Halifax: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Halifax is Kate Dearden (Labour (Co-op)), returned on 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Kate Dearden (Labour) 14,135 votes and Hazel Sharp (Conservative) 7,866, a majority of 6,269. 40,214 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 77,516, 51.9% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Halifax has the 35th lowest employment rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (64.2%), and the 46th highest economic inactivity rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (29.9%).
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 64.2% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 6.4 points. 29.9% were economically inactive.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £170,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £118,250. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 50th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,277 sales were registered in the period, against 1,476 in the year to March 2025.
DWP figures count 8,643 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 37.4% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 32.9% in 2021/22 to 33.6% in 2024/25.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £37,232 for jobs in Halifax and £34,706 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £34,066. The residents' figure ranks 122nd lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 111,349; the estimate for 2014 was 106,601. Children under 16 numbered 23,080; people aged 65 and over, 19,335.
Halifax counted 45,628 households on Census day 2021; 21.5% of adults were retired and 25.8% of those in work were mostly working from home.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 3,790 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 5.5%. September 2025 had 3,650.
Workplaces in Halifax accounted for 45,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,390 local units for March 2026.
MP
Kate Dearden, Labour (Co-op)
- MP for Halifax since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Kate Dearden on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Kate Dearden's latest words in Parliament, from 20 October 2026 to 26 October 2026. Hansard search returns 273 spoken contributions by Kate Dearden since 4 July 2024.
I thank my right hon. Friend for the work that his Committee has done on this issue for his constituents and people across the country.
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Colleagues have raised numerous concerns about missed mail in the Chamber and outside, and I will always raise that issue with Royal Mail. Where I need to push for transparency, I will do so. I will come shortly to what I have pushed the chief executive on.
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Hopefully, the hon. Member has reflected on my remarks about my engagement with Ofcom, particularly on its recent consultation on stamps, the cost of living crisis, service and targets.
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Before I address the hon. Gentleman’s point, and reflecting on his remarks about visiting his local sorting offices and what he is hearing from posties themselves, I put on record that Royal Mail has informed me that it has invested more than £470 million since 2021 in …
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My hon. Friend is right to push me and my colleagues on this issue. I am unable today to pre-empt recommendations, as he knows. But I know how important this is and will keep him up to date with timelines and progress. He has my firm commitment today that we are moving at pace.
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General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Dearden | Labour | 14,135 | 35.1% | −10.5 |
| Hazel Sharp | Conservative | 7,866 | 19.6% | −22.1 |
| James Griffith-Jones | Reform UK | 7,811 | 19.4% | +13.5 |
| Martin Hey | Green Party | 4,133 | 10.3% | +8.3 |
| Shakir Saghir | Workers Party of Britain | 2,543 | 6.3% | |
| Samuel Jackson | Liberal Democrat | 2,359 | 5.9% | +1.0 |
| Perveen Hussain | Independent | 1,367 | 3.4% |
Result summary as published: Lab hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 35.2% | Conservative 19.6% | 6,269 | 51.9% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 45.7% | Conservative 41.7% | 1,902 | 64.1% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Halifax lies within Calderdale.
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Who has power over Halifax
Every body that makes decisions for Halifax, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Halifax this page: Kate Dearden (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Halifax?
Kate Dearden (Labour (Co-op)), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Halifax?
The House of Commons Library records 14,135 votes for Kate Dearden of Labour and a majority of 6,269; 51.9% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Halifax?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 3,790, 5.5% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Halifax?
£170,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Halifax?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £34,706 (April 2025).
How many children in Halifax live in low income families?
8,643 children under 16, 37.4%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Halifax?
111,349 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.