Constituency view

Spen Valley

Yorkshire and The Humber, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Kim Leadbeater

Labour

Female

Majority6,188

Turnout56.5%

Electorate72,642

Valid votes41,058

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour16,076 - 39.2%

Reform9,888 - 24.1%

Conservative9,859 - 24.0%

Green2,284 - 5.6%

Other1,526 - 3.7%

Lib Dem1,425 - 3.5%

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Benefits bill · 2025/26

£199,149,755

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

£2,049 total benefits bill per resident · 9% below average

Spen Valley: £2,049
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 307 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£199,149,755	346/575
Change over 2 years	+20.1%
Median local wage (2025)	£31,067	+5.3%

Universal Credit£111,756,179
£1,150 per resident · 10,013 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 3,807 · 1 in 15 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£50,693,331
£522 per resident · 6,940 claimants (+18.2% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,440 · 35% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,471
Disability Living Allowance£11,892,849
£122 per resident · 1,986 claimants
Housing Benefit£9,052,079
£93 per resident · 1,657 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£8,264,218
£85 per resident · 1,298 claimants
Carer's Allowance£7,491,100
£77 per resident · 1,729 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 88.3%White British 86.2%Asian 8.3%Black, African or Caribbean 0.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.1%Other 0.5%

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 92.2%White British 90.7%Asian 5.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%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 94.8%White British 93.7%Asian 3.9%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.8%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 89.2%White British N/AAsian 10.0%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.4%

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

Spen Valley (2021)

UK 93.6%Other EU 2.1%Other countries 4.3%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Spen Valley (2011)

UK 95.2%Other EU 1.1%Other countries 3.7%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Spen Valley (2001)

UK 96.4%Other EU 0.5%Other countries 3.1%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Spen Valley (1991)

UK 94.1%Other EU 0.8%Other countries 5.0%

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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Spen Valley

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Spen Valley	National	Difference	Rank
% White	88.3%	83.0%	+5.3pp	380/650
% White British	86.2%	74.4%	+11.7pp	279/632
% Asian	8.3%	8.6%	-0.3pp	196/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.7%	3.7%	-3.0pp	397/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.1%	2.7%	-0.6pp	311/650
% Other ethnic group	0.5%	2.0%	-1.5pp	475/650
% UK-born	93.6%	84.0%	+9.7pp	171/650
% Non-UK-born	6.4%	16.0%	-9.7pp	480/650
% Other EU-born	2.1%	6.0%	-3.9pp	579/650
% Other countries-born	4.3%	10.1%	-5.8pp	392/650
% Christian	47.5%	46.7%	+0.8pp	315/575
% Muslim	7.0%	6.3%	+0.7pp	155/575
% Hindu	0.4%	1.6%	-1.2pp	340/575
% Sikh	0.3%	0.9%	-0.5pp	202/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	435/575
% Buddhist	0.2%	0.4%	-0.3pp	556/575
% Other religion	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2pp	499/575
% No religion	38.9%	37.0%	+1.9pp	289/575
% Religion not stated	5.2%	6.0%	-0.8pp	486/575
% Has any religion	55.9%	57.0%	-1.1pp	266/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Spen 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.