UK Explained

Greenwich and Woolwich

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

Your MP at a glance

Matthew Pennycook, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Greenwich and Woolwich 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 15 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £1,004£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 551 areas and lower than 97.

UK 3.9%This area 5.4%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
Greenwich and Woolwich£1,0045.4%
Finchley and Golders Green£9885.0%
Bermondsey and Old Southwark£1,0254.8%
Hornsey and Friern Barnet£9784.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Greenwich and Woolwich

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 people117,46559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over8%19%11 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher55%34%22 points higher
Households that own their home37%62%25 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association32%17%15 points higher
Households renting privately31%20%10 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
Matthew Pennycook

Labour

MAJORITY
18,366

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Matthew Pennycook won with 56% of the votes, and Stacy Smith (Green Party) came second with 13%.

Votes for each party

Labour56% · 23,999
Green Party13% · 5,633
Conservative11% · 4,863
Liberal Democrat9% · 3,865
Reform UK8% · 3,305
Workers Party of Britain1% · 570
Everyone else1% · 484
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Matthew PennycookLabour23,99956.2%
Stacy SmithGreen Party5,63313.2%
Jonathan GoffConservative4,86311.4%
Chris AnnousLiberal Democrat3,8659.0%
Abdoul Aziz NdiayeReform UK3,3057.7%
Sheikh RaquibWorkers Party of Britain5701.3%
Niko OmilanaIndependent3110.7%
Priyank BakshiClimate Party1730.4%

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
£1,004 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
5.4%
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