UK Explained

Eltham and Chislehurst

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

Your MP at a glance

Clive Efford, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Eltham and Chislehurst 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 73 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £912£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 515 areas and lower than 133.

UK 3.9%This area 4.7%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
Eltham and Chislehurst£9124.7%
Romford£8974.6%
Chingford and Woodford Green£9004.9%
Croydon South£9244.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Eltham and Chislehurst

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 people110,42259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over15%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher40%34%6 points higher
Households that own their home59%62%3 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association24%17%7 points higher
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
Clive Efford

Labour

MAJORITY
8,429

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Clive Efford won with 44% of the votes, and Charlie Davis (Conservative) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 20,069
Conservative26% · 11,640
Reform UK16% · 7,428
Green Party7% · 3,079
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,423
Independent1% · 571
Everyone else1% · 356
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Clive EffordLabour20,06944.0%
Charlie DavisConservative11,64025.5%
Mark George SimpsonReform UK7,42816.3%
Sam GabrielGreen Party3,0796.8%
Ulysse AbbateLiberal Democrat2,4235.3%
Sean Ellis StewartWorkers Party of Britain3560.8%
Arnold TarlingIndependent3070.7%
Christian HackingIndependent1730.4%
John CourtneidgeIndependent910.2%

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
£912 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
4.7%
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