,563
Reform UK23% · 9,385
Green Party3% · 1,326
Liberal Democrat2% · 799
Socialist Labour Party1% · 423
Everyone else1% · 543
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Steve YemmLabour16,04839.1%
Ben BradleyConservative12,56330.6%
Matthew WarnesReform UK9,38522.8%
Phil ShieldsGreen Party1,3263.2%
Michael WyattLiberal Democrat7991.9%
Peter DeanSocialist Labour Party4231.0%
Wesley MilliganIndependent3350.8%
Karen SeymourTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1230.3%
Zen BilasIndependent850.2%

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
£637 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
4.1%
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