UK Explained

Redditch

Represented in Parliament by Chris Bloore (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 Redditch 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 439 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £713£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
Redditch£7133.7%
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley£7123.7%
Norwich South£7203.7%
Stoke-on-Trent South£7173.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Redditch

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 people98,80959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home67%62%4 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association19%17%2 points higher
Households renting privately14%20%6 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
Chris Bloore

Labour

MAJORITY
789

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Chris Bloore won with 35% of the votes, and Rachel Maclean (Conservative) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Labour35% · 14,810
Conservative33% · 14,021
Reform UK20% · 8,516
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,165
Green Party5% · 2,098
Workers Party of Britain2% · 765
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chris BlooreLabour14,81034.9%
Rachel MacleanConservative14,02133.1%
Julie AllisonReform UK8,51620.1%
Andrew Fieldsend-RoxboroughLiberal Democrat2,1655.1%
David ThainGreen Party2,0985.0%
Mohammed AminWorkers Party of Britain7651.8%

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
£713 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