UK Explained

Bermondsey and Old Southwark

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

Your MP at a glance

Neil Coyle, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Bermondsey and Old Southwark 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 11 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £1,025£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 521 areas and lower than 127.

UK 3.9%This area 4.8%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
Bermondsey and Old Southwark£1,0254.8%
Putney£9994.4%
Finchley and Golders Green£9885.0%
Greenwich and Woolwich£1,0045.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Bermondsey and Old Southwark

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 people107,15759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1614%18%4 points lower
Aged 65 and over7%19%11 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher57%34%23 points higher
Households that own their home26%62%36 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association37%17%20 points higher
Households renting privately36%20%16 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
Neil Coyle

Labour

MAJORITY
7,787

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Neil Coyle won with 45% of the votes, and Rachel Bentley (Liberal Democrat) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Labour45% · 16,857
Liberal Democrat24% · 9,070
Green Party12% · 4,477
Reform UK9% · 3,397
Conservative8% · 2,879
Independent2% · 923
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Neil CoyleLabour16,85744.8%
Rachel BentleyLiberal Democrat9,07024.1%
Susan HunterGreen Party4,47711.9%
Tony SharpReform UK3,3979.0%
Jonathan IliffConservative2,8797.7%
Piers CorbynIndependent4031.1%
Niko OmilanaIndependent2730.7%
Barry DuckettIndependent2470.7%

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
£1,025 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
4.8%
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