Croydon East: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Croydon East is Natasha Irons (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. On 4 July 2024 Natasha Irons (Labour) won 18,541 votes, 42.4% of the valid vote; Jason Cummings (Conservative) came second with 11,716. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 57.2% (43,779 of 76,595); the winning margin was 6,825 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
68.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±10.1 points). The economically inactive share was 24.8%.
Homes in Croydon East sold for a median £426,218 in the year to March 2026, from HM Land Registry records compiled by the ONS. That is up 32% on £322,500 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £435,000, in the year to March 2023. It ranks 116th highest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 934 recorded sales.
In 2024/25, 31.6% of children under 16 in Croydon East (7,043) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 17.8% in 2024/25, from 15.2% in 2021/22.
Croydon East had an estimated population of 111,995 in mid-2024, against 109,803 in 2014 (ONS). Children under 16 numbered 22,266; people aged 65 and over, 17,432.
3,495 business sites were registered in Croydon East in March 2026 (3,425 a year before), and employed 18,000 people in 2024.
Full-time employees living in Croydon East had median pay of £40,617 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £40,960. A year before, the residents' median was £43,066. The residents' figure ranks 211th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Croydon East counted 42,666 households on Census day 2021; 17.4% of adults were retired and 35.1% of those in work were mostly working from home.
4,210 people were claiming unemployment-related benefits in September 2026, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64. That is up from 4,175 twelve months before.
MP
Natasha Irons, Labour
- MP for Croydon East since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Natasha Irons on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Natasha Irons in Hansard, from 8 September 2026 to 22 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 130 spoken contributions by Natasha Irons since 4 July 2024.
On that point about community, and what the black community adds to it, I pay tribute to the work of the Croydon BME Forum, led by Dr Andrew Brown, and the chair of our Pride in Place board in New Addington, Julia Weller.
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Q6. It is tough growing up in Britain today. With one in five young people now with a mental health condition, the wellbeing of our young people remains in crisis.
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I want to clarify the point about people born in other countries and living here. If a person is born somewhere else, it does not mean that they are not a British citizen, or that their children were not born in this country.
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I speak as the granddaughter of Jamaican immigrants who came to this country and had a council house, and then bought that council house and profited from right to buy. The conversation we had around our dinner table was, “Isn’t right to buy great?
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I thank the Secretary of State for this major step forward—it is a massive intervention in this space. She has rightly given the industry time to think about how it is going to approach these issues, but we cannot wait forever.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natasha Irons | Labour | 18,541 | 42.4% | −5.7 |
| Jason Cummings | Conservative | 11,716 | 26.8% | −14.6 |
| Scott Holman | Reform UK | 5,862 | 13.4% | +11.7 |
| Peter Underwood | Green Party | 4,097 | 9.4% | +7.0 |
| Andrew Pelling | Liberal Democrat | 3,563 | 8.1% | +1.5 |
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 42.4% | Conservative 26.8% | 6,825 | 57.2% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 48.1% | Conservative 41.3% | 3,413 | 67.2% |
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
Croydon East lies within Croydon.
- Croydon E09000008
Who has power over Croydon East
Every body that makes decisions for Croydon 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 3: Local councils
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Greater London Authority Greater London Authority
- Metropolitan Police Service police force
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust NHS
- NHS South West London Integrated Care Board NHS
- London in official figures
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
- Croydon East this page: Natasha Irons (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 Croydon East?
UK Parliament lists Natasha Irons, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Croydon East since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Croydon East?
Natasha Irons (Labour) won with 18,541 votes, a majority of 6,825, on a turnout of 57.2% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Croydon East?
5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 4,210 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Croydon East?
The median price paid was £426,218 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Croydon East?
Median full-time pay of residents was £40,617 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Croydon East live in low income families?
DWP counts 7,043 (31.6% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Croydon East?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 111,995 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.