Constituency view

Hinckley and Bosworth

East Midlands, England

Con hold

Current MP

Current representation

Luke Evans

Conservative

Male

Majority5,408

Turnout62.5%

Electorate76,438

Valid votes47,799

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Conservative17,032 - 35.6%

Lib Dem11,624 - 24.3%

Reform8,817 - 18.4%

Labour8,601 - 18.0%

Green1,514 - 3.2%

Other211 - 0.4%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£167,218,971

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

£1,652 total benefits bill per resident · 27% below average

Hinckley and Bosworth: £1,652
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 418 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£167,218,971	421/575
Change over 2 years	+21.3%
Median local wage (2025)	£37,833	+16.2%

Universal Credit£89,601,048
£885 per resident · 7,896 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 2,923 · 1 in 21 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£43,461,860
£429 per resident · 5,719 claimants (+17.6% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,344 · 41% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,244
Disability Living Allowance£12,050,114
£119 per resident · 2,046 claimants
Housing Benefit£9,370,973
£93 per resident · 1,337 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£6,651,848
£66 per resident · 1,076 claimants
Carer's Allowance£6,083,128
£60 per resident · 1,403 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 95.0%White British 91.4%Asian 2.2%Black, African or Caribbean 0.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.7%Other 0.5%

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 97.0%White British 95.0%Asian 1.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.0%Other 0.2%

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 98.3%White British 96.9%Asian 1.0%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 99.0%White British N/AAsian 0.7%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

Hinckley and Bosworth (2021)

UK 93.9%Other EU 3.3%Other countries 2.8%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Hinckley and Bosworth (2011)

UK 96.0%Other EU 1.5%Other countries 2.6%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Hinckley and Bosworth (2001)

UK 97.2%Other EU 0.7%Other countries 2.1%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Hinckley and Bosworth (1991)

UK 97.7%Other EU 1.0%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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Hinckley and Bosworth

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Hinckley and Bosworth	National	Difference	Rank
% White	95.0%	83.0%	+11.9pp	239/650
% White British	91.4%	74.4%	+17.0pp	174/632
% Asian	2.2%	8.6%	-6.4pp	397/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.6%	3.7%	-3.1pp	446/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.7%	2.7%	-1.0pp	385/650
% Other ethnic group	0.5%	2.0%	-1.4pp	450/650
% UK-born	93.9%	84.0%	+9.9pp	152/650
% Non-UK-born	6.1%	16.0%	-9.9pp	499/650
% Other EU-born	3.3%	6.0%	-2.7pp	436/650
% Other countries-born	2.8%	10.1%	-7.3pp	509/650
% Christian	50.9%	46.7%	+4.2pp	171/575
% Muslim	0.6%	6.3%	-5.7pp	424/575
% Hindu	0.7%	1.6%	-0.9pp	252/575
% Sikh	0.5%	0.9%	-0.3pp	146/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	509/575
% Buddhist	0.2%	0.4%	-0.2pp	493/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.1pp	275/575
% No religion	41.1%	37.0%	+4.1pp	210/575
% Religion not stated	5.3%	6.0%	-0.7pp	449/575
% Has any religion	53.5%	57.0%	-3.5pp	348/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Hinckley and Bosworth

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.