Tooting

Parliamentary Constituency

Date elected

16th Jun 2016

Place

Constituency history

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

Tooting

Covered approximately 100% of this new constituency’s population, and 100% of this new constituency’s area.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 16.4% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 10.6% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 26.7% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 22.2% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 14.6% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 9.6% 19.1%

Constituency Population

107,000

102,977.2 national average

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 0.5% 1.1%
Construction 2.8% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 8.1% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 19.1% 7.9%
Manufacturing 1.3% 3.5%
Does not apply 41.9% 53.4%
Other 3.5% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 15.9% 14.3%
Transport and communication 7.0% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4.1% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 11.7% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 3.3% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 3.1% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 10.2% 6.0%
Does not apply 41.9% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 1.5% 3.2%
Professional occupations 19.3% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 2.4% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 2.5% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

11.9%

17.7% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 14.0% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 6.1% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 3.3% 1.8%
Other White 16.4% 6.3%
White British 50.1% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 3.2% 5.3%
Fair health 8.6% 12.8%
Very good or good health 88.1% 81.9%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

38%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

28%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

30%

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

43%

37.5% national average

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 0.8% 0.3%
Asian languages 4.7% 3.0%
English or Welsh 81.9% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 7.7% 3.8%
Does not apply 3.7% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0% 0.0%
Any other languages 0.8% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 0.3% 0.1%
Any other UK languages 0.0% 0.0%
Sign and supported languages 0.1% 0.0%

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 2.6% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 3.4% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 5.7% 21.3%
On foot 4.0% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 32.8% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 5.9% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.6% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 41.9% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.5% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 0.4% 1.8%
Taxi 0.2% 0.3%
Train 2.1% 0.8%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

33%

28.7% national average

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

56%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

England

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

4

2.8 national average

Coastal constituency

0

Poorly insulated households

55.5%

54.1% national average

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 57.5% 37.2%
Neither 11.6% 12.5%
Undermined 30.9% 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 48.3% 34.1%
Neither 10.8% 11.5%
Reduced 40.9% 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 56.6% 44.3%
Neither 4.4% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 39.1% 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 61.0% 52.5%
Neither 5.5% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 33.4% 37.0%

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

This area National average
Neither 15.9% 21.1%
Oppose 10.2% 17.8%
Support 73.9% 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 76% 72.6%
Net disagree 6% 8.7%
Strongly agree 35% 33.8%
Partly agree 41% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 17% 18.7%
Partly disagree 5% 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 69% 58.9%
Net disagree 11% 17.6%
Strongly agree 31% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 39% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 20% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 7% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 4% 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 67% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 33% 42.5%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

21

26.2 national average

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

28%

24.3% national average

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

83%

84.3% national average

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

51%

52.0% national average

Predicted winning party at next general election

Labour Party

This area National average
Labour 47% 22.5%
Conservative 19% 20.4%
Liberal Democrat 15% 14.7%
Reform 8% 28.2%
Green 10% 8.1%
Other 1% 4.6%

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

1

1.8 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

3

2.2 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2024 events

1

1.9 national average

Number of pre-registered Great Big Green Week 2025 events

0

2.1 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

0

2.4 national average

Number of Women’s Institute groups