UK Explained

Broxbourne

Represented in Parliament by Lewis Cocking (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Lewis Cocking, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Broxbourne 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 72 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £913£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 328 areas and lower than 320.

UK 3.9%This area 3.2%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
Broxbourne£9133.2%
Southend West and Leigh£8993.2%
Orpington£9233.4%
Solihull West and Shirley£9182.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Broxbourne

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 people108,39259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over18%19%1 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher28%34%6 points lower
Households that own their home70%62%7 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately16%20%4 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
Lewis Cocking

Conservative

MAJORITY
2,858

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
57%

of people who could vote did

Lewis Cocking won with 37% of the votes, and Catherine Deakin (Labour) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Conservative37% · 15,810
Labour30% · 12,952
Reform UK20% · 8,782
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,688
Green Party6% · 2,461
UK Independence Party0% · 172
Everyone else0% · 87
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lewis CockingConservative15,81036.8%
Catherine DeakinLabour12,95230.2%
Tom HoldsworthReform UK8,78220.4%
Nick BelfittLiberal Democrat2,6886.3%
Owen BrettGreen Party2,4615.7%
Martin HarveyUK Independence Party1720.4%
Brett FrewinEnglish Constitution Party870.2%

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
£913 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
3.2%
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