Constituency view

Bournemouth East

South West, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Tom Hayes

Labour

Male

Previous MP: Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority5,479

Turnout62.1%

Electorate72,354

Valid votes44,910

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour18,316 - 40.8%

Conservative12,837 - 28.6%

Reform6,268 - 14.0%

Lib Dem3,082 - 6.9%

Green2,790 - 6.2%

Other1,617 - 3.6%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£249,998,413

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£2,303 total benefits bill per resident · 2% above average

Bournemouth East: £2,303
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 231 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£249,998,413	230/575
Change over 2 years	+13.3%
Median local wage (2025)	£37,827	+11.1%

Universal Credit£151,304,403
£1,394 per resident · 12,157 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 4,610 · 1 in 15 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£52,716,939
£486 per resident · 7,049 claimants (+14.9% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,129 · 44% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,550
Housing Benefit£23,063,945
£212 per resident · 2,559 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£9,547,616
£88 per resident · 1,648 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£8,355,389
£77 per resident · 1,306 claimants
Carer's Allowance£5,010,121
£46 per resident · 1,161 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 88.1%White British 75.2%Asian 4.5%Black, African or Caribbean 1.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.7%Other 2.3%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 91.7%White British 82.7%Asian 4.0%Black, African or Caribbean 1.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.3%Other 0.9%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 96.6%White British 92.3%Asian 1.2%Black, African or Caribbean 0.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.5%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 98.6%White British N/AAsian 0.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.4%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Bournemouth East (2021)

UK 78.8%Other EU 10.7%Other countries 10.6%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Bournemouth East (2011)

UK 84.1%Other EU 6.8%Other countries 9.1%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Bournemouth East (2001)

UK 91.8%Other EU 2.3%Other countries 5.8%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Bournemouth East (1991)

UK 94.1%Other EU 2.9%Other countries 2.9%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

Inset map

Bournemouth East

Loading constituency outline.

Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Bournemouth East	National	Difference	Rank
% White	88.1%	83.0%	+5.0pp	382/650
% White British	75.2%	74.4%	+0.8pp	422/632
% Asian	4.5%	8.6%	-4.1pp	296/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	1.5%	3.7%	-2.2pp	289/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.7%	2.7%	+1.0pp	146/650
% Other ethnic group	2.3%	2.0%	+0.3pp	163/650
% UK-born	78.8%	84.0%	-5.2pp	512/650
% Non-UK-born	21.2%	16.0%	+5.2pp	139/650
% Other EU-born	10.7%	6.0%	+4.7pp	73/650
% Other countries-born	10.6%	10.1%	+0.5pp	196/650
% Christian	47.5%	46.7%	+0.8pp	317/575
% Muslim	2.5%	6.3%	-3.8pp	254/575
% Hindu	1.0%	1.6%	-0.6pp	202/575
% Sikh	0.1%	0.9%	-0.8pp	397/575
% Jewish	0.5%	0.5%	+0.1pp	59/575
% Buddhist	0.6%	0.4%	+0.1pp	103/575
% Other religion	0.9%	0.6%	+0.3pp	44/575
% No religion	40.1%	37.0%	+3.1pp	243/575
% Religion not stated	6.8%	6.0%	+0.8pp	67/575
% Has any religion	53.1%	57.0%	-3.9pp	362/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Bournemouth East

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.