UK Explained

Gravesham

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

Your MP at a glance

Lauren Sullivan, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Gravesham 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 124 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £859£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 473 areas and lower than 175.

UK 3.9%This area 4.3%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
Gravesham£8594.3%
Watford£8714.5%
Uxbridge and South Ruislip£8724.5%
Glasgow South£8404.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Gravesham

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 people106,89959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%1 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home63%62%about the same
Households renting from a council or housing association17%17%about the same
Households renting privately19%20%1 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
Lauren Sullivan

Labour

MAJORITY
2,712

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
59%

of people who could vote did

Lauren Sullivan won with 38% of the votes, and Adam Holloway (Conservative) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 16,623
Conservative32% · 13,911
Reform UK21% · 8,910
Green Party5% · 2,254
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,534
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lauren SullivanLabour16,62338.5%
Adam HollowayConservative13,91132.2%
Matthew Fraser MoatReform UK8,91020.6%
Rebecca HopkinsGreen Party2,2545.2%
Ukonu ObasiLiberal Democrat1,5343.5%

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
£859 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
4.3%
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