Rother Valley: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Rother Valley is represented in the House of Commons by Jake Richards (Labour). Jake Richards took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 16,023 votes (38.5%), ahead of Alexander Stafford (Conservative) on 15,025. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 59.9% (41,608 of 69,459); the winning margin was 998 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Rother Valley has the 41st lowest population of the 575 constituencies with this figure (94,085).
About 94,100 people live in Rother Valley: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 94,085. There were more residents aged 65 and over (21,414) than children under 16 (16,916).
Median annual pay for full-time work was £35,213 for jobs in Rother Valley and £33,803 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £33,601. The residents' figure ranks 76th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
3,105 business sites were registered in Rother Valley in March 2026 (3,000 a year before), and employed 26,000 people in 2024.
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £210,000 and half for less. That is up 50% on £140,000 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £215,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 115th lowest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,129 recorded sales.
Census 2021: 39,332 households, 575.2 people per square kilometre, 22.9% of workers based at home, 27.3% of adults retired.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 74.8% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 5.9 points. The economically inactive share was 20.4%.
4,386 children in Rother Valley were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 25.9% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 23.1% in 2024/25, from 20.8% in 2021/22.
In September 2026, 2.7% of 16 to 64 year olds in Rother Valley were claimants (1,505 people). September 2025 had 1,520.
MP
Jake Richards, Labour
- MP for Rother Valley since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Jake Richards on this site
In Parliament
What Jake Richards said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 13 October 2026 to 19 October 2026). Hansard search returns 443 spoken contributions by Jake Richards since 4 July 2024.
No, I will not give way. As I have already touched on, my hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Matt Bishop) and others made the point that early guilty pleas and discounts must be considered very carefully in the context of controlling and coercive behaviour.
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We debated that legislation as it passed through the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Indeed, I was in the main Chamber last week when we had an urgent question on that issue, and the Lord Chancellor was there in September.
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I had thought that there was going to be a session without a question from the hon. Member, so it is reassuring to hear one. We know, for example, that one in seven of the prison population are on recall. There are recall provisions in operation, and that is right.
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There have been question marks, to put it mildly, over the performance of the companies that undertake the contracts. We are working closely with Serco, and there has been an improvement in the implementation of tagging since March.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Richards | Labour | 16,023 | 38.5% | +5.9 |
| Alexander Stafford | Conservative | 15,025 | 36.1% | −10.0 |
| Tony Harrison | Reform UK | 7,679 | 18.5% | +6.8 |
| Paul Martin | Green Party | 1,706 | 4.1% | +1.6 |
| Colin Taylor | Liberal Democrat | 1,175 | 2.8% | −2.0 |
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 38.5% | Conservative 36.1% | 998 | 59.9% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 46.1% | Labour 32.6% | 6,135 | 64.8% |
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
Rother Valley lies within Rotherham.
- Rotherham E08000018
Who has power over Rother Valley
Every body that makes decisions for Rother Valley, 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
- Rother Valley this page: Jake Richards (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 Rother Valley?
UK Parliament lists Jake Richards, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Rother Valley since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Rother Valley?
Jake Richards (Labour) won with 16,023 votes, a majority of 998, on a turnout of 59.9% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Rother Valley?
2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 1,505 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Rother Valley?
The median price paid was £210,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Rother Valley?
Median full-time pay of residents was £33,803 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Rother Valley live in low income families?
DWP counts 4,386 (25.9% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Rother Valley?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 94,085 residents.
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.