North Durham: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for North Durham is Luke Akehurst (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. Luke Akehurst took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 16,562 votes (39.8%), ahead of Andrew Husband (Reform UK) on 10,689. 41,565 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 73,226, 56.8% of those registered. The majority was 5,873.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set North Durham apart: the 14th lowest median house price of the 575 constituencies with this figure (£148,000), and the 19th lowest median full-time pay for jobs based here of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£30,815 a year).
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £148,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £112,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £150,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 14th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,255 sales were registered in the period, against 1,549 in the year to March 2025.
Workplaces in North Durham accounted for 25,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 2,770 local units for March 2026.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £30,815 for jobs in North Durham and £33,845 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £32,348. The residents' figure ranks 80th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 97,555; the estimate for 2014 was 94,378. Children under 16 numbered 16,159; people aged 65 and over, 22,244.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 78.8% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 6.3 points. 18.5% were economically inactive.
4,543 children in North Durham were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 28.1% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 23.4% in 2021/22 to 25.0% in 2024/25.
North Durham counted 43,950 households on Census day 2021; 26.9% of adults were retired and 24.1% of those in work were mostly working from home.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 1,880 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 3.2%. September 2025 had 1,740.
MP
Luke Akehurst, Labour
- MP for North Durham since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Luke Akehurst on this site
In Parliament
What Luke Akehurst said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 13 October 2026 to 21 October 2026). Hansard search returns 203 spoken contributions by Luke Akehurst since 4 July 2024.
Veterans in my constituency were let down by the previous Government’s legacy Act, which offered nothing but false promises.
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12. What steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Defence to support veterans who served in Operation Banner.
Last year, the UK agreed a security and defence partnership with the EU as part of the Government’s commitment to strengthening European security, supporting economic growth and reinforcing NATO.
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I am grateful to the Minister for her remarks and for getting to the crux of the matter, which is that the funding formula was ripped up under previous Governments. I am grateful to the shadow Ministers, the hon. Member for Stockton West (Matt Vickers) and the hon.
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Obviously, I do not share the hon. Gentleman’s knowledge and expertise of the unique policing challenges in Northern Ireland, but I appreciate his support for north-east England in this debate and his points about community policing.
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Akehurst | Labour | 16,562 | 39.8% | −3.8 |
| Andrew Husband | Reform UK | 10,689 | 25.7% | +15.0 |
| George Carter | Conservative | 6,492 | 15.6% | −18.8 |
| Craig Martin | Liberal Democrat | 4,208 | 10.1% | +3.8 |
| Sunny Moon-Schott | Green Party | 2,366 | 5.7% | +3.1 |
| Chris Bradburn | Workers Party of Britain | 928 | 2.2% | |
| Tom Chittenden | Social Democratic Party | 320 | 0.8% |
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 39.9% | Reform UK 25.7% | 5,873 | 56.8% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 43.7% | Conservative 34.4% | 4,424 | 65.4% |
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
North Durham lies within County Durham.
- County Durham E06000047
Who has power over North Durham
Every body that makes decisions for North Durham, 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 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
- North Durham this page: Luke Akehurst (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 North Durham?
Luke Akehurst (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in North Durham?
The House of Commons Library records 16,562 votes for Luke Akehurst of Labour and a majority of 5,873; 56.8% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in North Durham?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,880, 3.2% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in North Durham?
£148,000: 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 North Durham?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £33,845 (April 2025).
How many children in North Durham live in low income families?
4,543 children under 16, 28.1%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of North Durham?
97,555 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.