Constituency view

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

North East, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Andy McDonald

Labour

Male

Majority9,192

Turnout45.8%

Electorate75,123

Valid votes34,407

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour16,238 - 47.2%

Reform7,046 - 20.5%

Conservative6,174 - 17.9%

Other2,390 - 6.9%

Green1,522 - 4.4%

Lib Dem1,037 - 3.0%

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Benefits bill · 2025/26

£425,632,503

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

£3,511 total benefits bill per resident · 55% above average

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East: £3,511
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 31 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£425,632,503	31/575
Change over 2 years	+17.4%
Median local wage (2025)	£33,234	+6.6%

Universal Credit£256,477,097
£2,116 per resident · 21,862 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 8,304 · 1 in 9 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£95,052,609
£784 per resident · 12,918 claimants (+14.9% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 5,275 · 41% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 6,327
Housing Benefit£27,418,595
£226 per resident · 3,463 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£18,928,697
£156 per resident · 3,182 claimants
Carer's Allowance£16,010,212
£132 per resident · 3,695 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£11,745,292
£97 per resident · 1,822 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 78.1%White British 74.6%Asian 13.3%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.3%Other 3.0%

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 85.3%White British 82.8%Asian 10.0%Black, African or Caribbean 1.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.9%Other 1.3%

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 92.1%White British 90.6%Asian 6.2%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.0%Other 0.2%

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 94.2%White British N/AAsian 4.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

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

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (2021)

UK 84.8%Other EU 3.8%Other countries 11.4%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (2011)

UK 90.0%Other EU 2.0%Other countries 8.0%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (2001)

UK 95.0%Other EU 0.7%Other countries 4.3%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (1991)

UK 95.8%Other EU 1.2%Other countries 3.0%

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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Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	National	Difference	Rank
% White	78.1%	83.0%	-5.0pp	496/650
% White British	74.6%	74.4%	+0.2pp	429/632
% Asian	13.3%	8.6%	+4.7pp	115/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	3.3%	3.7%	-0.4pp	180/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.3%	2.7%	-0.4pp	292/650
% Other ethnic group	3.0%	2.0%	+1.1pp	117/650
% UK-born	84.8%	84.0%	+0.8pp	422/650
% Non-UK-born	15.2%	16.0%	-0.8pp	229/650
% Other EU-born	3.8%	6.0%	-2.2pp	388/650
% Other countries-born	11.4%	10.1%	+1.4pp	177/650
% Christian	43.2%	46.7%	-3.5pp	425/575
% Muslim	13.1%	6.3%	+6.8pp	78/575
% Hindu	1.2%	1.6%	-0.4pp	180/575
% Sikh	0.5%	0.9%	-0.4pp	152/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	509/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.1pp	271/575
% Other religion	0.3%	0.6%	-0.3pp	541/575
% No religion	35.9%	37.0%	-1.1pp	382/575
% Religion not stated	5.3%	6.0%	-0.7pp	449/575
% Has any religion	58.8%	57.0%	+1.8pp	182/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

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.