Upper Bann

Pre-2024 Parliamentary Constituency

This is a historical constituency

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Lagan Valley

Covers approximately 8% of this old constituency’s population, and 25% of this old constituency’s area.

South Down

Covers approximately 2% of this old constituency’s population, and 9% of this old constituency’s area.

Upper Bann

Covers approximately 89% of this old constituency’s population, and 66% of this old constituency’s area.

Place

Estimated child poverty

23.7%

29.4% national average

Data from End Child Poverty, based on data from DWP/HMRC. Percentage of children living in households with a net income (after housing costs) below 60% of the national median. Updated June 2024.

Air pollution

This area National average
Benzene 0.2% 0.3%
NO2 5.8% 9.7%
NOX 7.3% 13.1%
Ozone 0% 2.1%
PM10 9.2% 11.5%
PM2.5 5.4% 6.5%
SO2 1.8% 1.5%

Data from Defra. Metrics of pollutants associated with air pollution, aggregated per constituency, recorded automatically across the UK. Updated 2021.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0-9 13.9% 11.8%
Ages 10-19 12.8% 11.5%
Ages 20-29 11.9% 12.9%
Ages 30-39 14.1% 13.3%
Ages 40-49 13% 12.6%
Ages 50-59 13.3% 13.7%
Ages 60-69 9.7% 10.8%
Ages 70-79 7.0% 8.5%
Ages 80+ 3.9% 5.0%

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Data from Wikipedia. Updated 2024-04-24.

Country of the UK

Northern Ireland

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

1

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. Deciles of deprivation, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). This uses a composite measure of deprivation (including income, employment, education, skills, health, crime, and housing) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Rural Urban Classification

Urban with rural areas

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. A composite measure of 'ruralness' (based population density, settlement size, and drive times) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Popular petitions

Petition Signatures
Call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government 441
Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021 362
Introduce an Independent Regulator for Football in England by December 2021 181

Data from UK Government and Parliament Petitions. Updated 2024-01-23.

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Public opinion

EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage

53%

51.8% national average

Data from UK Parliament. Percentage of constituents who voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum Updated February 2017.

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Movement

Number of Christian Aid groups

0

0.6 national average

Data from Christian Aid. Updated April 2023.

Number of community groups supporting climate action

0

0.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. These community groups signed The Climate Coalition’s 2024 open letter calling for greater action on climate and nature from UK political parties. Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of Friends of the Earth local action groups

1

  • The Pod Project

Data from Friends of the Earth. Updated January 2024.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

0

1.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events Updated October 2022.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

0

2.2 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events Updated July 2023.

Number of Hope For The Future trained constituents

0

0.2 national average

Data from Hope For The Future. These constituents have been trained by Hope For The Future, to have more frequent and more powerful conversations about climate and nature, with their elected representatives. Updated February 2023.

Number of RSPB Reserves

2

  • Montiaghs Moss
  • Portmore Lough

Data from the RSPB. Updated September 2023.

Number of Save the Children shops

1

0.2 national average

Data from Save the Children. Updated July 2023.

Number of Trussell Trust foodbanks

2

2.2 national average

Data from Trussell Trust. Updated December 2022.

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

0

2.4 national average

Data from the Wildlife Trusts. Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of Women’s Institute groups

0

8.5 national average

Data from the WI. Updated 2024-04-24.

Number of WWF supporters

1,112

1,468.2 national average

Data from WWF. Updated February 2023.

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