Constituency view

Mansfield

East Midlands, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Steve Yemm

Labour

Male

Previous MP: Ben Bradley (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority3,485

Turnout55.1%

Electorate74,535

Valid votes41,087

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour16,048 - 39.1%

Conservative12,563 - 30.6%

Reform9,385 - 22.8%

Green1,326 - 3.2%

Other966 - 2.4%

Lib Dem799 - 1.9%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£287,800,038

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

£2,691 total benefits bill per resident · 19% above average

Mansfield: £2,691
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 156 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£287,800,038	164/575
Change over 2 years	+15.4%
Median local wage (2025)	£33,858	+11.9%

Universal Credit£150,422,732
£1,406 per resident · 13,642 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 5,465 · 1 in 12 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£77,073,438
£721 per resident · 10,018 claimants (+10.7% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,500 · 35% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 5,913
Disability Living Allowance£19,007,341
£178 per resident · 3,107 claimants
Housing Benefit£18,066,569
£169 per resident · 2,324 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£12,784,085
£120 per resident · 2,017 claimants
Carer's Allowance£10,445,872
£98 per resident · 2,411 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 94.9%White British 87.4%Asian 2.0%Black, African or Caribbean 1.0%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.4%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 97.2%White British 93.2%Asian 1.2%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.1%Other 0.1%

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 0.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.6%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 98.7%White British N/AAsian 0.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.1%

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

Mansfield (2021)

UK 89.3%Other EU 7.8%Other countries 3.0%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Mansfield (2011)

UK 94.4%Other EU 3.5%Other countries 2.1%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Mansfield (2001)

UK 97.3%Other EU 0.6%Other countries 2.1%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Mansfield (1991)

UK 97.2%Other EU 1.6%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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Mansfield

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Mansfield	National	Difference	Rank
% White	94.9%	83.0%	+11.8pp	247/650
% White British	87.4%	74.4%	+13.0pp	254/632
% Asian	2.0%	8.6%	-6.6pp	426/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	1.0%	3.7%	-2.7pp	346/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.4%	2.7%	-1.3pp	449/650
% Other ethnic group	0.7%	2.0%	-1.3pp	378/650
% UK-born	89.3%	84.0%	+5.3pp	329/650
% Non-UK-born	10.7%	16.0%	-5.3pp	322/650
% Other EU-born	7.8%	6.0%	+1.8pp	143/650
% Other countries-born	3.0%	10.1%	-7.1pp	486/650
% Christian	46.9%	46.7%	+0.2pp	335/575
% Muslim	1.1%	6.3%	-5.2pp	348/575
% Hindu	0.3%	1.6%	-1.3pp	376/575
% Sikh	0.2%	0.9%	-0.6pp	263/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	509/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.2pp	404/575
% Other religion	0.4%	0.6%	-0.1pp	361/575
% No religion	45.3%	37.0%	+8.3pp	65/575
% Religion not stated	5.4%	6.0%	-0.5pp	422/575
% Has any religion	49.2%	57.0%	-7.8pp	493/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Mansfield

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.