UK Explained

Streatham and Croydon North

Represented in Parliament by Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op)). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Steve Reed, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Streatham and Croydon North 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 87 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £896£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 621 areas and lower than 27.

UK 3.9%This area 7.1%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
Streatham and Croydon North£8967.1%
Bethnal Green and Stepney£9197.3%
Walthamstow£9246.9%
Lewisham North£9186.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Streatham and Croydon North

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 people118,57459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over11%19%7 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher49%34%15 points higher
Households that own their home50%62%12 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association18%17%about the same
Households renting privately32%20%11 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
Steve Reed

Labour

MAJORITY
15,603

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Steve Reed won with 52% of the votes, and Scott Ainslie (Green Party) came second with 17%.

Votes for each party

Labour52% · 23,232
Green Party17% · 7,629
Conservative12% · 5,328
Liberal Democrat11% · 5,031
Reform UK4% · 1,994
Workers Party of Britain2% · 910
Everyone else1% · 429
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Steve ReedLabour23,23252.1%
Scott AinslieGreen Party7,62917.1%
Anthony BoutallConservative5,32812.0%
Claire BonhamLiberal Democrat5,03111.3%
Philip WatsonReform UK1,9944.5%
Waseem SherwaniWorkers Party of Britain9102.0%
Magdaline NzekwueChristian Peoples Alliance2900.7%
Myles OwenSocial Democratic Party1390.3%

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
£896 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
7.1%
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