Runcorn and Helsby: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Runcorn and Helsby is Sarah Pochin (Reform UK), in the seat since 1 May 2025. On 4 July 2024 Mike Amesbury (Labour) won 22,358 votes, 52.9% of the valid vote; Jason Moorcroft (Reform UK) came second with 7,662. 42,235 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 70,801, 59.7% of those registered. The majority was 14,696. Mike Amesbury won the seat in 2024; Sarah Pochin has held it since 1 May 2025.
Key figures
What the figures show
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 95,187; the estimate for 2014 was 92,231. Children under 16 numbered 16,835; people aged 65 and over, 20,356.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £220,250 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £147,500. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 146th lowest of 575 constituencies. 932 sales were registered in the period, against 1,297 in the year to March 2025.
Workplaces in Runcorn and Helsby accounted for 52,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,550 local units for March 2026.
75.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±5.9 points). 19.4% were economically inactive.
In 2024/25, 25.7% of children under 16 in Runcorn and Helsby (4,324) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 19.1% in 2021/22 to 20.7% in 2024/25.
Full-time employees living in Runcorn and Helsby had median pay of £37,592 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £41,098. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £35,936. The residents' figure ranks 278th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 2,170 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 3.7%.
Census 2021: 40,863 households, 497.2 people per square kilometre, 28.9% of workers based at home, 24.6% of adults retired.
MP
Sarah Pochin, Reform UK
- MP for Runcorn and Helsby since 1 May 2025
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Sarah Pochin on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Sarah Pochin in Hansard, from 21 October 2026 to 26 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 129 spoken contributions by Sarah Pochin since 4 July 2024.
While the Minister’s statement is laudable, it seems that her Department is working against the Ministry of Justice by moving in what is clearly a different direction.
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T10. Many of my communities in Runcorn and Helsby are plagued by antisocial and threatening gangs of youths on illegal e-motorbikes. Will the Minister please give the police the powers and the training to stop them?
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Gift Oladele successfully appealed his deportation, after sexually assaulting a woman in Manchester. He then went on to rape a 19-year-old young woman in Wrexham.
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3. What steps she is taking to expedite the deportation of foreign national offenders.
Why does the Secretary of State think that he and his Government know better than the SAS, the SBS, all other Northern Ireland veterans and the former Defence Minister, the hon.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Amesbury | Labour | 22,358 | 52.9% | +4.2 |
| Jason Moorcroft | Reform UK | 7,662 | 18.1% | +13.4 |
| Jade Marsden | Conservative | 6,756 | 16.0% | −20.8 |
| Chris Copeman | Green Party | 2,715 | 6.4% | +3.5 |
| Chris Rowe | Liberal Democrat | 2,149 | 5.1% | −1.6 |
| Danny Clarke | Liberal | 479 | 1.1% | |
| Paul Murphy | Social Democratic Party | 116 | 0.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2025 | By-election | Reform UK 38.7% | Labour 38.7% | 6 | 46.2% |
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 52.9% | Reform UK 18.1% | 14,696 | 59.7% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 48.8% | Conservative 36.8% | 5,779 | 68.2% |
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
Runcorn and Helsby covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Halton E06000006
- Cheshire West and Chester E06000050
Who has power over Runcorn and Helsby
Every body that makes decisions for Runcorn and Helsby, 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 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority combined authority
- Cheshire Constabulary police force
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board NHS
- North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- North West 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
- Runcorn and Helsby this page: Sarah Pochin (Reform UK) 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 Runcorn and Helsby?
Sarah Pochin (Reform UK), MP for Runcorn and Helsby since 1 May 2025, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Runcorn and Helsby?
The House of Commons Library records 22,358 votes for Mike Amesbury of Labour and a majority of 14,696; 59.7% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Runcorn and Helsby?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,170, 3.7% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Runcorn and Helsby?
£220,250: 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 Runcorn and Helsby?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £37,592 (April 2025).
How many children in Runcorn and Helsby live in low income families?
4,324 children under 16, 25.7%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Runcorn and Helsby?
95,187 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.