Feltham and Heston

New parliamentary constituency

This constituency is new at the July general election, and replaces:

Feltham and Heston

Covered approximately 92% of this new constituency’s population, and 94% of this new constituency’s area.

MP profiles

Date elected

15th Dec 2011

Public opinion

Would be less favourable towards the Conservative Party if they chose to weaken climate policies

68%

69.1% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

54%

52.0% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

84%

84.3% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

35%

24.3% national average

Second placed party at most recent election

Conservative Party

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

37%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

27%

23.6% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

34%

37.5% national average

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 69% 72.6%
Net disagree 9% 8.7%
Strongly agree 30% 33.8%
Partly agree 38% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 23% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 3% 2.7%

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

34%

41.5% national average

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

28%

26.2% national average

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 57% 58.9%
Net disagree 16% 17.6%
Strongly agree 24% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 34% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 26% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 10% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 7% 7.1%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 54% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 46% 42.5%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

38%

28.7% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

43%

40.0% national average

Place

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 21.6% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 10.8% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 15.4% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 23.9% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 16.9% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 11.3% 19.1%

Constituency Population

133,000

102,977.2 national average

Country of the UK

England

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 0.4% 1.1%
Construction 4.0% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 11.2% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 7.7% 7.9%
Manufacturing 1.7% 3.5%
Does not apply 53.9% 53.4%
Other 1.6% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 10.2% 14.3%
Transport and communication 9.2% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4.4% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 4.8% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 4.3% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 8.2% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 4.4% 6.0%
Does not apply 53.9% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 4.4% 3.2%
Professional occupations 6.6% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 4.5% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 4.6% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

12.7%

17.7% national average

Estimated child poverty

41.9%

29.3% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 43.6% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 3.8% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 7.5% 1.8%
Other White 12.0% 6.3%
White British 25.4% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 4.4% 5.3%
Fair health 11.4% 12.8%
Very good or good health 84.2% 81.9%

Housing Tenure

This area National average
Owned with a mortgage 25.0% 28.9%
Other tenure 2.7% 1.2%
Owned outright 20.3% 33.3%
Private rented 27.4% 19.9%
Social rented 24.5% 16.8%

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 1.1% 0.3%
Asian languages 18.3% 3.0%
English or Welsh 66.7% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 8.3% 3.8%
Does not apply 3.8% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0.0% 0.0%
Any other languages 1.2% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 0.5% 0.1%
Any other UK languages 0.0% 0.0%
Sign and supported languages 0.1% 0.0%

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 1.1% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 7.8% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 17.4% 21.3%
On foot 2.7% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 10.2% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 2.6% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.4% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 53.9% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.6% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 1.3% 1.8%
Taxi 0.2% 0.3%
Train 1.7% 0.8%

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

1

  • Huckerby's Meadows

Number of Women’s Institute groups