UK Explained

Hornchurch and Upminster

Represented in Parliament by Julia Lopez (Conservative). 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

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How Hornchurch and Upminster 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 75 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £910£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 438 areas and lower than 210.

UK 3.9%This area 4.0%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
Hornchurch and Upminster£9104.0%
Meriden and Solihull East£9173.9%
Croydon South£9244.2%
Milton Keynes North£9033.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Hornchurch and Upminster

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 people107,51059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over19%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher29%34%4 points lower
Households that own their home71%62%9 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately13%20%7 points lower

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
Julia Lopez

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,943

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Julia Lopez won with 33% of the votes, and Nicholas Palmer (Reform UK) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Conservative33% · 15,260
Reform UK28% · 13,317
Labour28% · 12,939
Green Party6% · 2,620
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,381
Independent1% · 394
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Julia LopezConservative15,26032.5%
Nicholas PalmerReform UK13,31728.4%
Sunny BrarLabour12,93927.6%
Melanie CollinsGreen Party2,6205.6%
Ian SandersonLiberal Democrat2,3815.1%
David Warren DurantIndependent3940.8%

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
£910 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
4.0%
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