Oldham East and Saddleworth: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth is Debbie Abrahams (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. Debbie Abrahams took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 14,091 votes (35.2%), ahead of Jacob Barden (Reform UK) on 7,734. 40,065 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 73,460, 54.5% of those registered. The majority was 6,357.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set Oldham East and Saddleworth apart: the 17th highest economic inactivity rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (32.8%), and the 20th lowest employment rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (62.1%).
62.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±6.9 points). 32.8% were economically inactive.
9,928 children in Oldham East and Saddleworth were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 39.4% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it fell from 36.8% in 2021/22 to 36.1% in 2024/25.
Full-time employees living in Oldham East and Saddleworth had median pay of £34,807 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £32,466. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £34,464. The residents' figure ranks 132nd lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The median price paid for a home was £217,500 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £131,000. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 128th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,025 sales were registered in the period, against 1,190 in the year to March 2025.
The ONS estimates 112,010 people lived in Oldham East and Saddleworth in mid-2024, up 8.0% on 2014. Children under 16 numbered 25,217; people aged 65 and over, 18,899.
Oldham East and Saddleworth counted 42,233 households on Census day 2021; 20.7% of adults were retired and 21.7% of those in work were mostly working from home.
Workplaces in Oldham East and Saddleworth accounted for 34,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,175 local units for March 2026.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 4,230, or 6.2% of the working-age population. That is up from 4,175 twelve months before.
MP
Debbie Abrahams, Labour
- MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 13 January 2011
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Debbie Abrahams on this site
In Parliament
What Debbie Abrahams said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 2 July 2026 to 8 September 2026). Hansard search returns 196 spoken contributions by Debbie Abrahams since 4 July 2024.
I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and congratulate him on not just the content, but the tone of his delivery.
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I welcome my right hon. Friend to his place and thank him for his statement. I particularly agree with what he was saying about social security and tackling the drivers of the high rates of young people not in education, employment or training.
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The Mayfield review came up with some good recommendations, which we thoroughly support, and I can direct my hon. Friend to other reports that made similar recommendations. It is important that we look at older people and not just people with health issues and disabilities.
I express my gratitude to the Backbench Business Committee for granting me the opportunity to present this Work and Pensions Select Committee report on our inquiry into the transition to state pension age, which is a really important area for us to examine.
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I thank the Prime Minister for his really heartfelt statement—I think everybody here could feel that. Does he agree that we must recognise that a lack of empathy and dehumanising approach was adopted in this practice?
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General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Abrahams | Labour | 14,091 | 35.2% | −8.3 |
| Jacob Barden | Reform UK | 7,734 | 19.3% | +12.8 |
| Tom Fish | Conservative | 6,838 | 17.1% | −23.2 |
| Shanaz Saddique | Workers Party of Britain | 4,647 | 11.6% | |
| Sam Al-Hamdani | Liberal Democrat | 3,386 | 8.5% | +3.2 |
| Fesl Reza Khan | Green Party | 1,490 | 3.7% | +2.0 |
| Paul Errock | Independent | 1,362 | 3.4% | |
| Nick Buckley | Independent | 517 | 1.3% |
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% | Reform UK 19.3% | 6,357 | 54.5% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 43.5% | Conservative 40.3% | 1,499 | 63.2% |
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
Oldham East and Saddleworth lies within Oldham.
- Oldham E08000004
Who has power over Oldham East and Saddleworth
Every body that makes decisions for Oldham East and Saddleworth, 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
- Oldham East and Saddleworth this page: Debbie Abrahams (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 Oldham East and Saddleworth?
Debbie Abrahams (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Oldham East and Saddleworth?
The House of Commons Library records 14,091 votes for Debbie Abrahams of Labour and a majority of 6,357; 54.5% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Oldham East and Saddleworth?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 4,230, 6.2% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Oldham East and Saddleworth?
£217,500: 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 Oldham East and Saddleworth?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £34,807 (April 2025).
How many children in Oldham East and Saddleworth live in low income families?
9,928 children under 16, 39.4%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Oldham East and Saddleworth?
112,010 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.