UK Explained

Hammersmith and Chiswick

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

Your MP at a glance

Andy Slaughter, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Hammersmith and Chiswick 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 28 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £962£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 526 areas and lower than 122.

UK 3.9%This area 4.9%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
Hammersmith and Chiswick£9624.9%
Hornsey and Friern Barnet£9784.8%
Finchley and Golders Green£9885.0%
Clapham and Brixton Hill£9605.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Hammersmith and Chiswick

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 people116,22759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over12%19%7 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher58%34%25 points higher
Households that own their home37%62%25 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association26%17%9 points higher
Households renting privately36%20%16 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
Andy Slaughter

Labour

MAJORITY
15,290

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Andy Slaughter won with 52% of the votes, and Andrew Dinsmore (Conservative) came second with 19%.

Votes for each party

Labour52% · 24,073
Conservative19% · 8,783
Green Party10% · 4,468
Liberal Democrat9% · 4,292
Reform UK6% · 2,929
Rejoin EU2% · 821
Everyone else1% · 655
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Andy SlaughterLabour24,07352.3%
Andrew DinsmoreConservative8,78319.1%
Naranee Ruthra-RajanGreen Party4,4689.7%
Eraj RostaqiLiberal Democrat4,2929.3%
Louise Petano-HeathcoteReform UK2,9296.4%
Bill ColegraveRejoin EU8211.8%
Raj GillWorkers Party of Britain4391.0%
Scott DoreWorkers Revolutionary Party2160.5%

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
£962 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
4.9%
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