UK Explained

Harlow

Represented in Parliament by Chris Vince (Labour (Co-op)). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Chris Vince, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Harlow 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 238 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £776£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 463 areas and lower than 185.

UK 3.9%This area 4.2%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
Harlow£7764.2%
Stockport£7824.2%
Bristol South£7754.1%
Bury South£7714.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Harlow

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 people111,11559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over16%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher26%34%8 points lower
Households that own their home58%62%4 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association26%17%9 points higher
Households renting privately15%20%5 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
Chris Vince

Labour

MAJORITY
2,504

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Chris Vince won with 38% of the votes, and Hannah Ellis (Conservative) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 16,313
Conservative32% · 13,809
Reform UK22% · 9,461
Green Party5% · 2,267
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,350
UK Independence Party0% · 157
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chris VinceLabour16,31337.6%
Hannah EllisConservative13,80931.8%
Malcolm FeatherstoneReform UK9,46121.8%
Yasmin GregoryGreen Party2,2675.2%
Riad MannanLiberal Democrat1,3503.1%
Lois PerryUK Independence Party1570.4%

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
£776 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
4.2%
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