The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 70,297 · 2023 boundaries

Bexleyheath and Crayford.

Labour Party MP Daniel Francis holds the seat on 36.2% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentDaniel Francis · Labour Party
CouncilBexley
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001089
Electorate · 2024
70.3k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
36.2%
Labour Party · +4.9pp over Con
Settlements
1
Largest: Bexley
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
17.2
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

All five of Daniel Francis's rebel votes came on a single day -- June 2025 -- when he broke from the Labour majority repeatedly on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. His dissenting votes pushed in two directions: he backed amendments to prevent voluntary starvation being used to meet terminal illness criteria (where Labour's majority voted against), and he supported procedural moves to allow further amendments to be heard. This places him among the more active shapers of the assisted dying bill rather than passive supporters, and his voting profile confirms it -- he sits 22 points above his party average on end-of-life autonomy, and 20 points above on assisted dying safeguards. Outside that bill, he has voted with Labour in 97% of cases.

Francis participates in 87% of votes, modestly above the Commons average. He speaks most frequently on social care, health, and local government -- a pattern consistent with his local news profile, which shows him hosting SEND roundtables, marking Carers Rights Day (drawing on his own experience as an unpaid carer), and personally logging 82 potholes on FixMyStreet. He has also raised airline accessibility for disabled passengers in Parliament, linked to a family situation he has spoken about publicly. His stance scores show strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, but notably low scores on parliamentary scrutiny and resistance to Lords oversight -- both consistent with backing the government against opposition procedural challenges.

He sits on the Modernisation Committee. His recent news coverage spans crime, housing, and education, though sentiment data across the past 90 days is neutral on average. Speech data runs to April 2026; vote data extends to May 2026. No significant negative coverage or formal complaints appear in the available data.

36.2%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
7
Wards · 18 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.7 wards · 18 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Barnehurst(2 seats)Gillespie · Jackson2,982Bexley ConMay 2026
Bexleyheath(3 seats)Carew · Gillespie · Sandhu6,968Bexley ConMay 2026
Crayford(3 seats)Ryan · Ene · Cerisola5,089Bexley ConMay 2026
Crook Log(3 seats)Taylor · D'Amiral · Ward-Wilson6,572Bexley ConMay 2026
Northumberland Heath(2 seats)Purfield · Brackstone2,509Bexley ConMay 2026
Slade Green Northend(2 seats)Briant · Borella2,139Bexley ConMay 2026
West Heath(3 seats)Smith · Ford · Clapperton6,657Bexley ConMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.1 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Bexley (96,644). Total population across named built-up areas: 96,644.

city 96,644

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Bexley96,644city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate60.5%57.1%+6%
Owner-occupied72.3%63.1%+15%
Private rented13.3%20.0%-34%
Social rented14.4%16.8%-14%

Ethnicity.

White73.1%
Asian10.0%
Black11.2%
Mixed3.4%
Other2.5%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.0% Female 52.0% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£31,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£39,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,180
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
35
26 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
68.3%
Attainment 8: 48.5

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£353m
Taxpayers55,000
Median per taxpayer£3,380
Mean per taxpayer£6,400

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Bexley. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
17.2
-17% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.7
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
32% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.4
Anti-social behaviour3.1
Criminal damage & arson1.3
Vehicle crime1.3
Shoplifting1.2
Drugs1.1
Public order1.0

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Daniel FrancisWONLab15,71736.2
Mark BrooksCon13,60331.3
Tom BrightRef9,86122.7
David McBrideLD2,2045.1
George EdgarGrn2,0764.8

Turnout 43,461

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019David EvennettCon59.8
2017David EvennettCon55.6
2015David EvennettCon47.3
2010Evennett, DavidCon50.5
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission