Worcester: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Tom Collins (Labour) is the MP for Worcester, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Tom Collins (Labour) 18,622 votes and Marc Bayliss (Conservative) 11,506, a majority of 7,116. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 61.4% (46,036 of 74,931).
Key figures
What the figures show
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £250,000 and half for less. That is up 40% on £178,600 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £262,250, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 223rd lowest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,314 recorded sales.
DWP figures count 4,872 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 26.5% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. Before housing costs the share was 20.7% in 2024/25, from 19.3% in 2021/22.
About 106,700 people live in Worcester: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 106,671. 19,412 were aged 65 or over and 18,403 were under 16.
Residents of Worcester earned more than jobs based there paid in April 2025: median full-time pay was £37,459 for workplace jobs and £38,880 for residents. A year before, the residents' median was £35,307. The residents' figure ranks 282nd highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
4,230 business sites were registered in Worcester in March 2026 (4,105 a year before), and employed 55,000 people in 2024.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 75.6% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 8.9 points. The economically inactive share was 19.1%.
Census 2021: 44,722 households, 3,121.3 people per square kilometre, 26.4% of workers based at home, 20.6% of adults retired.
In September 2026, 3.5% of 16 to 64 year olds in Worcester were claimants (2,375 people). A year earlier the count was 2,305.
MP
Tom Collins, Labour
- MP for Worcester since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Tom Collins on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Tom Collins's latest words in Parliament, from 13 July 2026 to 14 October 2026. Hansard search returns 93 spoken contributions by Tom Collins since 4 July 2024.
I am working with a constituent who has been subject to bullying and prejudice in high-level amateur sport.
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2. What steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to enhance the whistleblowing framework.
Worcestershire Royal hospital has pioneered a project to ensure that every patient it treats is addressed by the name by which they are known—surprisingly, one in four patients are known by a different name from the one that is on their hospital records.
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I really welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. We have a massive crisis of digitally enabled child sexual exploitation in the UK. As an illustration, there is a global industry for livestreamed abuse material from the Philippines.
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I have been campaigning on modern slavery for over 20 years. Back when I started, most modern slavery in the UK was sexual exploitation, and let me be clear that it was of girls.
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Read from the Hansard API on 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Collins | Labour | 18,622 | 40.5% | +2.9 |
| Marc Bayliss | Conservative | 11,506 | 25.0% | −25.8 |
| Andy Peplow | Reform UK | 6,723 | 14.6% | |
| Tor Pingree | Green Party | 4,789 | 10.4% | +7.1 |
| Mel Allcott | Liberal Democrat | 3,986 | 8.7% | +1.5 |
| Mark Davies | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 280 | 0.6% | |
| Duncan Murray | Social Democratic Party | 130 | 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 40.5% | Conservative 25.0% | 7,116 | 61.4% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 50.8% | Labour 37.5% | 6,758 | 68.9% |
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
Worcester lies within Worcester.
- Worcester E07000237
Who has power over Worcester
Every body that makes decisions for Worcester, 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
- Worcester this page: Tom Collins (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 Worcester?
UK Parliament lists Tom Collins, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Worcester since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Worcester?
Tom Collins (Labour) won with 18,622 votes, a majority of 7,116, on a turnout of 61.4% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Worcester?
3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 2,375 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Worcester?
The median price paid was £250,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Worcester?
Median full-time pay of residents was £38,880 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Worcester live in low income families?
DWP counts 4,872 (26.5% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Worcester?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 106,671 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.