UK Explained

Finchley and Golders Green

Represented in Parliament by Sarah Sackman (Labour). 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

Sarah Sackman, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Finchley and Golders Green 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 20 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £988£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 529 areas and lower than 119.

UK 3.9%This area 5.0%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
Finchley and Golders Green£9885.0%
Hornsey and Friern Barnet£9784.8%
Hammersmith and Chiswick£9624.9%
Greenwich and Woolwich£1,0045.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Finchley and Golders Green

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 people126,13559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over15%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher53%34%19 points higher
Households that own their home51%62%12 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately38%20%18 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
Sarah Sackman

Labour

MAJORITY
4,581

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
64%

of people who could vote did

Sarah Sackman won with 44% of the votes, and Alex Deane (Conservative) came second with 35%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 21,857
Conservative35% · 17,276
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,375
Green Party6% · 3,107
Reform UK5% · 2,598
Rejoin EU1% · 486
Everyone else1% · 590
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarah SackmanLabour21,85744.3%
Alex DeaneConservative17,27635.1%
Sarah HoyleLiberal Democrat3,3756.8%
Steve ParsonsGreen Party3,1076.3%
Giuseppe PezzulliReform UK2,5985.3%
Brendan Patrick DonnellyRejoin EU4861.0%
Katharine Margaret MurphyParty of Women3180.6%
Michael ShadIndependent2720.6%

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
£988 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
5.0%
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