Constituency view

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Yorkshire and The Humber, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Melanie Onn

Labour

Female

Previous MP: Lia Nici (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority4,803

Turnout48.1%

Electorate76,157

Valid votes36,619

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour15,336 - 41.9%

Reform10,533 - 28.8%

Conservative8,269 - 22.6%

Green1,115 - 3.0%

Lib Dem1,036 - 2.8%

Other330 - 0.9%

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Benefits bill · 2025/26

£356,529,344

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

£3,292 total benefits bill per resident · 46% above average

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes: £3,292
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 52 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£356,529,344	78/575
Change over 2 years	+16.8%
Median local wage (2025)	£33,191

Universal Credit£208,648,629
£1,926 per resident · 18,409 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 7,644 · 1 in 9 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£80,443,686
£743 per resident · 10,953 claimants (+15.1% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 4,106 · 38% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 5,425
Housing Benefit£26,114,698
£241 per resident · 3,148 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£16,797,289
£155 per resident · 2,787 claimants
Carer's Allowance£12,831,116
£118 per resident · 2,961 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£11,693,925
£108 per resident · 1,780 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 96.1%White British 91.8%Asian 1.5%Black, African or Caribbean 0.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.1%Other 0.7%

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 97.3%White British 95.0%Asian 1.3%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.8%Other 0.3%

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 98.6%White British 97.5%Asian 0.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.5%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 99.1%White British N/AAsian 0.5%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%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

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (2021)

UK 92.6%Other EU 4.7%Other countries 2.6%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (2011)

UK 95.3%Other EU 2.2%Other countries 2.5%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (2001)

UK 97.5%Other EU 0.7%Other countries 1.8%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (1991)

UK 97.8%Other EU 1.1%Other countries 1.2%

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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Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	National	Difference	Rank
% White	96.1%	83.0%	+13.0pp	168/650
% White British	91.8%	74.4%	+17.4pp	159/632
% Asian	1.5%	8.6%	-7.1pp	497/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.6%	3.7%	-3.1pp	458/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.1%	2.7%	-1.6pp	530/650
% Other ethnic group	0.7%	2.0%	-1.2pp	364/650
% UK-born	92.6%	84.0%	+8.7pp	226/650
% Non-UK-born	7.4%	16.0%	-8.7pp	425/650
% Other EU-born	4.7%	6.0%	-1.2pp	314/650
% Other countries-born	2.6%	10.1%	-7.5pp	530/650
% Christian	42.1%	46.7%	-4.6pp	452/575
% Muslim	1.3%	6.3%	-5.0pp	333/575
% Hindu	0.2%	1.6%	-1.4pp	457/575
% Sikh	0.1%	0.9%	-0.8pp	381/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	475/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.2pp	375/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.1pp	322/575
% No religion	49.5%	37.0%	+12.5pp	20/575
% Religion not stated	6.0%	6.0%	+0.0pp	244/575
% Has any religion	44.5%	57.0%	-12.5pp	552/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

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.