UK Explained

Dulwich and West Norwood

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

Your MP at a glance

Helen Hayes, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Dulwich and West Norwood 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 91 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £895£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 589 areas and lower than 59.

UK 3.9%This area 6.3%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
Dulwich and West Norwood£8956.3%
Lewisham North£9186.5%
Ealing Central and Acton£9135.7%
Leyton and Wanstead£9305.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Dulwich and West Norwood

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 people107,10359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over10%19%9 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher56%34%22 points higher
Households that own their home41%62%21 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association34%17%17 points higher
Households renting privately25%20%4 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
Helen Hayes

Labour

MAJORITY
18,789

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
57%

of people who could vote did

Helen Hayes won with 60% of the votes, and Pete Elliott (Green Party) came second with 19%.

Votes for each party

Labour60% · 27,356
Green Party19% · 8,567
Conservative9% · 3,873
Liberal Democrat8% · 3,485
Reform UK4% · 1,801
Independent1% · 296
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Helen HayesLabour27,35660.3%
Pete ElliottGreen Party8,56718.9%
Leon CookConservative3,8738.5%
Donna HarrisLiberal Democrat3,4857.7%
Gary StevensReform UK1,8014.0%
Mike SpenserIndependent2960.7%

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
£895 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
6.3%
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