UK Explained

Hayes and Harlington

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

Your MP at a glance

John McDonnell, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Hayes and Harlington 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 445 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £712£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 583 areas and lower than 65.

UK 3.9%This area 6.0%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
Hayes and Harlington£7126.0%
Liverpool Walton£7155.8%
Bedford£7025.8%
Luton North£6955.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Hayes and Harlington

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 people126,40459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1623%18%4 points higher
Aged 65 and over10%19%8 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher32%34%2 points lower
Households that own their home48%62%14 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%3 points higher
Households renting privately31%20%11 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
John McDonnell

Labour

MAJORITY
12,031

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
51%

of people who could vote did

John McDonnell won with 53% of the votes, and Dylan Thomas (Conservative) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Labour53% · 20,405
Conservative22% · 8,374
Reform UK11% · 4,114
Green Party6% · 2,131
Workers Party of Britain5% · 1,975
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,316
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
John McDonnellLabour20,40553.3%
Dylan ThomasConservative8,37421.9%
Francoise ThompsonReform UK4,11410.7%
Christine WestGreen Party2,1315.6%
Rizwana KarimWorkers Party of Britain1,9755.2%
Alexander CunliffeLiberal Democrat1,3163.4%

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
£712 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
6.0%
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