Greenwich and Woolwich: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Greenwich and Woolwich is represented in the House of Commons by Matthew Pennycook (Labour). The 2024 count gave Matthew Pennycook (Labour) 23,999 votes and Stacy Smith (Green Party) 5,633, a majority of 18,366. 42,719 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 73,073, 58.5% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Greenwich and Woolwich has the 18th lowest share of adults retired (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (8.9%), and the 28th highest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£50,114 a year).
Residents of Greenwich and Woolwich earned more than jobs based there paid in April 2025: median full-time pay was £38,913 for workplace jobs and £50,114 for residents. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £47,882. The residents' figure ranks 28th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The ONS estimates 123,686 people lived in Greenwich and Woolwich in mid-2024, up 24.5% on 2014. There were more children under 16 (21,963) than residents aged 65 and over (10,138).
The median price paid for a home was £475,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £425,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £525,000, in the year to March 2020. It ranks 78th highest of 575 constituencies. 914 sales were registered in the period, against 1,580 in the year to March 2025.
Greenwich and Woolwich counted 49,548 households on Census day 2021; 8.9% of adults were retired and 49.9% of those in work were mostly working from home.
Workplaces in Greenwich and Woolwich accounted for 58,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 6,180 local units for March 2026.
DWP figures count 6,124 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 27.9% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it fell from 17.1% in 2021/22 to 16.9% in 2024/25.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 77.2% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 7.9 points. 21.3% were economically inactive.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 4,905, or 5.4% of the working-age population. A year earlier the count was 4,755.
MP
Matthew Pennycook, Labour
- MP for Greenwich and Woolwich since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 7 May 2015
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Matthew Pennycook on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Matthew Pennycook's latest words in Parliament, from 15 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. Hansard search returns 1,474 spoken contributions by Matthew Pennycook since 4 July 2024.
I will come to that, and I will answer the specific point on ringfencing as well, because I think the shadow Minister slightly misrepresented my response to the hon. Member for Broxbourne.
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I thank the shadow Minister for his response and the questions he put to me. Before I address each of them in turn, I want to reinforce a general point that I made concerning the rationale for the regulations.
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I thank hon. Members for those contributions. I am pleased that there is general support for both sets of draft regulations and their intentions in respect of improving the safety and quality of social housing.
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It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I will speak to both sets of regulations, and note that the draft hazards in social housing regulations are commonly referred to as phase 2 of Awaab’s law.
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This is where I come back to the importance of having up-to-date local plans. If a local planning authority has in place an up-to-date local plan, it may or may not include grey-belt sites, as the policy feeds through the system.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Pennycook | Labour | 23,999 | 56.2% | +1.2 |
| Stacy Smith | Green Party | 5,633 | 13.2% | +8.6 |
| Jonathan Goff | Conservative | 4,863 | 11.4% | −11.3 |
| Chris Annous | Liberal Democrat | 3,865 | 9.0% | −5.5 |
| Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye | Reform UK | 3,305 | 7.7% | +5.4 |
| Sheikh Raquib | Workers Party of Britain | 570 | 1.3% | |
| Niko Omilana | Independent | 311 | 0.7% | |
| Priyank Bakshi | Climate Party | 173 | 0.4% |
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 56.2% | Green Party 13.2% | 18,366 | 58.5% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 55.0% | Conservative 22.7% | 15,283 | 67.8% |
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
Greenwich and Woolwich lies within Greenwich.
- Greenwich E09000011
Who has power over Greenwich and Woolwich
Every body that makes decisions for Greenwich and Woolwich, 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
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust NHS
- NHS South East 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
- Greenwich and Woolwich this page: Matthew Pennycook (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 Greenwich and Woolwich?
Matthew Pennycook (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Greenwich and Woolwich?
The House of Commons Library records 23,999 votes for Matthew Pennycook of Labour and a majority of 18,366; 58.5% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Greenwich and Woolwich?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 4,905, 5.4% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Greenwich and Woolwich?
£475,000: 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 Greenwich and Woolwich?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £50,114 (April 2025).
How many children in Greenwich and Woolwich live in low income families?
6,124 children under 16, 27.9%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Greenwich and Woolwich?
123,686 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.