UK Explained

Southgate and Wood Green

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

Your MP at a glance

Bambos Charalambous, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Southgate and Wood Green 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 133 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £853£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 608 areas and lower than 40.

UK 3.9%This area 6.6%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
Southgate and Wood Green£8536.6%
Queen's Park and Maida Vale£8386.8%
Peckham£8306.6%
Lewisham East£8507.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Southgate and Wood Green

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 people128,47059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over14%19%5 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher43%34%9 points higher
Households that own their home49%62%14 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association18%17%1 points higher
Households renting privately33%20%12 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
Bambos Charalambous

Labour

MAJORITY
15,300

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
59%

of people who could vote did

Bambos Charalambous won with 51% of the votes, and Eric Sukumaran (Conservative) came second with 18%.

Votes for each party

Labour51% · 23,337
Conservative18% · 8,037
Green Party12% · 5,607
Liberal Democrat9% · 3,925
Reform UK7% · 3,147
Workers Party of Britain2% · 833
Everyone else2% · 785
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bambos CharalambousLabour23,33751.1%
Eric SukumaranConservative8,03717.6%
Charith GunawardenaGreen Party5,60712.3%
Lauren FulbrightLiberal Democrat3,9258.6%
Lucy O'SullivanReform UK3,1476.9%
Geoff MoseleyWorkers Party of Britain8331.8%
Karl VidolTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition7851.7%

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
£853 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
6.6%
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