Hampstead and Highgate

2025 parliamentary constituency

Date elected

7th May 2015

Place

Constituency history

This constituency was introduced at the July 2024 general election, and replaced the previous three new constituencies:

Hampstead and Kilburn

Covered approximately 70% of this new constituency’s population, and 67% of this new constituency’s area.

Holborn and St Pancras

Covered approximately 16% of this new constituency’s population, and 30% of this new constituency’s area.

Hornsey and Wood Green

Covered approximately 10% of this new constituency’s population, and 17% of this new constituency’s area.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 16.6% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 9.8% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 20.1% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 23.4% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 16.9% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 13.1% 19.1%

Constituency Population

117,000

102,977.2 national average

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 0.4% 1.1%
Construction 1.8% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 7.1% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 18.0% 7.9%
Manufacturing 1.4% 3.5%
Does not apply 47.1% 53.4%
Other 4.1% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 13.2% 14.3%
Transport and communication 6.9% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 3.1% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 10.1% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 2.7% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 2.1% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 10.8% 6.0%
Does not apply 47.1% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 1.1% 3.2%
Professional occupations 19.1% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 2.1% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 1.7% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

13.5%

17.7% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 13.7% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 6.6% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 7.2% 1.8%
Other White 26.8% 6.3%
White British 38.7% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 4.3% 5.3%
Fair health 9.0% 12.8%
Very good or good health 86.7% 81.9%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

45.6%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

29.8%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

32.9%

19.0% national average

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

37.2%

37.5% national average

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 1.0% 0.3%
Asian languages 5.0% 3.0%
English or Welsh 77.7% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 9.6% 3.8%
Does not apply 3.2% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0.0% 0.0%
Any other languages 2.4% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 1.0% 0.1%
Any other UK languages 0.0% 0.0%
Sign and supported languages 0.0% 0.0%

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 1.7% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 2.6% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 3.8% 21.3%
On foot 3.7% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 32.5% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 5.7% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.3% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 47.1% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.5% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 0.3% 1.8%
Taxi 0.4% 0.3%
Train 1.3% 0.8%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

38.6%

28.7% national average

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

52.0%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

England

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

3

2.8 national average

Coastal constituency

0%

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 57.8% 37.2%
Neither 11.6% 12.5%
Undermined 30.6% 47.3%

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

This area National average
Expanded 48.7% 34.1%
Neither 13.3% 11.5%
Reduced 38.0% 51.5%

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

This area National average
Comfortable 53.9% 44.3%
Neither 4.6% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 41.5% 46.8%

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

This area National average
Comfortable 64.3% 52.5%
Neither 4.6% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 31.2% 37.0%

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

This area National average
Neither 16.3% 21.1%
Oppose 7.0% 17.8%
Support 76.7% 58.2%

Second placed party at most recent election

Conservative Party

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 75.5% 72.6%
Net disagree 6.1% 8.7%
Strongly agree 34.1% 33.8%
Partly agree 41.6% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 18.5% 18.7%
Partly disagree 4.1% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 2% 2.7%

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 66.4% 58.9%
Net disagree 11.8% 17.6%
Strongly agree 28.9% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 38.2% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 21.9% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 7.0% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 4.8% 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 63.2% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 36.8% 42.5%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

22%

26.2% national average

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

33.4%

24.3% national average

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

83.5%

84.3% national average

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

47.8%

52.0% national average

Predicted winning party at next general election

Labour Party

This area National average
Labour 38% 22.5%
Conservative 20% 20.4%
Liberal Democrat 13% 14.7%
Reform 10% 28.2%
Green 17% 8.1%
Other 1% 4.6%

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

2

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

0

2.4 national average

Number of Women’s Institute groups