Stockton West: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Matt Vickers (Conservative) is the MP for Stockton West, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. On 4 July 2024 Matt Vickers (Conservative) won 20,372 votes, 41.9% of the valid vote; Joe Dancey (Labour) came second with 18,233. 48,638 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 71,868, 67.7% of those registered. The majority was 2,139.
Key figures
What the figures show
Compared with other constituencies, Stockton West has the 28th lowest median full-time pay for jobs based here of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£31,056 a year); it also has the 36th highest employment rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (84.4%).
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 84.4% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 5.0 points. 14.4% were economically inactive.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 95,532; the estimate for 2014 was 88,597. 21,263 were aged 65 or over and 17,241 were under 16.
In 2024/25, 14.8% of children under 16 in Stockton West (2,556) 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 11.3% in 2021/22 to 12.4% in 2024/25.
Workplaces in Stockton West accounted for 25,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,110 local units for March 2026.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £221,560 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £167,250. The highest March-year median in the series was £230,500, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 149th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,396 sales were registered in the period, against 1,802 in the year to March 2025.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £31,056 for jobs in Stockton West and £42,118 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £38,495. The residents' figure ranks 172nd highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 1,165 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 2.0%. September 2025 had 1,100.
At the 2021 Census there were 38,074 households and 470.3 residents per square kilometre; 27.2% of workers mainly worked from home and 26.8% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
MP
Matt Vickers, Conservative
- MP for Stockton West since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 12 December 2019
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Matt Vickers on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Matt Vickers in Hansard, from 26 October 2026 to 27 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 706 spoken contributions by Matt Vickers since 4 July 2024.
Clause 49 brings us to the practical question of what happens when an organisation fails to do what the law requires. We have spent preceding groups discussing what organisations must report, and how we must publish it. Those duties need to mean something.
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For these new duties to work, the people carrying them out need clear instructions. That is where the guidance under clause 48 comes in. It is a short clause, but the guidance will matter a great deal to the people expected to make the preceding clauses work.
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A modern slavery claim must never become a “get out of jail free” card for someone who threatens our national security or is deliberately abusing our immigration system.
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Clause 37 raises a simple question: once the competent authority has considered a claim and reached a negative conclusive grounds decision, why should the recovery period carry on just because the calendar has not yet reached 30 days?
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It has been an incredibly hard few months for Cleveland. Local people are not interested in point scoring, but they do want answers.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Vickers | Conservative | 20,372 | 41.9% | −14.6 |
| Joe Dancey | Labour | 18,233 | 37.5% | +3.6 |
| Steve Matthews | Reform UK | 6,833 | 14.0% | +9.4 |
| Anna-Maria Toms | Green Party | 1,477 | 3.0% | +2.5 |
| Nigel Boddy | Liberal Democrat | 1,203 | 2.5% | −2.0 |
| Mohammed Zaroof | Independent | 263 | 0.5% | |
| Niko Omilana | Independent | 106 | 0.2% | |
| Vivek Chhabra | Independent | 106 | 0.2% | |
| Monty Brack | Independents for Direct Democracy | 45 | 0.1% |
Result summary as published: Con 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 | Conservative 41.9% | Labour 37.5% | 2,139 | 67.7% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 56.5% | Labour 33.9% | 11,749 | 74.2% |
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
Stockton West covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Stockton-on-Tees E06000004
- Darlington E06000005
Who has power over Stockton West
Every body that makes decisions for Stockton West, 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
- Tees Valley Combined Authority combined authority
- Cleveland Police police force
- Durham Constabulary police force
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board NHS
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- North East 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
- Stockton West this page: Matt Vickers (Conservative) 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 Stockton West?
Matt Vickers (Conservative), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Stockton West?
The House of Commons Library records 20,372 votes for Matt Vickers of Conservative and a majority of 2,139; 67.7% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Stockton West?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,165, 2.0% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Stockton West?
£221,560: 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 Stockton West?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £42,118 (April 2025).
How many children in Stockton West live in low income families?
2,556 children under 16, 14.8%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Stockton West?
95,532 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.