Heywood and Middleton North: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Heywood and Middleton North is Mrs Elsie Blundell (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. Elsie Blundell took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 15,069 votes (40.6%), ahead of Steve Potter (Reform UK) on 8,987. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 50.6% (37,130 of 73,328); the winning margin was 6,082 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
Jobs based in Heywood and Middleton North paid more than its residents earned in April 2025: median full-time pay was £34,177 for workplace jobs and £33,972 for residents. A year before, the residents' median was £34,535. The residents' figure ranks 87th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 68.8% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 5.5 points. The economically inactive share was 26.7%.
7,723 children in Heywood and Middleton North were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 33.6% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 27.3% in 2024/25, from 26.5% in 2021/22.
Homes in Heywood and Middleton North sold for a median £215,000 in the year to March 2026, from HM Land Registry records compiled by the ONS. That is up 76% on £122,500 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £218,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 127th lowest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,173 recorded sales.
Heywood and Middleton North counted 41,705 households on Census day 2021; 21.3% of adults were retired and 21.1% of those in work were mostly working from home.
3,915 business sites were registered in Heywood and Middleton North in March 2026 (3,845 a year before), and employed 39,000 people in 2024.
Heywood and Middleton North had an estimated population of 106,043 in mid-2024, against 95,864 in 2014 (ONS). Children under 16 numbered 22,978; people aged 65 and over, 18,545.
3,540 people were claiming unemployment-related benefits in September 2026, 5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64. A year earlier the count was 3,310.
MP
Mrs Elsie Blundell, Labour
- MP for Heywood and Middleton North since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Mrs Elsie Blundell on this site
In Parliament
What Mrs Elsie Blundell said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 15 October 2026 to 22 October 2026). Hansard search returns 96 spoken contributions by Mrs Elsie Blundell since 4 July 2024.
I am so proud to represent some wonderful churches across my constituency, from All Saints and Martyrs in Langley to St Luke’s in central Heywood, but many are in need of repair and renewal.
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1. What steps the Church is taking with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to ensure the effectiveness of the places of worship renewal fund in deprived parishes.
My constituents are very concerned about Northern Care Alliance hospitals. Across the trust, there were 10 serious incidents between 2025 and 2026 that were found to be wholly preventable, lengthy delays causing severe harm to patients and industrial action, culminating in a …
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1. What recent discussions she has had with the interim leadership of the Northern Care Alliance NHS foundation trust.
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend; that is a crucial point to make. Many carers are turning down opportunities for advancement and promotion, and that is having a bad effect on the economy as well as themselves.
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsie Blundell | Labour | 15,069 | 40.6% | −2.5 |
| Steve Potter | Reform UK | 8,987 | 24.2% | +15.8 |
| Laura-Beth Thompson | Conservative | 6,423 | 17.3% | −24.2 |
| Chris Furlong | Independent | 4,349 | 11.7% | |
| Tom Shaw | Liberal Democrat | 2,302 | 6.2% | +2.0 |
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 40.6% | Reform UK 24.2% | 6,082 | 50.6% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 43.1% | Conservative 41.5% | 680 | 57.9% |
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
Heywood and Middleton North lies within Rochdale.
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Who has power over Heywood and Middleton North
Every body that makes decisions for Heywood and Middleton North, 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
- Heywood and Middleton North this page: Mrs Elsie Blundell (Labour) 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 Heywood and Middleton North?
UK Parliament lists Mrs Elsie Blundell, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton North since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Heywood and Middleton North?
Elsie Blundell (Labour) won with 15,069 votes, a majority of 6,082, on a turnout of 50.6% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Heywood and Middleton North?
5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 3,540 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Heywood and Middleton North?
The median price paid was £215,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Heywood and Middleton North?
Median full-time pay of residents was £33,972 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Heywood and Middleton North live in low income families?
DWP counts 7,723 (33.6% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Heywood and Middleton North?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 106,043 residents.
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.