Bexleyheath and Crayford.
Labour Party MP Daniel Francis holds the seat on 36.2% of the vote.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnehurst(2 seats) | Gillespie · Jackson | 2,982 | Bexley Con | May 2026 |
| Bexleyheath(3 seats) | Carew · Gillespie · Sandhu | 6,968 | Bexley Con | May 2026 |
| Crayford(3 seats) | Ryan · Ene · Cerisola | 5,089 | Bexley Con | May 2026 |
| Crook Log(3 seats) | Taylor · D'Amiral · Ward-Wilson | 6,572 | Bexley Con | May 2026 |
| Northumberland Heath(2 seats) | Purfield · Brackstone | 2,509 | Bexley Con | May 2026 |
| Slade Green Northend(2 seats) | Briant · Borella | 2,139 | Bexley Con | May 2026 |
| West Heath(3 seats) | Smith · Ford · Clapperton | 6,657 | Bexley Con | May 2026 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Bexley (96,644). Total population across named built-up areas: 96,644.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Bexley | 96,644 | city |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 60.5% | 57.1% | +6% |
| Owner-occupied | 72.3% | 63.1% | +15% |
| Private rented | 13.3% | 20.0% | -34% |
| Social rented | 14.4% | 16.8% | -14% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £353m |
| Taxpayers | 55,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,380 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £6,400 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel FrancisWON | Lab | 15,717 | 36.2 |
| Mark Brooks | Con | 13,603 | 31.3 |
| Tom Bright | Ref | 9,861 | 22.7 |
| David McBride | LD | 2,204 | 5.1 |
| George Edgar | Grn | 2,076 | 4.8 |
Turnout 43,461
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | David Evennett | Con | 59.8 |
| 2017 | David Evennett | Con | 55.6 |
| 2015 | David Evennett | Con | 47.3 |
| 2010 | Evennett, David | Con | 50.5 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo