Finchley and Golders Green: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Finchley and Golders Green is Sarah Sackman (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. Sarah Sackman took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 21,857 votes (44.3%), ahead of Alex Deane (Conservative) on 17,276. 49,289 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 77,500, 63.6% of those registered. The majority was 4,581.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set Finchley and Golders Green apart: the 9th highest median house price of the 575 constituencies with this figure (£707,500), and the 14th highest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£53,219 a year).
The ONS estimates 130,032 people lived in Finchley and Golders Green in mid-2024, up 4.4% on 2014. Children under 16 numbered 26,859; people aged 65 and over, 20,507.
The median price paid for a home was £707,500 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £538,000. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 9th highest of 575 constituencies. 806 sales were registered in the period, against 1,299 in the year to March 2025.
Full-time employees living in Finchley and Golders Green had median pay of £53,219 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £39,027. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £48,903. The residents' figure ranks 14th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Workplaces in Finchley and Golders Green accounted for 53,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 11,300 local units for March 2026.
Finchley and Golders Green counted 49,591 households on Census day 2021; 15.1% of adults were retired and 47.9% of those in work were mostly working from home.
7,052 children in Finchley and Golders Green were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 26.3% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 8.3% in 2021/22 to 9.4% in 2024/25.
77.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±8.6 points). 17.2% were economically inactive.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 4,170, or 5.0% of the working-age population. That is down from 4,300 twelve months before.
MP
Sarah Sackman, Labour
- MP for Finchley and Golders Green since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Sarah Sackman on this site
In Parliament
What Sarah Sackman said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 15 September 2026 to 13 October 2026). Hansard search returns 749 spoken contributions by Sarah Sackman since 4 July 2024.
We live in an era of problem solving, not point scoring. Indeed, as the Courts Minister, that has always been my focus. There is no bigger challenge in my portfolio than the unacceptable—indeed, intolerable—delays in our criminal courts, and that has always been the approach.
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I do not accept the premise of that question. I do not accept that we have a backlog in our magistrates court. What we have is a substantial caseload. The right hon.
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The ECHR contains some pretty basic principles: the right to privacy and the right to fair proceedings and a fair hearing.
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How regrettable that the Opposition could not waste an opportunity to engage in the point scoring rather than problem solving that is their ordre du jour.
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The hon. Member is right: a backlog is a backlog, irrespective of the offence. The victims in all these cases might be of a different nature— they might be animals, or they might be humans—but local authorities have a responsibility in this, and if she wishes to write to me, I …
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Sackman | Labour | 21,857 | 44.3% | +20.0 |
| Alex Deane | Conservative | 17,276 | 35.1% | −8.7 |
| Sarah Hoyle | Liberal Democrat | 3,375 | 6.8% | −25.0 |
| Steve Parsons | Green Party | 3,107 | 6.3% | +6.3 |
| Giuseppe Pezzulli | Reform UK | 2,598 | 5.3% | |
| Brendan Patrick Donnelly | Rejoin EU | 486 | 1.0% | |
| Katharine Margaret Murphy | Party of Women | 318 | 0.6% | |
| Michael Shad | Independent | 272 | 0.6% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. 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 44.3% | Conservative 35.1% | 4,581 | 63.6% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 43.8% | Liberal Democrat 31.8% | 6,629 | 73.1% |
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
Finchley and Golders Green lies within Barnet.
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Who has power over Finchley and Golders Green
Every body that makes decisions for Finchley and Golders 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 3: Local councils
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Greater London Authority Greater London Authority
- Metropolitan Police Service police force
- NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board NHS
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 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
- Finchley and Golders Green this page: Sarah Sackman (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 Finchley and Golders Green?
Sarah Sackman (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Finchley and Golders Green?
The House of Commons Library records 21,857 votes for Sarah Sackman of Labour and a majority of 4,581; 63.6% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Finchley and Golders Green?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 4,170, 5.0% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Finchley and Golders Green?
£707,500: 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 Finchley and Golders Green?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £53,219 (April 2025).
How many children in Finchley and Golders Green live in low income families?
7,052 children under 16, 26.3%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Finchley and Golders Green?
130,032 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.