Worsley and Eccles: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Worsley and Eccles is represented in the House of Commons by Michael Wheeler (Labour). The 2024 count gave Michael Wheeler (Labour) 20,277 votes and Craig Birtwistle (Reform UK) 9,186, a majority of 11,091. 42,543 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 78,643, 54.1% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates 111,068 people lived in Worsley and Eccles in mid-2024, up 8.7% on 2014. There were more children under 16 (21,792) than residents aged 65 and over (18,923).
Median annual pay for full-time work was £34,170 for jobs in Worsley and Eccles and £36,666 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £36,872. The residents' figure ranks 223rd lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The median price paid for a home was £255,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £140,000. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 231st lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,324 sales were registered in the period, against 1,548 in the year to March 2025.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 75.5% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 6.3 points. 22.4% were economically inactive.
Workplaces in Worsley and Eccles accounted for 37,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,215 local units for March 2026.
DWP figures count 5,243 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 24.1% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 18.4% in 2021/22 to 18.7% in 2024/25.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 2,965, or 4.2% of the working-age population. September 2025 had 2,720.
Census 2021: 46,032 households, 1,491.6 people per square kilometre, 30.2% of workers based at home, 20.5% of adults retired.
MP
Michael Wheeler, Labour
- MP for Worsley and Eccles since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Michael Wheeler on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Michael Wheeler's latest words in Parliament, from 24 March 2026 to 21 May 2026. Hansard search returns 115 spoken contributions by Michael Wheeler since 4 July 2024.
A recently elected Reform councillor in my constituency believes that the best way to regenerate Eccles, which he described as a problem area, is to turn it into the UK’s Dubai.
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T9. This Labour Government have ensured that, as of this month, workers in Worsley and Eccles and across the country get sick pay from day one, including low-paid workers. As chair of the USDAW parliamentary group, and having campaigned for this, I welcome this so much.
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I strongly welcome the steps that the Government have taken to bring down my constituents’ energy bills from the start of this month. However, the effects of the war in Iran are now beginning to feed through into higher food prices.
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2. What steps she has taken to help support people with the cost of living in Worsley and Eccles constituency.
T3. I welcome the upcoming drop next week in the energy price cap, which I know will help my constituents.
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General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wheeler | Labour | 20,277 | 47.7% | +1.1 |
| Craig Birtwistle | Reform UK | 9,186 | 21.6% | +14.4 |
| Bradley Mitchell | Conservative | 6,791 | 16.0% | −22.6 |
| David Jones | Green Party | 3,283 | 7.7% | +5.2 |
| Jemma De Vincenzo | Liberal Democrat | 1,851 | 4.4% | −0.9 |
| Nas Barghouti | Workers Party of Britain | 466 | 1.1% | |
| Danny Moloney | Independent | 448 | 1.1% | |
| Sally Griffiths | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 241 | 0.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 47.7% | Reform UK 21.6% | 11,091 | 54.1% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 46.5% | Conservative 38.5% | 3,961 | 64.4% |
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
Worsley and Eccles covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
Who has power over Worsley and Eccles
Every body that makes decisions for Worsley and Eccles, 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
- Worsley and Eccles this page: Michael Wheeler (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 Worsley and Eccles?
Michael Wheeler (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Worsley and Eccles?
The House of Commons Library records 20,277 votes for Michael Wheeler of Labour and a majority of 11,091; 54.1% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Worsley and Eccles?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,965, 4.2% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Worsley and Eccles?
£255,000: 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 Worsley and Eccles?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £36,666 (April 2025).
How many children in Worsley and Eccles live in low income families?
5,243 children under 16, 24.1%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Worsley and Eccles?
111,068 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.