Scunthorpe: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour) is the MP for Scunthorpe, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Nicholas Dakin took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 15,484 votes (39.7%), ahead of Holly Mumby-Croft (Conservative) on 11,942. 39,051 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 73,855, 52.9% of those registered. The majority was 3,542.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set Scunthorpe apart: the 4th lowest share working mainly from home (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (14.3%), and the 32nd lowest median house price of the 575 constituencies with this figure (£160,000).
The median price paid for a home was £160,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £112,500. The highest March-year median in the series was £165,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 32nd lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,251 sales were registered in the period, against 1,467 in the year to March 2025.
Scunthorpe counted 45,034 households on Census day 2021; 25.4% of adults were retired and 14.3% of those in work were mostly working from home.
Full-time employees living in Scunthorpe had median pay of £33,897 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £32,843. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £33,789. The residents' figure ranks 82nd lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
6,769 children in Scunthorpe were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 33.4% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 27.6% in 2021/22 to 28.4% in 2024/25.
Workplaces in Scunthorpe accounted for 49,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,810 local units for March 2026.
74.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±5.2 points). 22.4% were economically inactive.
The ONS estimates 106,865 people lived in Scunthorpe in mid-2024, up 1.9% on 2014. 22,247 were aged 65 or over and 20,249 were under 16.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 2,750, or 4.3% of the working-age population. That is up from 2,670 twelve months before.
MP
Sir Nicholas Dakin, Labour
- MP for Scunthorpe since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Sir Nicholas Dakin on this site
In Parliament
What Sir Nicholas Dakin said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 20 January 2026 to 24 June 2026). Hansard search returns 342 spoken contributions by Sir Nicholas Dakin since 4 July 2024.
Certainly. It is always a negative thing when libraries’ time is cut, as my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East demonstrated in his speech.
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My hon. Friend is right. A local library is a very special place. It is a place of potential in every sense of the word by introducing children to the world of reading, shaping young minds through Baby Rhyme Time and giving agency and choice to young readers—no book is the wrong …
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I absolutely do, and my hon. Friend moves me on to my next point. Before I come to it, though, let me emphasise that we are acting on the 10-year health plan by developing a national plan for physical activity.
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Tomorrow, he will be splashing. He invited me to drop into Peterborough as I pass by on my way home to Scunthorpe, but unfortunately I am not sure that I will be able to do that.
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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairing, Ms Vaz. I am pleased to respond to this debate, and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy) on securing it. My hon.
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General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Dakin | Labour | 15,484 | 39.7% | +4.8 |
| Holly Mumby-Croft | Conservative | 11,942 | 30.6% | −25.7 |
| Darren Haley | Reform UK | 8,163 | 20.9% | +16.6 |
| Nick Cox | Green Party | 1,218 | 3.1% | +1.3 |
| Abdul Butt | Independent | 1,202 | 3.1% | |
| Cahal Burke | Liberal Democrat | 942 | 2.4% | −0.2 |
| Scott Curtis | Heritage Party | 100 | 0.3% |
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 39.7% | Conservative 30.6% | 3,542 | 52.9% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 56.3% | Labour 34.9% | 10,133 | 63.6% |
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
Scunthorpe lies within North Lincolnshire.
- North Lincolnshire E06000013
Who has power over Scunthorpe
Every body that makes decisions for Scunthorpe, 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
- Scunthorpe this page: Sir Nicholas Dakin (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 Scunthorpe?
Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Scunthorpe?
The House of Commons Library records 15,484 votes for Nicholas Dakin of Labour and a majority of 3,542; 52.9% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Scunthorpe?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,750, 4.3% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Scunthorpe?
£160,000: 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 Scunthorpe?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £33,897 (April 2025).
How many children in Scunthorpe live in low income families?
6,769 children under 16, 33.4%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Scunthorpe?
106,865 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.