UK Explained

Tottenham

Represented in Parliament by Mr David Lammy (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

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

How Tottenham 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 176 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £816£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 638 areas and lower than 10.

UK 3.9%This area 8.8%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
Tottenham£8168.8%
Brent East£7918.9%
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£8548.2%
Croydon West£8077.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Tottenham

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 people136,27459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over9%19%10 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher41%34%7 points higher
Households that own their home30%62%33 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association33%17%16 points higher
Households renting privately37%20%17 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
David Lammy

Labour

MAJORITY
15,434

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
53%

of people who could vote did

David Lammy won with 57% of the votes, and David Craig (Green Party) came second with 19%.

Votes for each party

Labour57% · 23,066
Green Party19% · 7,632
Independent6% · 2,348
Conservative6% · 2,320
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,928
Reform UK4% · 1,602
Everyone else3% · 1,252
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
David LammyLabour23,06657.5%
David CraigGreen Party7,63219.0%
Nandita LalIndependent2,3485.8%
Attic RahmanConservative2,3205.8%
Hari PrabuLiberal Democrat1,9284.8%
Roger GravettReform UK1,6024.0%
Jennifer ObasekiWorkers Party of Britain6591.6%
Andrew MilesRejoin EU3060.8%
Amelia AllaoChristian Peoples Alliance2240.6%
Pamela HolmesCommunist League Election Campaign630.2%

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
£816 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
8.8%
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