The number of winter payment recipients in 2023/24 ranges from 30K to 6K, a ratio of 5:1

None of the ten constituencies with the highest number of winter fuel payment recipients last year are currently represented by Labour MPs. Conversely, all bar one of the constituencies with the lowest number of recipients are represented by Labour MPs

Honiton and Sidmouth is the Devon constituency with the highest number at 27.8K. It also ranks sixth highest in the country.  Plymouth Sutton & Devonport.has the lowest at 14.5K, just over half the number.

Note constituencies must now have an electorate within 5% of the ‘electoral quota’ – now set at 73,393 registered voters – with just a few exceptions.

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Here is a list of the number of people who received the winter fuel payment during the winter of 2023/24 in each parliamentary constituency in Britain.

The figures have been published by the Department for Work & Pensions.

The list is ordered by the number of recipients in each constituency, starting with the highest.

The name of the political party that currently represents each constituency is given in brackets.

Top Ten winter fuel recipients last year

Clacton (Reform) 30,109

Christchurch (Con) 28,941

Dorset West (Lib Dems) 28,934

Louth & Horncastle (Con) 28,385

Norfolk North (Lib Dems) 28,251

Honiton & Sidmouth (Lib Dems) 27,774

Shropshire South (Con) 27,489

Bexhill & Battle (Con) 27,483

Bognor Regis & Littlehampton (Con) 27,479

New Forest West (Con) 27,052

Remaining Devon constituencies in descending order

Torridge & Tavistock (Con) 26,478

Devon South (Lib Dems) 25,829

Tiverton & Minehead (Lib Dems) 25,246

Torbay (Lib Dems) 24,896

Devon North (Lib Dems) 24,481

Newton Abbot (Lib Dems) 24,267 

Devon Central (Con) 23,948 

Devon South West (Con) 23,423 

Exmouth & Exeter East (Con) 22,981

Plymouth Moor View (Lab) 19,230 

Exeter (Lab) 15,398

 Plymouth Sutton & Devonport (Lab) 14,472 

Bottom ten constituencies with least recipients last year

Stratford & Bow (Lab) 8,250

Clapham & Brixton Hill (Lab) 7,903

Leeds Central & Headingley (Lab) 7,792

Bristol Central (Green) 7,576

Bermondsey & Old Southwark (Lab) 7,514

Bethnal Green & Stepney (Lab) 7,506

Sheffield Central (Lab) 7,180

Poplar & Limehouse (Lab) 6,658

Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Lab) 6,367

Manchester Rusholme (Lab) 6,241