Constituency view

Gorton and Denton

North West, England

Green Party Gain · 2026 by-election

Current MP

Current representation

Hannah Spencer

Green Party

By-election

26 February 2026

Green Party Gain

Majority4,402

Turnout47.5%

Electorate77,501

Candidates11

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Hannah Spencer	Green Party	14,980	40.7%
Matt Goodwin	Reform UK	10,578	28.7%
Angeliki Stogia	Labour	9,364	25.4%
Charlotte Anne Cadden	Conservative	706	1.9%
Jackie Pearcey	Liberal Democrat	653	1.8%
Sir Oink A-Lot	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	159	0.4%
Nick Buckley	Advance UK	154	0.4%
Joseph O'Meachair	Rejoin EU	98	0.3%
Dan Clarke	Libertarian Party	47	0.1%
Sebastian Moore	Social Democratic Party	46	0.1%
Hugo Wils	Communist League Election Campaign	29	0.1%

36,814 valid votes. Shares are of valid votes. Source: UK Parliament, retrieved 12 October 2026.

2024 general election

Majority13,413

Turnout47.8%

Electorate76,524

Valid votes36,560

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour18,555 - 50.8%

Reform5,142 - 14.1%

Green4,810 - 13.2%

Other3,766 - 10.3%

Conservative2,888 - 7.9%

Lib Dem1,399 - 3.8%

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Benefits bill · 2025/26

£406,275,263

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

£3,411 total benefits bill per resident · 51% above average

Gorton and Denton: £3,411
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 39 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£406,275,263	44/575
Change over 2 years	+20.6%
Median local wage (2025)	£33,357	+20.1%

Universal Credit£258,948,332
£2,174 per resident · 20,569 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 7,101 · 1 in 11 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£77,230,603
£648 per resident · 10,524 claimants (+16.5% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 4,020 · 38% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 5,146
Housing Benefit£25,787,851
£217 per resident · 3,185 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£20,503,948
£172 per resident · 3,377 claimants
Carer's Allowance£13,427,780
£113 per resident · 3,102 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£10,376,749
£87 per resident · 1,597 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 56.6%White British 51.1%Asian 26.6%Black, African or Caribbean 9.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 4.2%Other 3.5%

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 68.0%White British 62.7%Asian 19.3%Black, African or Caribbean 7.0%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.9%Other 1.7%

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 84.8%White British 80.1%Asian 9.9%Black, African or Caribbean 2.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.3%Other 0.4%

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 89.8%White British N/AAsian 6.6%Black, African or Caribbean 2.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.9%

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

Gorton and Denton (2021)

UK 71.1%Other EU 6.8%Other countries 22.1%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Gorton and Denton (2011)

UK 78.0%Other EU 3.1%Other countries 18.9%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Gorton and Denton (2001)

UK 88.9%Other EU 0.8%Other countries 10.4%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Gorton and Denton (1991)

UK 90.7%Other EU 3.9%Other countries 5.4%

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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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Gorton and Denton	National	Difference	Rank
% White	56.6%	83.0%	-26.5pp	590/650
% White British	51.1%	74.4%	-23.3pp	546/632
% Asian	26.6%	8.6%	+18.0pp	39/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	9.1%	3.7%	+5.4pp	68/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	4.2%	2.7%	+1.5pp	105/650
% Other ethnic group	3.5%	2.0%	+1.5pp	98/650
% UK-born	71.1%	84.0%	-12.9pp	566/650
% Non-UK-born	28.9%	16.0%	+12.9pp	85/650
% Other EU-born	6.8%	6.0%	+0.9pp	176/650
% Other countries-born	22.1%	10.1%	+12.0pp	72/650
% Christian	40.0%	46.7%	-6.7pp	488/575
% Muslim	26.2%	6.3%	+19.9pp	25/575
% Hindu	0.5%	1.6%	-1.2pp	322/575
% Sikh	0.3%	0.9%	-0.5pp	208/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	361/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.1pp	319/575
% Other religion	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2pp	460/575
% No religion	27.5%	37.0%	-9.5pp	507/575
% Religion not stated	4.7%	6.0%	-1.2pp	553/575
% Has any religion	67.8%	57.0%	+10.8pp	61/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Gorton and Denton

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.