Constituency view

Wellingborough and Rushden

East Midlands, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Gen Kitchen

Labour

Female

Majority5,486

Turnout56.7%

Electorate77,542

Valid votes43,985

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour17,734 - 40.3%

Conservative12,248 - 27.8%

Reform9,456 - 21.5%

Green2,704 - 6.1%

Lib Dem1,570 - 3.6%

Other273 - 0.6%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£243,843,527

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

£2,087 total benefits bill per resident · 8% below average

Wellingborough and Rushden: £2,087
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 301 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£243,843,527	241/575
Change over 2 years	+19.0%
Median local wage (2025)	£34,119	+11.1%

Universal Credit£139,732,833
£1,196 per resident · 12,410 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 3,886 · 1 in 19 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£56,203,255
£481 per resident · 7,464 claimants (+16.2% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,851 · 38% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 4,106
Housing Benefit£15,849,941
£136 per resident · 2,050 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£15,163,476
£130 per resident · 2,592 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£8,985,972
£77 per resident · 1,410 claimants
Carer's Allowance£7,908,052
£68 per resident · 1,830 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 86.6%White British 76.1%Asian 5.1%Black, African or Caribbean 4.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.1%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 89.3%White British 84.0%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 3.0%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.5%Other 0.3%

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 92.4%White British 89.8%Asian 3.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.0%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.6%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 94.6%White British N/AAsian 3.1%Black, African or Caribbean 1.9%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

Wellingborough and Rushden (2021)

UK 82.7%Other EU 10.0%Other countries 7.3%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Wellingborough and Rushden (2011)

UK 89.1%Other EU 4.1%Other countries 6.8%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Wellingborough and Rushden (2001)

UK 93.1%Other EU 1.0%Other countries 5.9%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Wellingborough and Rushden (1991)

UK 93.9%Other EU 2.1%Other countries 4.0%

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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Wellingborough and Rushden

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Wellingborough and Rushden	National	Difference	Rank
% White	86.6%	83.0%	+3.6pp	401/650
% White British	76.1%	74.4%	+1.6pp	413/632
% Asian	5.1%	8.6%	-3.5pp	275/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	4.4%	3.7%	+0.7pp	151/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.1%	2.7%	+0.4pp	200/650
% Other ethnic group	0.8%	2.0%	-1.2pp	358/650
% UK-born	82.7%	84.0%	-1.3pp	460/650
% Non-UK-born	17.3%	16.0%	+1.3pp	191/650
% Other EU-born	10.0%	6.0%	+4.0pp	88/650
% Other countries-born	7.3%	10.1%	-2.8pp	276/650
% Christian	46.0%	46.7%	-0.8pp	368/575
% Muslim	1.7%	6.3%	-4.6pp	295/575
% Hindu	2.6%	1.6%	+1.0pp	86/575
% Sikh	0.3%	0.9%	-0.6pp	222/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	322/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.1pp	301/575
% Other religion	0.7%	0.6%	+0.1pp	113/575
% No religion	42.7%	37.0%	+5.7pp	147/575
% Religion not stated	5.7%	6.0%	-0.3pp	357/575
% Has any religion	51.6%	57.0%	-5.4pp	411/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Wellingborough and Rushden

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.