Hornchurch and Upminster: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Julia Lopez (Conservative) is the MP for Hornchurch and Upminster, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Julia Lopez took the seat for Conservative in July 2024 with 15,260 votes (32.5%), ahead of Nicholas Palmer (Reform UK) on 13,317. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 62.2% (46,911 of 75,438); the winning margin was 1,943 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
Median annual pay for full-time work was £35,564 for jobs in Hornchurch and Upminster and £47,095 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £45,681. The residents' figure ranks 67th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Homes in Hornchurch and Upminster sold for a median £473,550 in the year to March 2026, from HM Land Registry records compiled by the ONS. That is up 48% on £320,000 ten years before. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 82nd highest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,052 recorded sales.
Hornchurch and Upminster had an estimated population of 111,519 in mid-2024, against 101,773 in 2014 (ONS). 21,177 were aged 65 or over and 22,362 were under 16.
Hornchurch and Upminster counted 41,963 households on Census day 2021; 22.8% of adults were retired and 36.1% of those in work were mostly working from home.
4,552 children in Hornchurch and Upminster were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 20.4% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 11.9% in 2024/25, from 12.1% in 2021/22.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 77.4% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 7.4 points. The economically inactive share was 16.9%.
4,925 business sites were registered in Hornchurch and Upminster in March 2026 (4,780 a year before), and employed 32,000 people in 2024.
2,795 people were claiming unemployment-related benefits in September 2026, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64. September 2025 had 2,685.
MP
Julia Lopez, Conservative
- MP for Hornchurch and Upminster since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 8 June 2017
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Julia Lopez on this site
In Parliament
What Julia Lopez said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 1 July 2026 to 15 October 2026). Hansard search returns 119 spoken contributions by Julia Lopez since 4 July 2024.
The Secretary of State could not say what the Prime Minister’s preferred relationship is, and I think that is because the Prime Minister himself does not actually have a clue.
Read in Hansard (opening words; the full contribution is longer)
The Secretary of State confessed last month that business leaders have urged him not to return to the political uncertainty around our relationship with the EU.
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It is British Beauty Week—I can see you have been celebrating, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I am sure the Secretary of State has been, too—but it is tough out there for our salons.
Read in Hansard (opening words; the full contribution is longer)
I thank the Minister for his statement. In his final Prime Minister’s questions, Keir Starmer spoke emotionally about how he had saved jobs at Jaguar Land Rover.
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I think the Secretary of State just said that the eminent professors are wrong. Aside from research spend, one of the core reasons for the budgetary pressures in physics is the ruinous cost of energy under Labour.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Lopez | Conservative | 15,260 | 32.5% | −32.9 |
| Nicholas Palmer | Reform UK | 13,317 | 28.4% | |
| Sunny Brar | Labour | 12,939 | 27.6% | +4.7 |
| Melanie Collins | Green Party | 2,620 | 5.6% | +2.0 |
| Ian Sanderson | Liberal Democrat | 2,381 | 5.1% | −2.0 |
| David Warren Durant | Independent | 394 | 0.8% |
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 32.5% | Reform UK 28.4% | 1,943 | 62.2% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 65.4% | Labour 22.9% | 21,735 | 66.4% |
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
Hornchurch and Upminster lies within Havering.
- Havering E09000016
Who has power over Hornchurch and Upminster
Every body that makes decisions for Hornchurch and Upminster, 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 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
- Hornchurch and Upminster this page: Julia Lopez (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 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 Hornchurch and Upminster?
UK Parliament lists Julia Lopez, Conservative, as the Member of Parliament for Hornchurch and Upminster since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Hornchurch and Upminster?
Julia Lopez (Conservative) won with 15,260 votes, a majority of 1,943, on a turnout of 62.2% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Hornchurch and Upminster?
4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 2,795 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Hornchurch and Upminster?
The median price paid was £473,550 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Hornchurch and Upminster?
Median full-time pay of residents was £47,095 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Hornchurch and Upminster live in low income families?
DWP counts 4,552 (20.4% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Hornchurch and Upminster?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 111,519 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.