UK Explained

Romford

Represented in Parliament by Andrew Rosindell (Reform UK). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Andrew Rosindell, Reform UK. Open their full page →

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

How Romford 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 86 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £897£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 502 areas and lower than 146.

UK 3.9%This area 4.6%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
Romford£8974.6%
Eltham and Chislehurst£9124.7%
Chingford and Woodford Green£9004.9%
Uxbridge and South Ruislip£8724.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Romford

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 people108,26559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home69%62%7 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately19%20%1 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
Andrew Rosindell

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,463

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Andrew Rosindell won with 35% of the votes, and Andrew Achilleos (Labour) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Conservative35% · 15,339
Labour32% · 13,876
Reform UK22% · 9,624
Green Party5% · 2,220
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,895
Workers Party of Britain2% · 898
Everyone else0% · 195
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Andrew RosindellConservative15,33934.8%
Andrew AchilleosLabour13,87631.5%
Philip HydeReform UK9,62421.8%
David HughesGreen Party2,2205.0%
Thomas ClarkeLiberal Democrat1,8954.3%
Zhafaran QayumWorkers Party of Britain8982.0%
Colin BirchEnglish Constitution Party1950.4%

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
£897 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
4.6%
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