UK Explained

North West Essex

Represented in Parliament by Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Kemi Badenoch, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How North West Essex 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 43 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £946£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 81 areas and lower than 567.

UK 3.9%This area 2.1%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
North West Essex£9462.1%
Sevenoaks£9462.3%
Chester South and Eddisbury£9481.9%
Godalming and Ash£9572.0%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in North West Essex

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 people104,52859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over20%19%1 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher36%34%2 points higher
Households that own their home72%62%10 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately14%20%6 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
Kemi Badenoch

Conservative

MAJORITY
2,610

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Kemi Badenoch won with 36% of the votes, and Issy Waite (Labour) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Conservative36% · 19,360
Labour31% · 16,750
Reform UK14% · 7,668
Liberal Democrat11% · 6,055
Green Party5% · 2,846
Independent3% · 1,707
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kemi BadenochConservative19,36035.6%
Issy WaiteLabour16,75030.8%
Grant StClair-ArmstrongReform UK7,66814.1%
Smita RajeshLiberal Democrat6,05511.1%
Edward GildeaGreen Party2,8465.2%
Andrew GreenIndependent8521.6%
Erik BoninoIndependent6991.3%
Niko OmilanaIndependent1560.3%

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
£946 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
2.1%
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