Poole: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour) is the MP for Poole, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Neil Duncan-Jordan took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 14,168 votes (31.8%), ahead of Robert Syms (Conservative) on 14,150. 44,495 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 72,509, 61.4% of those registered. The majority was 18.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates 99,397 people lived in Poole in mid-2024, up 5.0% on 2014. 23,256 were aged 65 or over and 16,832 were under 16.
Workplaces in Poole accounted for 56,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 5,420 local units for March 2026.
The median price paid for a home was £337,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £255,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £360,000, in the year to March 2023. It ranks 207th highest of 575 constituencies. 1,297 sales were registered in the period, against 1,769 in the year to March 2025.
Full-time employees living in Poole had median pay of £39,239 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £38,799. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £33,234. The residents' figure ranks 265th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
4,096 children in Poole were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 24.3% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 12.8% in 2021/22 to 14.4% in 2024/25.
76.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±5.4 points). 18.5% were economically inactive.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 1,720, or 2.9% of the working-age population. That is up from 1,670 twelve months before.
Poole counted 43,172 households on Census day 2021; 26.8% of adults were retired and 29.1% of those in work were mostly working from home.
MP
Neil Duncan-Jordan, Labour
- MP for Poole since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Neil Duncan-Jordan on this site
In Parliament
What Neil Duncan-Jordan said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 15 October 2026 to 27 October 2026). Hansard search returns 188 spoken contributions by Neil Duncan-Jordan since 4 July 2024.
Yes. Obviously, there is an issue about viability and the way developers use that to renege on their earlier commitments to local authorities.
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It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff) on securing this important debate.
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Today’s decision feels like a backwards step in our efforts to reduce carbon emissions and our reliance on fossil fuels, but one of our biggest challenges is the £88 billion-worth of UK pensions that are invested in this dying market—some 10 times what those funds invest in …
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I welcome the Government’s move towards a national care service because, as the Minister said in her statement, everybody knows that we will not fix the NHS until we fix social care. But tens of thousands of care workers currently face a change to their immigration status.
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There are environmental consequences caused by the emergence of data centres. There are also overblown claims as to their ability to create large numbers of jobs. The biggest concern, however, is in whose interests they will operate.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Duncan-Jordan | Labour | 14,168 | 31.8% | +11.2 |
| Robert Syms | Conservative | 14,150 | 31.8% | −27.0 |
| Andrei Dragotoniu | Reform UK | 7,429 | 16.7% | |
| Oliver Walters | Liberal Democrat | 5,507 | 12.4% | −3.0 |
| Sarah Ward | Green Party | 2,218 | 5.0% | +1.5 |
| Joe Cronin | Independent | 698 | 1.6% | |
| Leanne Barnes | UK Independence Party | 325 | 0.7% |
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 31.8% | Conservative 31.8% | 18 | 61.4% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 58.8% | Labour 20.7% | 18,608 | 67.6% |
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
Poole lies within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058
Who has power over Poole
Every body that makes decisions for Poole, 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
- Poole this page: Neil Duncan-Jordan (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 Poole?
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Poole?
The House of Commons Library records 14,168 votes for Neil Duncan-Jordan of Labour and a majority of 18; 61.4% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Poole?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,720, 2.9% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Poole?
£337,000: 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 Poole?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £39,239 (April 2025).
How many children in Poole live in low income families?
4,096 children under 16, 24.3%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Poole?
99,397 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.