Constituency view

Pendle and Clitheroe

North West, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Jonathan Hinder

Labour

Male

Previous MP: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority902

Turnout59.3%

Electorate78,796

Valid votes46,754

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour16,129 - 34.5%

Conservative15,227 - 32.6%

Reform8,171 - 17.5%

Other3,767 - 8.1%

Lib Dem2,039 - 4.4%

Green1,421 - 3.0%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£260,923,755

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

£2,281 total benefits bill per resident · 1% above average

Pendle and Clitheroe: £2,281
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 239 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£260,923,755	214/575
Change over 2 years	+21.7%
Median local wage (2025)	£33,627	+13.2%

Universal Credit£151,741,947
£1,327 per resident · 13,343 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 4,679 · 1 in 15 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£58,644,908
£513 per resident · 8,052 claimants (+22.4% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,884 · 36% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,875
Disability Living Allowance£17,720,406
£155 per resident · 2,992 claimants
Housing Benefit£12,565,290
£110 per resident · 1,902 claimants
Carer's Allowance£10,380,726
£91 per resident · 2,394 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£9,870,478
£86 per resident · 1,552 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 80.5%White British 76.3%Asian 17.0%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.4%Other 0.8%

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 86.1%White British 83.5%Asian 12.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.9%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 89.5%White British 88.1%Asian 9.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.1%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 89.7%White British N/AAsian 9.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.3%

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

Pendle and Clitheroe (2021)

UK 86.6%Other EU 5.2%Other countries 8.2%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Pendle and Clitheroe (2011)

UK 91.5%Other EU 2.2%Other countries 6.3%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Pendle and Clitheroe (2001)

UK 93.8%Other EU 0.7%Other countries 5.6%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Pendle and Clitheroe (1991)

UK 93.5%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 5.1%

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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Pendle and Clitheroe

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Pendle and Clitheroe	National	Difference	Rank
% White	80.5%	83.0%	-2.5pp	473/650
% White British	76.3%	74.4%	+1.9pp	412/632
% Asian	17.0%	8.6%	+8.4pp	78/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.2%	3.7%	-3.5pp	598/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.4%	2.7%	-1.2pp	443/650
% Other ethnic group	0.8%	2.0%	-1.2pp	350/650
% UK-born	86.6%	84.0%	+2.6pp	390/650
% Non-UK-born	13.4%	16.0%	-2.6pp	261/650
% Other EU-born	5.2%	6.0%	-0.8pp	271/650
% Other countries-born	8.2%	10.1%	-1.9pp	247/650
% Christian	46.5%	46.7%	-0.2pp	352/575
% Muslim	16.2%	6.3%	+9.9pp	58/575
% Hindu	0.1%	1.6%	-1.5pp	545/575
% Sikh	0.0%	0.9%	-0.8pp	503/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	475/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.2pp	448/575
% Other religion	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2pp	499/575
% No religion	31.2%	37.0%	-5.8pp	468/575
% Religion not stated	5.4%	6.0%	-0.6pp	437/575
% Has any religion	63.4%	57.0%	+6.4pp	98/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Pendle and Clitheroe

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.