Constituency view

Erewash

East Midlands, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Adam Thompson

Labour

Male

Previous MP: Maggie Throup (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority5,859

Turnout60.1%

Electorate71,501

Valid votes43,006

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour17,224 - 40.1%

Conservative11,365 - 26.4%

Reform9,162 - 21.3%

Green2,478 - 5.8%

Lib Dem2,426 - 5.6%

Other351 - 0.8%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£227,692,895

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

£2,354 total benefits bill per resident · 4% above average

Erewash: £2,354
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 221 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£227,692,895	278/575
Change over 2 years	+19.6%
Median local wage (2025)	£34,907	+5.9%

Universal Credit£125,339,433
£1,296 per resident · 10,925 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 4,254 · 1 in 14 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£56,269,277
£582 per resident · 7,503 claimants (+15.6% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,918 · 39% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 4,066
Disability Living Allowance£14,470,829
£150 per resident · 2,445 claimants
Housing Benefit£14,306,712
£148 per resident · 1,929 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£9,189,157
£95 per resident · 1,441 claimants
Carer's Allowance£8,117,487
£84 per resident · 1,872 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 95.2%White British 92.0%Asian 1.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.9%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 96.8%White British 94.9%Asian 1.3%Black, African or Caribbean 0.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.2%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 98.0%White British 96.4%Asian 0.9%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.6%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 98.6%White British N/AAsian 0.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.2%

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

Erewash (2021)

UK 94.4%Other EU 3.0%Other countries 2.6%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Erewash (2011)

UK 96.2%Other EU 1.5%Other countries 2.3%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Erewash (2001)

UK 97.1%Other EU 0.7%Other countries 2.2%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Erewash (1991)

UK 97.4%Other EU 1.3%Other countries 1.3%

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.

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Erewash

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Erewash	National	Difference	Rank
% White	95.2%	83.0%	+12.1pp	230/650
% White British	92.0%	74.4%	+17.6pp	154/632
% Asian	1.7%	8.6%	-6.9pp	467/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.8%	3.7%	-2.9pp	375/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.9%	2.7%	-0.8pp	337/650
% Other ethnic group	0.4%	2.0%	-1.6pp	509/650
% UK-born	94.4%	84.0%	+10.5pp	130/650
% Non-UK-born	5.6%	16.0%	-10.5pp	521/650
% Other EU-born	3.0%	6.0%	-2.9pp	470/650
% Other countries-born	2.6%	10.1%	-7.5pp	539/650
% Christian	41.0%	46.7%	-5.7pp	478/575
% Muslim	0.5%	6.3%	-5.8pp	486/575
% Hindu	0.5%	1.6%	-1.1pp	305/575
% Sikh	0.3%	0.9%	-0.6pp	211/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	509/575
% Buddhist	0.2%	0.4%	-0.2pp	466/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.0pp	207/575
% No religion	51.5%	37.0%	+14.5pp	14/575
% Religion not stated	5.5%	6.0%	-0.5pp	420/575
% Has any religion	43.1%	57.0%	-13.9pp	558/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Erewash

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.