UK Explained

Harrow West

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

Your MP at a glance

Gareth Thomas, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Harrow West 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 104 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £876£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 555 areas and lower than 93.

UK 3.9%This area 5.5%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
Harrow West£8765.5%
Ealing Central and Acton£9135.7%
Brentford and Isleworth£8425.1%
Chingford and Woodford Green£9004.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Harrow West

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 people121,38359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over12%19%6 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher45%34%11 points higher
Households that own their home53%62%9 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately35%20%14 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
Gareth Thomas

Labour

MAJORITY
6,642

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
57%

of people who could vote did

Gareth Thomas won with 44% of the votes, and Abbas Merali (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 19,833
Conservative29% · 13,191
Independent10% · 4,736
Reform UK6% · 2,639
Green Party5% · 2,438
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,404
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gareth ThomasLabour19,83343.8%
Abbas MeraliConservative13,19129.2%
Pamela FitzpatrickIndependent4,1209.1%
Michael BeavisReform UK2,6395.8%
Rupert Nepal GeorgeGreen Party2,4385.4%
Chris NoyceLiberal Democrat2,4045.3%
Bharatkumar Ishverbhai PatelIndependent6161.4%

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
£876 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
5.5%
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