UK Explained

Walthamstow

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

Your MP at a glance

Stella Creasy, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Walthamstow 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 58 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £924£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 615 areas and lower than 33.

UK 3.9%This area 6.9%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
Walthamstow£9246.9%
Bethnal Green and Stepney£9197.3%
Lewisham North£9186.5%
Streatham and Croydon North£8967.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Walthamstow

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 people122,42159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over8%19%11 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher47%34%13 points higher
Households that own their home47%62%15 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association22%17%5 points higher
Households renting privately30%20%10 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
Stella Creasy

Labour

MAJORITY
17,996

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Stella Creasy won with 59% of the votes, and Rosalind Rowlands (Green Party) came second with 20%.

Votes for each party

Labour59% · 27,172
Green Party20% · 9,176
Conservative5% · 2,353
Reform UK4% · 1,836
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,736
Workers Party of Britain3% · 1,535
Everyone else4% · 1,860
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Stella CreasyLabour27,17259.5%
Rosalind RowlandsGreen Party9,17620.1%
Sanjana KarnaniConservative2,3535.2%
Martin LonerganReform UK1,8364.0%
Rebecca TaylorLiberal Democrat1,7363.8%
Imran ArshadWorkers Party of Britain1,5353.4%
Mohammed AshfaqIndependent9142.0%
Nancy TaaffeTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition5611.2%
Dan EdelstynIndependent2880.6%
Ruth RawlinsIndependent970.2%

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
£924 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
6.9%
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