UK Explained

Ealing Central and Acton

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

Your MP at a glance

Rupa Huq, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Ealing Central and Acton 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 71 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

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

Higher than 567 areas and lower than 81.

UK 3.9%This area 5.7%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
Ealing Central and Acton£9135.7%
Leyton and Wanstead£9305.9%
Dulwich and West Norwood£8956.3%
Harrow West£8765.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Ealing Central and Acton

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 people132,42559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over11%19%7 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher55%34%21 points higher
Households that own their home41%62%21 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%3 points higher
Households renting privately39%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
Rupa Huq

Labour

MAJORITY
13,995

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Rupa Huq won with 47% of the votes, and James Windsor-Clive (Conservative) came second with 17%.

Votes for each party

Labour47% · 22,340
Conservative17% · 8,345
Liberal Democrat13% · 6,056
Green Party11% · 5,444
Reform UK7% · 3,105
Workers Party of Britain4% · 1,766
Everyone else1% · 713
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rupa HuqLabour22,34046.8%
James Windsor-CliveConservative8,34517.5%
Alastair MittonLiberal Democrat6,05612.7%
Kate CrosslandGreen Party5,44411.4%
Felix OrrellReform UK3,1056.5%
Nada JarcheWorkers Party of Britain1,7663.7%
Stephen BaloghSocial Democratic Party4100.9%
Julie CarterIndependent3030.6%

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
£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
5.7%
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