Hampstead and Highgate: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Tulip Siddiq (Labour) is the MP for Hampstead and Highgate, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Tulip Siddiq (Labour) 23,432 votes and Don Williams (Conservative) 8,462, a majority of 14,970. 48,550 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 80,029, 60.7% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Hampstead and Highgate has the highest share working mainly from home (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (61.6%), and the 2nd highest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£61,230 a year).
Full-time employees living in Hampstead and Highgate had median pay of £61,230 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £46,445. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £55,401. The residents' figure ranks 2nd highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The median price paid for a home was £872,500 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £780,000. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 3rd highest of 575 constituencies. 998 sales were registered in the period, against 1,693 in the year to March 2025.
Workplaces in Hampstead and Highgate accounted for 53,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 8,560 local units for March 2026.
Hampstead and Highgate counted 53,041 households on Census day 2021; 12.1% of adults were retired and 61.6% of those in work were mostly working from home.
The ONS estimates 117,711 people lived in Hampstead and Highgate in mid-2024, down 2.7% on 2014. The estimate peaked at 121,203 in 2016. 16,324 were aged 65 or over and 18,841 were under 16.
72.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±8.4 points). 26.6% were economically inactive.
DWP figures count 3,696 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 19.6% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 10.1% in 2021/22 to 10.9% in 2024/25.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 3,265, or 4.0% of the working-age population. That is down from 3,375 twelve months before.
MP
Tulip Siddiq, Labour
- MP for Hampstead and Highgate since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 7 May 2015
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Tulip Siddiq on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Tulip Siddiq's latest words in Parliament, from 12 October 2026 to 22 October 2026. Hansard search returns 191 spoken contributions by Tulip Siddiq since 4 July 2024.
Some people in the House may have noticed that a year ago a foreign state took an enormous interest in me and went to town with the newspapers.
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On 24 September, Melissa Premaratne was on her way to school when she was run over by a private hire vehicle on a crossing. Her parents, family, friends and teachers at Highgate school are understandably devastated.
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Vincent Chan abused baby girls at a Bright Horizons nursery in my constituency for seven years. The Guardian has now revealed that three years before he was arrested, a complaint was made about him.
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It took the DWP hotline 29 working days to respond to me about a constituent’s PIP arrears, and 39 working days to reply to a email about a reduction in state pension for one of my constituents. Can the Minister help me with this, please?
On the topic of local businesses, 87% of my constituents voted to remain in the EU, but kitchen designer Neil Lerner told me that he had to close the doors on a family business that had lasted for more than 30 years because of a severe downturn in sales caused by Brexit, a local …
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General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulip Siddiq | Labour | 23,432 | 48.3% | +0.6 |
| Don Williams | Conservative | 8,462 | 17.4% | −5.7 |
| Lorna Russell | Green Party | 6,630 | 13.7% | +10.0 |
| Scott Emery | Liberal Democrat | 6,181 | 12.7% | −11.6 |
| Catherine Becker | Reform UK | 2,940 | 6.1% | +4.8 |
| Christie Elan-Cane | Rejoin EU | 532 | 1.1% | |
| Jonathan Livingstone | Independent | 373 | 0.8% |
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 48.3% | Conservative 17.4% | 14,970 | 60.7% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 47.6% | Liberal Democrat 24.3% | 13,400 | 77.3% |
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
Hampstead and Highgate covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
Who has power over Hampstead and Highgate
Every body that makes decisions for Hampstead and Highgate, 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 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
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- Whittington Health NHS 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
- Hampstead and Highgate this page: Tulip Siddiq (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 Hampstead and Highgate?
Tulip Siddiq (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Hampstead and Highgate?
The House of Commons Library records 23,432 votes for Tulip Siddiq of Labour and a majority of 14,970; 60.7% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Hampstead and Highgate?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 3,265, 4.0% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Hampstead and Highgate?
£872,500: 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 Hampstead and Highgate?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £61,230 (April 2025).
How many children in Hampstead and Highgate live in low income families?
3,696 children under 16, 19.6%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Hampstead and Highgate?
117,711 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.