UK Explained

Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

Represented in Parliament by Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op)). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

Kate Osamor, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Edmonton and Winchmore Hill compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 130 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £854£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 637 areas and lower than 11.

UK 3.9%This area 8.2%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£8548.2%
Ilford South£8357.6%
West Ham and Beckton£8487.5%
Tottenham£8168.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people126,79959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1622%18%4 points higher
Aged 65 and over14%19%5 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher33%34%about the same
Households that own their home51%62%12 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association19%17%2 points higher
Households renting privately30%20%10 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Kate Osamor

Labour

MAJORITY
12,632

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Kate Osamor won with 50% of the votes, and Zoe Huggins (Conservative) came second with 19%.

Votes for each party

Labour50% · 20,520
Conservative19% · 7,888
Green Party9% · 3,681
Reform UK9% · 3,501
Liberal Democrat7% · 2,721
Independent4% · 1,700
Everyone else3% · 1,034
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kate OsamorLabour20,52050.0%
Zoe HugginsConservative7,88819.2%
Luke BalnaveGreen Party3,6819.0%
Neville WatsonReform UK3,5018.5%
Tim MartinLiberal Democrat2,7216.6%
Khalid SadurIndependent1,7004.1%
Denise HeadleyWorkers Party of Britain6681.6%
Yemi AwololaChristian Peoples Alliance3660.9%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£854 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
8.2%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026