Constituency view

Rother Valley

Yorkshire and The Humber, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Jake Richards

Labour

Male

Previous MP: Alexander Stafford (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority998

Turnout59.9%

Electorate69,459

Valid votes41,608

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour16,023 - 38.5%

Conservative15,025 - 36.1%

Reform7,679 - 18.5%

Green1,706 - 4.1%

Lib Dem1,175 - 2.8%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£208,381,994

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

£2,215 total benefits bill per resident · 2% below average

Rother Valley: £2,215
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 261 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£208,381,994	318/575
Change over 2 years	+23.9%
Median local wage (2025)	£35,213	+13.3%

Universal Credit£104,677,983
£1,113 per resident · 9,047 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 3,936 · 1 in 14 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£56,939,054
£605 per resident · 7,641 claimants (+19.8% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,837 · 37% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,916
Disability Living Allowance£17,783,267
£189 per resident · 2,941 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£9,748,494
£104 per resident · 1,539 claimants
Carer's Allowance£9,648,643
£103 per resident · 2,226 claimants
Housing Benefit£9,584,553
£102 per resident · 1,502 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 95.2%White British 93.6%Asian 2.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.1%Other 0.4%

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 96.9%White British 95.8%Asian 1.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.8%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 98.5%White British 97.6%Asian 0.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.4%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 99.3%White British N/AAsian 0.5%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%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

Rother Valley (2021)

UK 96.1%Other EU 1.6%Other countries 2.3%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Rother Valley (2011)

UK 97.1%Other EU 0.9%Other countries 1.9%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Rother Valley (2001)

UK 98.1%Other EU 0.4%Other countries 1.5%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Rother Valley (1991)

UK 98.4%Other EU 0.8%Other countries 0.8%

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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Rother Valley

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Rother Valley	National	Difference	Rank
% White	95.2%	83.0%	+12.2pp	224/650
% White British	93.6%	74.4%	+19.2pp	86/632
% Asian	2.6%	8.6%	-6.1pp	379/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.6%	3.7%	-3.1pp	433/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.1%	2.7%	-1.5pp	515/650
% Other ethnic group	0.4%	2.0%	-1.6pp	507/650
% UK-born	96.1%	84.0%	+12.2pp	37/650
% Non-UK-born	3.9%	16.0%	-12.2pp	614/650
% Other EU-born	1.6%	6.0%	-4.4pp	623/650
% Other countries-born	2.3%	10.1%	-7.8pp	572/650
% Christian	52.2%	46.7%	+5.5pp	124/575
% Muslim	2.0%	6.3%	-4.3pp	280/575
% Hindu	0.1%	1.6%	-1.5pp	505/575
% Sikh	0.2%	0.9%	-0.7pp	271/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	509/575
% Buddhist	0.2%	0.4%	-0.3pp	538/575
% Other religion	0.3%	0.6%	-0.3pp	541/575
% No religion	39.9%	37.0%	+2.9pp	250/575
% Religion not stated	4.9%	6.0%	-1.1pp	535/575
% Has any religion	55.2%	57.0%	-1.8pp	292/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Rother Valley

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.