UK Explained

Old Bexley and Sidcup

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

Your MP at a glance

Louie French, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Old Bexley and Sidcup 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 17 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £993£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 198 areas and lower than 450.

UK 3.9%This area 2.6%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
Old Bexley and Sidcup£9932.6%
North East Hertfordshire£9892.3%
Runnymede and Weybridge£9662.7%
Esher and Walton£9632.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Old Bexley and Sidcup

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 people101,08659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over19%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home77%62%15 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association9%17%8 points lower
Households renting privately14%20%7 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
Louie French

Conservative

MAJORITY
3,548

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Louie French won with 38% of the votes, and Edward Jones (Labour) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Conservative38% · 17,910
Labour30% · 14,362
Reform UK22% · 10,384
Green Party5% · 2,601
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,927
Rejoin EU1% · 251
Everyone else0% · 198
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Louie FrenchConservative17,91037.6%
Edward JonesLabour14,36230.2%
Maxine FothergillReform UK10,38421.8%
Brad DaviesGreen Party2,6015.5%
Adrian Hyyrylainen-TrettLiberal Democrat1,9274.0%
Laurent WilliamsRejoin EU2510.5%
Andrew StillIndependent1980.4%

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
£993 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
2.6%
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