UK Explained

Mitcham and Morden

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

Your MP at a glance

Siobhain McDonagh, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Mitcham and Morden 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 156 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £834£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
Mitcham and Morden£8345.8%
Ilford North£8135.6%
Hendon£8005.9%
Brentford and Isleworth£8425.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Mitcham and Morden

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 people123,76859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over12%19%7 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher40%34%6 points higher
Households that own their home54%62%8 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association18%17%1 points higher
Households renting privately27%20%7 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
Siobhain McDonagh

Labour

MAJORITY
18,761

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
59%

of people who could vote did

Siobhain McDonagh won with 55% of the votes, and Ellie Cox (Conservative) came second with 14%.

Votes for each party

Labour55% · 25,085
Conservative14% · 6,324
Green Party10% · 4,635
Reform UK9% · 4,135
Liberal Democrat8% · 3,622
Workers Party of Britain2% · 1,091
Everyone else1% · 363
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Siobhain McDonaghLabour25,08555.4%
Ellie CoxConservative6,32414.0%
Pippa MaslinGreen Party4,63510.2%
Ruth PriceReform UK4,1359.1%
Jenifer GouldLiberal Democrat3,6228.0%
Mehmood JamshedWorkers Party of Britain1,0912.4%
Desmond CokeChristian Peoples Alliance3630.8%

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
£834 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