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West Ham and Beckton

Parliamentary Constituency

Date elected

4th Jul 2024

Place

Constituency history

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

East Ham

Covered approximately 20% of this new constituency’s population, and 47% of this new constituency’s area.

West Ham

Covered approximately 54% of this new constituency’s population, and 56% of this new constituency’s area.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 20.1% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 12.7% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 22.1% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 23.5% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 14.6% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 6.9% 19.1%

Constituency Population

137,000

102,977.2 national average

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 0.3% 1.1%
Construction 5.7% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 10.4% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 11.7% 7.9%
Manufacturing 1.2% 3.5%
Does not apply 50.6% 53.4%
Other 2.1% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 12.4% 14.3%
Transport and communication 5.7% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 3.8% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 6.1% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 4.6% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 7.8% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 4.9% 6.0%
Does not apply 50.6% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 3.4% 3.2%
Professional occupations 10.1% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 3.6% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 5.2% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

12.3%

17.7% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 28.2% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 5.7% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 5.0% 1.8%
Other White 19.6% 6.3%
White British 18.8% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 4.6% 5.3%
Fair health 10.4% 12.8%
Very good or good health 85.0% 81.9%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

43.9%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

38.7%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

34.9%

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

41.5%

37.5% national average

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 1.8% 0.3%
Asian languages 9.6% 3.0%
English or Welsh 66.0% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 16.3% 3.8%
Does not apply 4.0% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0.0% 0.0%
Any other languages 1.7% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 0.7% 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 1.1% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 4.0% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 8.2% 21.3%
On foot 2.4% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 15.2% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 12.5% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.3% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 50.6% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.7% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 0.7% 1.8%
Taxi 0.2% 0.3%
Train 4.0% 0.8%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

40.0%

28.7% national average

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

57.3%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

England

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

1

2.8 national average

Coastal constituency

0

Poorly insulated households

33.1%

54.1% national average

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 52.1% 37.2%
Neither 12.5% 12.5%
Undermined 35.4% 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 50.4% 34.1%
Neither 11.0% 11.5%
Reduced 38.6% 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 49.4% 44.3%
Neither 6.7% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 43.9% 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 59.1% 52.5%
Neither 9.5% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 31.4% 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 8.0% 17.8%
Support 75.7% 58.2%

Second placed party at most recent election

NIP

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 68% 72.6%
Net disagree 7.2% 8.7%
Strongly agree 29.2% 33.8%
Partly agree 38.8% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 24.8% 18.7%
Partly disagree 5% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 2.2% 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 60.8% 58.9%
Net disagree 12.5% 17.6%
Strongly agree 25.2% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 35.5% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 26.8% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 7% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 5.2% 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 55.7% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 44.3% 42.5%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

27

26.2 national average

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

37.8%

24.3% national average

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

84.8%

84.3% national average

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

47.2%

52.0% national average

Predicted winning party at next general election

Labour Party

This area National average
Labour 30% 22.5%
Conservative 13% 20.4%
Liberal Democrat 5% 14.7%
Reform 20% 28.2%
Green 14% 8.1%
Other 18% 4.6%

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

0

1.8 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

0

2.2 national average

Number of Great Big Green Week 2024 events

0

1.9 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

0

8.4 national average