Chingford and Woodford Green: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Chingford and Woodford Green is Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative), returned on 4 July 2024. Iain Duncan Smith took the seat for Conservative in July 2024 with 17,281 votes (35.6%), ahead of Shama Tatler (Labour) on 12,524. 48,512 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 74,010, 65.5% of those registered. The majority was 4,757.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set Chingford and Woodford Green apart: the 2nd lowest median full-time pay for jobs based here of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£27,842 a year), and the 33rd highest median house price of the 575 constituencies with this figure (£565,000).
The median price paid for a home was £565,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £400,000. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 33rd highest of 575 constituencies. 956 sales were registered in the period, against 1,276 in the year to March 2025.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £27,842 for jobs in Chingford and Woodford Green and £44,716 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £44,450. The residents' figure ranks 103rd highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Chingford and Woodford Green counted 42,518 households on Census day 2021; 18.1% of adults were retired and 38.9% of those in work were mostly working from home.
The ONS estimates 109,870 people lived in Chingford and Woodford Green in mid-2024, up 2.2% on 2014. The estimate peaked at 112,345 in 2019. Children under 16 numbered 21,800; people aged 65 and over, 18,449.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 79.0% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 7.3 points. 15.7% were economically inactive.
Workplaces in Chingford and Woodford Green accounted for 43,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 5,320 local units for March 2026.
5,207 children in Chingford and Woodford Green were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 23.9% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 12.7% in 2021/22 to 13.6% in 2024/25.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 3,465, or 5.0% of the working-age population. September 2025 had 3,475.
MP
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative
- MP for Chingford and Woodford Green since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 9 April 1992
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Sir Iain Duncan Smith on this site
In Parliament
What Sir Iain Duncan Smith said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 8 September 2026 to 22 October 2026). Hansard search returns 367 spoken contributions by Sir Iain Duncan Smith since 4 July 2024.
I say to the Minister—I do not mean this personally—that I do not know what has happened to the Government. When they deploy British servicemen and women abroad, they should make a statement to the House, no matter what time of the day or night it is.
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I commend the right hon. Lady for her statement. I agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) that it is a remarkable statement and I commend Sir David Bell’s review. I also commend the response by my right hon.
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When the Government deal with our allies and friends the Americans, they might remind them about the disputed islands that they are in charge of—Wake Island, Navassa Island, Bajo, Swains Island, Guantanamo Bay—all of which have been supported by the United Kingdom.
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It is a pleasure, Dr Allin-Khan, to serve with you in the Chair for this vital debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Gillingham and Rainham (Naushabah Khan) on securing it.
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The hon. Lady is reading out a list of very good charities; I congratulate her on securing this debate. May I draw her attention to Ripple and Alice Hendy, to whom we at the Centre for Social Justice gave an award?
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iain Duncan Smith | Conservative | 17,281 | 35.6% | −12.6 |
| Shama Tatler | Labour | 12,524 | 25.8% | −19.4 |
| Faiza Shaheen | Independent | 12,445 | 25.7% | |
| Paul Luggeri | Reform UK | 3,653 | 7.5% | +7.2 |
| Chris Brody | Green Party | 1,334 | 2.7% | +2.4 |
| Josh Hadley | Liberal Democrat | 1,275 | 2.6% | −3.2 |
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 35.6% | Labour 25.8% | 4,757 | 65.6% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 48.2% | Labour 45.3% | 1,604 | 72.2% |
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
Chingford and Woodford Green covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Waltham Forest E09000031
- Redbridge E09000026
Who has power over Chingford and Woodford Green
Every body that makes decisions for Chingford and Woodford Green, 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
- Chingford and Woodford Green this page: Sir Iain Duncan Smith (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 2023 | 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 Chingford and Woodford Green?
Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Chingford and Woodford Green?
The House of Commons Library records 17,281 votes for Iain Duncan Smith of Conservative and a majority of 4,757; 65.5% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Chingford and Woodford Green?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 3,465, 5.0% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Chingford and Woodford Green?
£565,000: 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 Chingford and Woodford Green?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £44,716 (April 2025).
How many children in Chingford and Woodford Green live in low income families?
5,207 children under 16, 23.9%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Chingford and Woodford Green?
109,870 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.