Constituency view

Manchester Rusholme

North West, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Afzal Khan

Labour

Male

Majority8,235

Turnout40.0%

Electorate72,608

Valid votes29,033

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour15,054 - 51.9%

Green6,819 - 23.5%

Other4,169 - 14.4%

Conservative1,678 - 5.8%

Reform1,313 - 4.5%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£344,057,656

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

£2,845 total benefits bill per resident · 26% above average

Manchester Rusholme: £2,845
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 123 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£344,057,656	90/575
Change over 2 years	+21.4%
Median local wage (2025)	£42,225	+14.5%

Universal Credit£225,103,709
£1,861 per resident · 18,882 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 6,612 · 1 in 14 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£62,033,653
£513 per resident · 8,398 claimants (+18.9% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,633 · 43% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 4,064
Housing Benefit£26,573,595
£220 per resident · 3,216 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£13,191,058
£109 per resident · 2,147 claimants
Carer's Allowance£10,202,647
£84 per resident · 2,359 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£6,952,993
£57 per resident · 1,056 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 40.8%White British 32.5%Asian 26.9%Black, African or Caribbean 17.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 6.1%Other 8.5%

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 48.1%White British 39.8%Asian 24.4%Black, African or Caribbean 16.0%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 6.0%Other 5.5%

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 61.4%White British 52.1%Asian 18.4%Black, African or Caribbean 13.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 5.3%Other 1.6%

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 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.

Country of birth

Manchester Rusholme (2021)

UK 60.1%Other EU 8.1%Other countries 31.8%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Manchester Rusholme (2011)

UK 62.6%Other EU 5.5%Other countries 31.9%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Manchester Rusholme (2001)

UK 71.9%Other EU 2.8%Other countries 25.3%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

1991 data not available for this topic.

Inset map

Manchester Rusholme

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Manchester Rusholme	National	Difference	Rank
% White	40.8%	83.0%	-42.3pp	628/650
% White British	32.5%	74.4%	-41.9pp	593/632
% Asian	26.9%	8.6%	+18.3pp	37/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	17.7%	3.7%	+14.0pp	23/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	6.1%	2.7%	+3.4pp	34/650
% Other ethnic group	8.5%	2.0%	+6.6pp	17/650
% UK-born	60.1%	84.0%	-23.9pp	605/650
% Non-UK-born	39.9%	16.0%	+23.9pp	46/650
% Other EU-born	8.1%	6.0%	+2.2pp	132/650
% Other countries-born	31.8%	10.1%	+21.7pp	27/650
% Christian	25.9%	46.7%	-20.8pp	566/575
% Muslim	35.0%	6.3%	+28.7pp	15/575
% Hindu	1.6%	1.6%	-0.0pp	138/575
% Sikh	0.5%	0.9%	-0.3pp	146/575
% Jewish	0.2%	0.5%	-0.3pp	162/575
% Buddhist	0.6%	0.4%	+0.2pp	91/575
% Other religion	0.6%	0.6%	+0.0pp	147/575
% No religion	28.4%	37.0%	-8.6pp	499/575
% Religion not stated	7.0%	6.0%	+1.0pp	56/575
% Has any religion	64.6%	57.0%	+7.6pp	86/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Manchester Rusholme

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.