Bristol North East: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Damien Egan (Labour) is the MP for Bristol North East, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Damien Egan took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 19,004 votes (45.3%), ahead of Lorraine Francis (Green Party) on 7,837. 41,989 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 70,076, 59.9% of those registered. The majority was 11,167.
Key figures
What the figures show
Workplaces in Bristol North East accounted for 26,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,190 local units for March 2026.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 102,663; the estimate for 2014 was 94,667. 15,706 were aged 65 or over and 18,710 were under 16.
4,982 children in Bristol North East were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 26.6% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 18.7% in 2021/22 to 19.4% in 2024/25.
74.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±5.7 points). 20.2% were economically inactive.
Full-time employees living in Bristol North East had median pay of £37,371 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £38,146. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £35,158. The residents' figure ranks 265th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £315,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £195,000. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 243rd highest of 575 constituencies. 1,104 sales were registered in the period, against 1,299 in the year to March 2025.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 2,730 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 4.0%. That is up from 2,600 twelve months before.
Census 2021: 40,025 households, 4,602.1 people per square kilometre, 30.6% of workers based at home, 17.7% of adults retired.
MP
Damien Egan, Labour
- MP for Bristol North East since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 15 February 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Damien Egan on this site
In Parliament
What Damien Egan said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 8 September 2026 to 26 October 2026). Hansard search returns 54 spoken contributions by Damien Egan since 4 July 2024.
In recent years shoplifting has become an increasing issue for many of the high streets in my constituency, and our shop workers are having to deal with increasingly frightening and dangerous situations.
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12. What steps her Department is taking to support the provision of local policing.
T6. The steps towards expanding access to NHS dental treatment that the Minister outlined earlier are very welcome, but too many of my constituents still report that they cannot see an NHS dentist when they need one.
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Getting prisoner numbers back down to manageable levels depends in part on an effective and well-managed Probation Service, but as I have heard from probation staff in my Bristol constituency, the service is simply overwhelmed after years of cuts.
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All of us want to see an end to violence in the west bank. The Government should challenge the Israeli Government, but also the Palestinian Authority.
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Read from the Hansard API on 26 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Egan | Labour | 19,004 | 45.3% | −5.0 |
| Lorraine Francis | Green Party | 7,837 | 18.7% | +14.7 |
| Rose Hulse | Conservative | 6,216 | 14.8% | −24.3 |
| Anthony New | Reform UK | 5,418 | 12.9% | +11.4 |
| Louise Harris | Liberal Democrat | 1,964 | 4.7% | −0.4 |
| Asif Ali | Independent | 1,029 | 2.5% | |
| Dan Smart | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 399 | 1.0% | |
| Tommy Trueman | Social Democratic Party | 122 | 0.3% |
Result summary as published: Lab hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 45.3% | Green Party 18.7% | 11,167 | 59.9% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 50.3% | Conservative 39.1% | 5,464 | 70.1% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Bristol North East covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Bristol, City of E06000023
- South Gloucestershire E06000025
Who has power over Bristol North East
Every body that makes decisions for Bristol North East, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Bristol North East this page: Damien Egan (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Bristol North East?
Damien Egan (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Bristol North East?
The House of Commons Library records 19,004 votes for Damien Egan of Labour and a majority of 11,167; 59.9% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Bristol North East?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,730, 4.0% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Bristol North East?
£315,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Bristol North East?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £37,371 (April 2025).
How many children in Bristol North East live in low income families?
4,982 children under 16, 26.6%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Bristol North East?
102,663 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.