UK Explained

Battersea

Represented in Parliament by Marsha De Cordova (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Marsha De Cordova, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Battersea 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 14 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £1,016£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 388 areas and lower than 260.

UK 3.9%This area 3.6%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
Battersea£1,0163.6%
Kensington and Bayswater£1,0203.5%
Bromley and Biggin Hill£1,0193.2%
Chelsea and Fulham£9923.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Battersea

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 people108,90259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over9%19%10 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher65%34%31 points higher
Households that own their home39%62%23 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association22%17%5 points higher
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
Marsha De Cordova

Labour

MAJORITY
12,039

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Marsha De Cordova won with 49% of the votes, and Tom Pridham (Conservative) came second with 23%.

Votes for each party

Labour49% · 22,983
Conservative23% · 10,944
Liberal Democrat10% · 4,826
Green Party9% · 4,239
Reform UK6% · 2,825
Workers Party of Britain1% · 499
Everyone else2% · 766
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Marsha De CordovaLabour22,98348.8%
Tom PridhamConservative10,94423.2%
Francis ChubbLiberal Democrat4,82610.3%
Joe TaylorGreen Party4,2399.0%
Barry EdwardsReform UK2,8256.0%
Daniel SmithWorkers Party of Britain4991.1%
Georgina Burford-ConnoleRejoin EU4010.9%
Jake ThomasIndependent2160.5%
Ed DampierSocial Democratic Party1490.3%

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
£1,016 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
3.6%
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