The placeConstituency · Yorkshire and The Humber · Electorate 76,157 · 2023 boundaries

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

Labour Party MP Melanie Onn holds the seat on 41.9% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentMelanie Onn · Labour Party
CouncilNorth East Lincolnshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001255
Electorate · 2024
76.2k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
41.9%
Labour Party · +13.1pp over Ref
Settlements
4
Largest: Grimsby
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
37.4
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

A 99.7% party-line voter with one notable exception: Onn broke with Labour in December 2024 to vote against introducing proportional representation for UK elections -- a rare cross-party rebel moment that puts her to Labour's right on constitutional reform. Her recent news coverage is largely positive, centred on local advocacy: opposing a bus lane extension she warned would harm Cleethorpes businesses, welcoming playground funding she had personally pushed for, and championing road safety reform after a local tragedy. Grimsby Live covers her regularly and the tone is broadly favourable.

Her parliamentary participation sits at 74%, modestly below the Commons average. She votes consistently for progressive taxation and workers' rights, and has not once backed positions favouring employer NI cuts or Lords scrutiny powers. Her stance scores show she is notably tougher on crime than the Labour average -- 29 percentage points above it -- and more willing than most Labour MPs to override Lords amendments. Her 203 contributions across 128 debates are spread across economy and jobs, energy, local government, social care, and the environment, reflecting both her constituency's industrial character and her seat on the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee.

That committee role helps explain the volume of energy-related speeches: Grimsby and Cleethorpes sits at the heart of the Humber's offshore wind and hydrogen industries, and Onn has consistently framed energy policy in terms of local jobs. She was also the MP for Great Grimsby from 2015 to 2019 before losing the seat, giving her deeper local roots than most first-term MPs. Voting and speech data are available from July 2024; news sentiment data covers the past 90 days.

41.9%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
10
Wards · 10 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.10 wards · 10 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Croft Baker Oliver Daniel William Freeston1,539North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026
East Marsh Steve Beasant675North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026
Freshney Karen Ann Batson939North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026
Haverstoe Samuel James Grice1,756North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026
Heneage Ingrid Oliver1,064North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026
Park Nige Oliver1,214North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026
Sidney Sussex Bob Callison1,161North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026
South Paul David Batson1,081North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026
West Marsh Tanya Brasted574North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026
Yarborough John Robert Mills1,272North East Lincolnshire RefMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.4 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Grimsby (73,551), with Cleethorpes (29,670) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 107,436.

city 73,551large-town 29,670town 2,950village 1,265

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Grimsby73,551city
Cleethorpes29,670large town
Humberston and New Waltham2,950town
Rural & dispersed1,265village
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate53.4%57.1%-7%
Owner-occupied56.5%63.1%-10%
Private rented27.6%20.0%+38%
Social rented15.8%16.8%-6%

Ethnicity.

White96.0%
Asian1.5%
Black0.6%
Mixed1.1%
Other0.8%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.0% Female 51.0% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£24,600
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£29,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,990
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
50
32 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
45.1%
Attainment 8: 35.2

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£152m
Taxpayers45,000
Median per taxpayer£2,180
Mean per taxpayer£3,400

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by North East Lincolnshire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
37.4
+81% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
12.5
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
39% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences14.5
Shoplifting4.2
Criminal damage & arson4.0
Anti-social behaviour3.1
Public order2.6
Other theft1.8
Burglary1.6

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Melanie OnnWONLab15,33641.9
Oliver FreestonRef10,53328.8
Lia NiciCon8,26922.6
Ed FraserGrn1,1153.0
John LawsonLD1,0362.8
Mark GeeInd2220.6
Christopher StephensonInd1080.3

Turnout 36,619

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission