Current representation
Claire Hazelgrove
Labour
Female
Previous MP: Jack Lopresti (Conservative) - defeated 2024
South West, England
Labour
Female
Previous MP: Jack Lopresti (Conservative) - defeated 2024
Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.
£1,487 total benefits bill per resident · 34% below average
Ranked 475 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)
| Total benefits bill | £174,271,862 | 402/575 |
| Change over 2 years | +25.5% | |
| Median local wage (2025) | £45,992 | +6.0% |
£879 per resident · 7,698 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 2,660 · 1 in 30 working-age adults
£329 per resident · 5,178 claimants (+20.7% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,148 · 42% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 2,618
£107 per resident · 2,131 claimants
£77 per resident · 1,066 claimants
£54 per resident · 1,020 claimants
£41 per resident · 1,110 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 ↗
Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.
1991 data not available for this constituency.
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 data not available for this topic.
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.