UK Explained

Luton North

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

Your MP at a glance

Sarah Owen, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Luton North 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 490 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £695£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 575 areas and lower than 73.

UK 3.9%This area 5.8%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
Luton North£6955.8%
Ashton-under-Lyne£6925.7%
Bedford£7025.8%
Halifax£6965.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Luton North

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 people115,76159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1624%18%5 points higher
Aged 65 and over14%19%5 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher30%34%4 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%1 points lower
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

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
Sarah Owen

Labour

MAJORITY
7,510

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
52%

of people who could vote did

Sarah Owen won with 38% of the votes, and Jilleane Brown (Conservative) came second with 18%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 14,677
Conservative18% · 7,167
Reform UK12% · 4,666
Independent11% · 4,393
Workers Party of Britain10% · 3,914
Green Party5% · 1,940
Everyone else5% · 1,988
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarah OwenLabour14,67737.9%
Jilleane BrownConservative7,16718.5%
James FletcherReform UK4,66612.0%
Toqueer ShahIndependent4,39311.3%
Waheed AkbarWorkers Party of Britain3,91410.1%
Ejel KhanGreen Party1,9405.0%
Sean PrendergastLiberal Democrat1,8904.9%
Paul TrathenSocial Democratic Party980.3%

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
£695 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
5.8%
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