Broxbourne: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Broxbourne is Lewis Cocking (Conservative), returned on 4 July 2024. Lewis Cocking took the seat for Conservative in July 2024 with 15,810 votes (36.8%), ahead of Catherine Deakin (Labour) on 12,952. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 57.1% (42,952 of 75,210); the winning margin was 2,858 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
Residents of Broxbourne earned more than jobs based there paid in April 2025: median full-time pay was £38,614 for workplace jobs and £46,949 for residents. A year before, the residents' median was £43,337. The residents' figure ranks 70th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 83.2% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 7.6 points. The economically inactive share was 15.5%.
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £433,000 and half for less. That is up 44% on £300,000 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £450,000, in the year to March 2023. It ranks 112th highest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,187 recorded sales.
5,840 business sites were registered in Broxbourne in March 2026 (5,690 a year before), and employed 42,000 people in 2024.
About 111,300 people live in Broxbourne: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 111,302. Children under 16 numbered 22,001; people aged 65 and over, 19,724.
5,228 children in Broxbourne were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 23.8% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 12.6% in 2024/25, from 12.5% in 2021/22.
In September 2026, 3.2% of 16 to 64 year olds in Broxbourne were claimants (2,230 people). A year earlier the count was 2,260.
Census 2021: 43,539 households, 1,251.0 people per square kilometre, 30.2% of workers based at home, 20.6% of adults retired.
MP
Lewis Cocking, Conservative
- MP for Broxbourne since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Lewis Cocking on this site
In Parliament
What Lewis Cocking said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 15 October 2026 to 26 October 2026). Hansard search returns 367 spoken contributions by Lewis Cocking since 4 July 2024.
I thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement. Over the weekend, we heard yet another policy announcement made through the media, with the Prime Minister taking time out of his very busy reality TV schedule to brief the press that he will apparently end rough sleeping …
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Last week, Liberal Democrat-run Hertfordshire county council moved to become a county of sanctuary, essentially making it the council’s policy to welcome illegal asylum seekers.
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Will the new planning fees be ringfenced so that councils have to spend them on their planning departments?
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire) for securing this vital debate. Every time I speak to people right across Broxbourne, this issue is at the top of their minds.
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Fuel prices in my constituency are consistently higher than in neighbouring areas. A litre of petrol costs £1.82 in Hoddesdon, in the north of my constituency, compared with £1.64 in Enfield —from the same company.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Cocking | Conservative | 15,810 | 36.8% | −27.4 |
| Catherine Deakin | Labour | 12,952 | 30.2% | +6.2 |
| Tom Holdsworth | Reform UK | 8,782 | 20.4% | |
| Nick Belfitt | Liberal Democrat | 2,688 | 6.3% | −2.7 |
| Owen Brett | Green Party | 2,461 | 5.7% | +3.0 |
| Martin Harvey | UK Independence Party | 172 | 0.4% | |
| Brett Frewin | English Constitution Party | 87 | 0.2% |
Result summary as published: Con 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 | Conservative 36.8% | Labour 30.2% | 2,858 | 57.1% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 64.2% | Labour 24.0% | 19,192 | 63.2% |
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
Broxbourne covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Broxbourne E07000095
- East Hertfordshire E07000242
Who has power over Broxbourne
Every body that makes decisions for Broxbourne, 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
- Broxbourne this page: Lewis Cocking (Conservative) 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 Broxbourne?
UK Parliament lists Lewis Cocking, Conservative, as the Member of Parliament for Broxbourne since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Broxbourne?
Lewis Cocking (Conservative) won with 15,810 votes, a majority of 2,858, on a turnout of 57.1% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Broxbourne?
3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 2,230 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Broxbourne?
The median price paid was £433,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Broxbourne?
Median full-time pay of residents was £46,949 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Broxbourne live in low income families?
DWP counts 5,228 (23.8% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Broxbourne?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 111,302 residents.
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.