Huddersfield: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Harpreet Uppal (Labour) is the MP for Huddersfield, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. On 4 July 2024 Harpreet Uppal (Labour) won 15,101 votes, 37.6% of the valid vote; Andrew Cooper (Green Party) came second with 10,568. 40,165 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 77,795, 51.6% of those registered. The majority was 4,533.
Key figures
What the figures show
Compared with other constituencies, Huddersfield has the 23rd lowest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£32,058 a year); it also has the 48th lowest employment rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (65.7%).
Full-time employees living in Huddersfield had median pay of £32,058 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £34,835. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £32,501. The residents' figure ranks 23rd lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
65.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±6.4 points). 27.8% were economically inactive.
In 2024/25, 37.7% of children under 16 in Huddersfield (9,047) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it fell from 35.0% in 2021/22 to 34.8% in 2024/25.
The median price paid for a home was £178,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £117,500. The highest March-year median in the series was £182,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 58th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,063 sales were registered in the period, against 1,367 in the year to March 2025.
The ONS estimates 118,939 people lived in Huddersfield in mid-2024, up 6.8% on 2014. 18,665 were aged 65 or over and 23,996 were under 16.
Huddersfield counted 46,267 households on Census day 2021; 19.5% of adults were retired and 24.4% of those in work were mostly working from home.
Workplaces in Huddersfield accounted for 55,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,840 local units for March 2026.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 4,570, or 6.0% of the working-age population. That is up from 4,530 twelve months before.
MP
Harpreet Uppal, Labour
- MP for Huddersfield since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Harpreet Uppal on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Harpreet Uppal in Hansard, from 8 July 2026 to 13 July 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 163 spoken contributions by Harpreet Uppal since 4 July 2024.
20. What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the high streets organised crime unit.
I do agree. The statistics that I referred to must remain in our minds as we focus on illegal settlements, which are rapidly eroding the prospects for peaceful co-existence and a viable independent Palestinian state.
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I agree. We must hold Israel to account for its actions, and we must end all trade with the illegal settlements. Those settlements do not build themselves; they require money and trade, and they are backed by the Israeli Government.
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I thank everyone who took part in the debate—I also join the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) in saying that I am not a camper either. I thank the Minister and her team for everything that they do, and all youth workers as well. Question put and agreed to.
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That sounds like an excellent programme and I absolutely commend it. Youth workers are central to delivering the national youth strategy, but the workforce are under acute pressure: more than 4,500 qualified youth workers have left the profession in the last decade, around 60% …
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harpreet Uppal | Labour | 15,101 | 37.6% | −13.8 |
| Andrew Cooper | Green Party | 10,568 | 26.3% | +22.5 |
| Tony McGrath | Conservative | 6,559 | 16.3% | −20.0 |
| Susan Laird | Reform UK | 6,196 | 15.4% | +12.0 |
| Jan Dobrucki | Liberal Democrat | 1,741 | 4.3% | −0.6 |
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 37.6% | Green Party 26.3% | 4,533 | 51.6% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 51.4% | Conservative 36.4% | 7,441 | 64.9% |
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
Huddersfield lies within Kirklees.
- Kirklees E08000034
Who has power over Huddersfield
Every body that makes decisions for Huddersfield, 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
- Huddersfield this page: Harpreet Uppal (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 Huddersfield?
Harpreet Uppal (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Huddersfield?
The House of Commons Library records 15,101 votes for Harpreet Uppal of Labour and a majority of 4,533; 51.6% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Huddersfield?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 4,570, 6.0% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Huddersfield?
£178,000: 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 Huddersfield?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £32,058 (April 2025).
How many children in Huddersfield live in low income families?
9,047 children under 16, 37.7%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Huddersfield?
118,939 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.