Thurrock: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Thurrock is Jen Craft (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. On 4 July 2024 Jen Craft (Labour) won 16,050 votes, 42.7% of the valid vote; Sophie Preston-Hall (Reform UK) came second with 9,576. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 51.2% (37,558 of 73,392); the winning margin was 6,474 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Thurrock has the 56th highest population of the 575 constituencies with this figure (124,793).
About 124,800 people live in Thurrock: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 124,793. Children under 16 numbered 29,348; people aged 65 and over, 13,836.
5,940 business sites were registered in Thurrock in March 2026 (5,855 a year before), and employed 65,000 people in 2024.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £38,977 for jobs in Thurrock and £40,712 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £39,849. The residents' figure ranks 205th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £345,000 and half for less. That is up 55% on £223,000 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £350,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 194th highest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,097 recorded sales.
In 2024/25, 27.7% of children under 16 in Thurrock (8,141) 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 19.4% in 2024/25, from 17.8% in 2021/22.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 74.8% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 5.2 points. The economically inactive share was 19.5%.
Thurrock counted 45,057 households on Census day 2021; 13.8% of adults were retired and 24.5% of those in work were mostly working from home.
In September 2026, 4.8% of 16 to 64 year olds in Thurrock were claimants (3,880 people). September 2025 had 3,890.
MP
Jen Craft, Labour
- MP for Thurrock since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Jen Craft on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Jen Craft in Hansard, from 14 September 2026 to 15 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 252 spoken contributions by Jen Craft since 4 July 2024.
indicated assent.
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. It is a bit like “Beetlejuice”—you mention ferries and he appears; it summons him. He is absolutely correct that ferries should prove a vital part of public transport infrastructure.
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I welcome the statement, and I hope that the national care service affords an opportunity to develop a sufficient road map to community support for the more than 3,000 people with a learning disability and autism who are currently locked away in secure mental health units that …
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Q5. The school of my six-year-old constituent Hollie does not allow siblings to attend school events. Her brother William has profound, multiple, life-limiting disabilities and needs 24/7 specialist care. He is also a delightful little boy.
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I welcome the Secretary of State’s kind words. Let me also associate myself with her remarks, and with yours, Mr Speaker, about the Prime Minister’s very sad loss.
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jen Craft | Labour | 16,050 | 42.7% | +9.8 |
| Sophie Preston-Hall | Reform UK | 9,576 | 25.5% | |
| Jacqueline Doyle-Price | Conservative | 8,009 | 21.3% | −38.6 |
| Eugene McCarthy | Green Party | 1,632 | 4.3% | +2.7 |
| Michael Bukola | Liberal Democrat | 1,157 | 3.1% | −0.1 |
| Yousaff Khan | Workers Party of Britain | 691 | 1.8% | |
| Nimal Raj | Independent | 443 | 1.2% |
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 42.7% | Reform UK 25.5% | 6,474 | 51.2% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 59.9% | Labour 33.0% | 11,962 | 60.5% |
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
Thurrock lies within Thurrock.
- Thurrock E06000034
Who has power over Thurrock
Every body that makes decisions for Thurrock, 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
- Thurrock this page: Jen Craft (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 Thurrock?
UK Parliament lists Jen Craft, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Thurrock since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Thurrock?
Jen Craft (Labour) won with 16,050 votes, a majority of 6,474, on a turnout of 51.2% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Thurrock?
4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 3,880 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Thurrock?
The median price paid was £345,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Thurrock?
Median full-time pay of residents was £40,712 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Thurrock live in low income families?
DWP counts 8,141 (27.7% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Thurrock?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 124,793 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.