Constituency view

Widnes and Halewood

North West, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Derek Twigg

Labour

Male

Majority16,425

Turnout54.3%

Electorate70,161

Valid votes38,116

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour23,484 - 61.6%

Reform7,059 - 18.5%

Conservative3,507 - 9.2%

Green2,058 - 5.4%

Lib Dem1,593 - 4.2%

Other415 - 1.1%

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Benefits bill · 2025/26

£268,211,359

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

£2,841 total benefits bill per resident · 26% above average

Widnes and Halewood: £2,841
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 124 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£268,211,359	199/575
Change over 2 years	+18.3%
Median local wage (2025)	£41,198	+22.8%

Universal Credit£139,702,549
£1,480 per resident · 12,179 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 5,223 · 1 in 11 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£74,845,346
£793 per resident · 10,132 claimants (+16.9% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,580 · 35% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 5,025
Disability Living Allowance£16,895,586
£179 per resident · 2,712 claimants
Housing Benefit£16,253,958
£172 per resident · 2,258 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£11,760,827
£125 per resident · 1,847 claimants
Carer's Allowance£8,753,094
£93 per resident · 2,020 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 96.1%White British 93.4%Asian 1.3%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.6%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 97.3%White British 95.9%Asian 1.0%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.2%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 97.3%Asian 0.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.7%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 99.1%White British N/AAsian 0.4%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.2%

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

Widnes and Halewood (2021)

UK 95.6%Other EU 2.3%Other countries 2.1%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Widnes and Halewood (2011)

UK 97.3%Other EU 0.8%Other countries 1.8%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Widnes and Halewood (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%

Widnes and Halewood (1991)

UK 98.2%Other EU 1.1%Other countries 0.7%

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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Widnes and Halewood

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Widnes and Halewood	National	Difference	Rank
% White	96.1%	83.0%	+13.1pp	165/650
% White British	93.4%	74.4%	+19.0pp	97/632
% Asian	1.3%	8.6%	-7.3pp	517/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.4%	3.7%	-3.3pp	495/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.6%	2.7%	-1.1pp	400/650
% Other ethnic group	0.5%	2.0%	-1.5pp	456/650
% UK-born	95.6%	84.0%	+11.6pp	58/650
% Non-UK-born	4.4%	16.0%	-11.6pp	593/650
% Other EU-born	2.3%	6.0%	-3.6pp	552/650
% Other countries-born	2.1%	10.1%	-8.0pp	602/650
% Christian	64.8%	46.7%	+18.1pp	6/575
% Muslim	0.6%	6.3%	-5.7pp	442/575
% Hindu	0.3%	1.6%	-1.3pp	382/575
% Sikh	0.1%	0.9%	-0.8pp	397/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	475/575
% Buddhist	0.2%	0.4%	-0.2pp	512/575
% Other religion	0.3%	0.6%	-0.3pp	567/575
% No religion	28.9%	37.0%	-8.1pp	494/575
% Religion not stated	4.8%	6.0%	-1.2pp	551/575
% Has any religion	66.3%	57.0%	+9.4pp	74/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Widnes and Halewood

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.