UK Explained

Wallasey

Represented in Parliament by Dame Angela Eagle (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

Angela Eagle, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Wallasey 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 484 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £696£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 429 areas and lower than 219.

UK 3.9%This area 3.9%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
Wallasey£6963.9%
Blyth and Ashington£7003.9%
Barnsley South£7003.9%
Gloucester£6963.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Wallasey

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 people96,44059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over21%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%1 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately22%20%2 points higher

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
Angela Eagle

Labour

MAJORITY
17,996

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Angela Eagle won with 58% of the votes, and David Burgess-Joyce (Reform UK) came second with 16%.

Votes for each party

Labour58% · 24,674
Reform UK16% · 6,678
Conservative12% · 4,987
Green Party9% · 3,905
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,843
Workers Party of Britain1% · 462
Everyone else0% · 197
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Angela EagleLabour24,67457.7%
David Burgess-JoyceReform UK6,67815.6%
Robbie LammasConservative4,98711.7%
Jane TurnerGreen Party3,9059.1%
Vicky DownieLiberal Democrat1,8434.3%
Philip BimpsonWorkers Party of Britain4621.1%
Ian PughFreedom Alliance1970.5%

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
£696 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
3.9%
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