Constituency view

Chesterfield

East Midlands, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Toby Perkins

Labour

Male

Majority10,820

Turnout58.0%

Electorate71,645

Valid votes41,555

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour19,316 - 46.5%

Conservative8,496 - 20.4%

Reform7,897 - 19.0%

Green2,682 - 6.5%

Lib Dem2,553 - 6.1%

Other611 - 1.5%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£245,079,232

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

£2,560 total benefits bill per resident · 13% above average

Chesterfield: £2,560
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 176 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£245,079,232	238/575
Change over 2 years	+18.0%
Median local wage (2025)	£35,047	+23.0%

Universal Credit£125,931,448
£1,316 per resident · 11,255 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 4,915 · 1 in 12 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£68,114,196
£712 per resident · 9,207 claimants (+14.7% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,647 · 40% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 4,538
Disability Living Allowance£15,996,702
£167 per resident · 2,650 claimants
Housing Benefit£14,957,274
£156 per resident · 2,300 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£11,624,922
£121 per resident · 1,816 claimants
Carer's Allowance£8,454,690
£88 per resident · 1,950 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 95.4%White British 92.9%Asian 2.0%Black, African or Caribbean 0.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.5%Other 0.4%

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 96.4%White British 94.7%Asian 1.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.1%Other 0.1%

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 98.1%White British 96.6%Asian 0.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.7%Other 0.1%

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 98.7%White British N/AAsian 0.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.1%

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

Chesterfield (2021)

UK 94.9%Other EU 2.2%Other countries 2.9%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Chesterfield (2011)

UK 96.1%Other EU 1.3%Other countries 2.6%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Chesterfield (2001)

UK 97.4%Other EU 0.7%Other countries 1.9%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Chesterfield (1991)

UK 97.7%Other EU 1.2%Other countries 1.1%

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

Chesterfield

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Chesterfield	National	Difference	Rank
% White	95.4%	83.0%	+12.3pp	220/650
% White British	92.9%	74.4%	+18.5pp	116/632
% Asian	2.0%	8.6%	-6.6pp	428/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.8%	3.7%	-2.9pp	380/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.5%	2.7%	-1.2pp	435/650
% Other ethnic group	0.4%	2.0%	-1.6pp	511/650
% UK-born	94.9%	84.0%	+11.0pp	94/650
% Non-UK-born	5.1%	16.0%	-11.0pp	557/650
% Other EU-born	2.2%	6.0%	-3.7pp	561/650
% Other countries-born	2.9%	10.1%	-7.2pp	505/650
% Christian	47.9%	46.7%	+1.2pp	301/575
% Muslim	1.0%	6.3%	-5.3pp	362/575
% Hindu	0.3%	1.6%	-1.3pp	369/575
% Sikh	0.2%	0.9%	-0.7pp	299/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	509/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.2pp	448/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.1pp	275/575
% No religion	44.2%	37.0%	+7.2pp	95/575
% Religion not stated	5.6%	6.0%	-0.4pp	368/575
% Has any religion	50.1%	57.0%	-6.9pp	470/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Chesterfield

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.