Mansfield: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Mansfield is Steve Yemm (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Steve Yemm (Labour) 16,048 votes and Ben Bradley (Conservative) 12,563, a majority of 3,485. 41,087 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 74,535, 55.1% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Mansfield has the 19th lowest share working mainly from home (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (17.0%), and the 31st lowest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£32,625 a year).
Median annual pay for full-time work was £33,858 for jobs in Mansfield and £32,625 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £33,164. The residents' figure ranks 31st lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Mansfield counted 45,937 households on Census day 2021; 23.9% of adults were retired and 17.0% of those in work were mostly working from home.
The median price paid for a home was £190,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £122,500. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 78th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,217 sales were registered in the period, against 1,519 in the year to March 2025.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 70.8% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 7.9 points. 25.8% were economically inactive.
Workplaces in Mansfield accounted for 41,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,615 local units for March 2026.
DWP figures count 5,753 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 29.0% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 22.0% in 2021/22 to 24.6% in 2024/25.
The ONS estimates 106,964 people lived in Mansfield in mid-2024, up 4.1% on 2014. Children under 16 numbered 19,843; people aged 65 and over, 21,607.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 2,650, or 4.0% of the working-age population. September 2025 had 2,580.
MP
Steve Yemm, Labour
- MP for Mansfield since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Steve Yemm on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Steve Yemm's latest words in Parliament, from 10 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. Hansard search returns 191 spoken contributions by Steve Yemm since 4 July 2024.
I thank my hon. Friend for his comments and for his magnificent leadership on this issue over many years. I shall return to my questions for the Minister. First, I am curious to know whether the Government will commit to resolving the surplus sharing for both schemes.
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Of course, I agree with my hon. Friend; it is very timely indeed.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight West (Richard Quigley) for securing this important debate at a time when our economy is undergoing transformation.
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Following on from the Labour Government’s £4 billion transfer of reserves to the mineworkers’ pension scheme and the British Coal staff superannuation scheme, both sets of trustees have set out proposals for how future surpluses could benefit the thousands of scheme members …
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Many hon. Members, from all parties, remain incredibly frustrated by Capita’s performance and the ongoing failures relating to its administration of the civil service pension scheme.
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General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Yemm | Labour | 16,048 | 39.1% | +8.7 |
| Ben Bradley | Conservative | 12,563 | 30.6% | −33.8 |
| Matthew Warnes | Reform UK | 9,385 | 22.8% | |
| Phil Shields | Green Party | 1,326 | 3.2% | |
| Michael Wyatt | Liberal Democrat | 799 | 1.9% | −1.3 |
| Peter Dean | Socialist Labour Party | 423 | 1.0% | |
| Wesley Milligan | Independent | 335 | 0.8% | |
| Karen Seymour | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 123 | 0.3% | |
| Zen Bilas | Independent | 85 | 0.2% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. 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 39.1% | Conservative 30.6% | 3,485 | 55.1% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 64.3% | Labour 30.3% | 16,247 | 63.9% |
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
Mansfield lies within Mansfield.
- Mansfield E07000174
Who has power over Mansfield
Every body that makes decisions for Mansfield, 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 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Nottinghamshire County Council county council
- East Midlands Combined Authority combined authority
- Nottinghamshire Police police force
- NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board NHS
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- East Midlands in official figures
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
- Mansfield this page: Steve Yemm (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 Mansfield?
Steve Yemm (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Mansfield?
The House of Commons Library records 16,048 votes for Steve Yemm of Labour and a majority of 3,485; 55.1% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Mansfield?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,650, 4.0% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Mansfield?
£190,000: 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 Mansfield?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £32,625 (April 2025).
How many children in Mansfield live in low income families?
5,753 children under 16, 29.0%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Mansfield?
106,964 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.