General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Hornchurch and Upminster?

Nicholas Cecil

8 July 2024 at 10:20 am·1-min read

Millions of voters across London went to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looked at key battleground seats in the capital, and published an interactive map of the results. Here we turn the spotlight on:

HORNCHURCH AND UPMINSTER

WINNER: JULIA LOPEZ

Top five candidates (in alphabetical order):

Sunny Brar - Labour (12,939 votes)

Melanie Collins - Green Party (2,620 votes)

Julia Lopez - Conservatives (15,260 votes)

Nicholas Palmer - Reform UK (13,317 votes)

Ian Sanderson - Liberal Democrats (2,381 votes)

Area: Wards in the constituency include Cranham, Emerson Park (part of), Gooshays, Hacton (part of), Harold Wood, Heaton, St. Andrew’s (part of), and Upminster

Hornchurch and Upminster constituency map: Purple shaded area: current constituency boundary. Green outlines new constituency boundaries (© OpenStreetMap contributors | © CARTO)

I’m not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check

Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rawlings analysis): Boundary changes have not significantly changed the political make-up of this constituency.

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