UK Explained

Croydon West

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

Your MP at a glance

Sarah Jones, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Croydon West 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 185 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £807£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 635 areas and lower than 13.

UK 3.9%This area 7.8%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
Croydon West£8077.8%
Barking£8027.6%
Ilford South£8357.6%
Enfield North£8407.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Croydon West

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 people122,50559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1622%18%3 points higher
Aged 65 and over9%19%9 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher40%34%6 points higher
Households that own their home42%62%21 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association22%17%5 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
Sarah Jones

Labour

MAJORITY
14,226

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
49%

of people who could vote did

Sarah Jones won with 54% of the votes, and Simon Fox (Conservative) came second with 17%.

Votes for each party

Labour54% · 20,612
Conservative17% · 6,386
Green Party10% · 3,851
Liberal Democrat10% · 3,667
Reform UK6% · 2,148
Workers Party of Britain2% · 708
Everyone else2% · 750
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarah JonesLabour20,61254.1%
Simon FoxConservative6,38616.8%
Ria PatelGreen Party3,85110.1%
Jahir HussainLiberal Democrat3,6679.6%
Vinayak MalhotraReform UK2,1485.6%
Ahsan UllahWorkers Party of Britain7081.9%
Donna Murray-TurnerTaking The Initiative Party5031.3%
April AshleyTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2470.6%

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
£807 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
7.8%
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