Constituency profile

Stratford and Bow

London · Borough constituency

Uma Kumaran MP
Sitting MP

Uma Kumaran

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
London
Borough constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
37.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -14.2pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +13.5pp
vs Green 20.5%
LondonRemain-leaningGraduate-heavyDiverse

About the Stratford and Bow constituency

Stratford and Bow is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Uma Kumaran (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 44.1% to 22.2% for other parties, a majority of 11,634 votes on a 53.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 34.0% and the Greens on 20.5%, a margin of 13.5 points.

Who lives in Stratford and Bow? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
37.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
48.4%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
17.0%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
27.7%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
68.5%
UK average ~36%
Median age
32.0
UK median ~40
Age 65+
8.0%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
49.0%
UK average ~28%

How did Stratford and Bow vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 11,634 votes (21.9pp) · turnout 53.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Stratford and Bow

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Stratford and Bow within Newham and Tower Hamlets

Stratford and Bow crosses council boundaries: Newham (63%), Tower Hamlets (37%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Newham
43 LSOAs
63%View projection ›
Tower Hamlets
25 LSOAs
37%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Bow EastLabour 45.8%vs Others 20.0%May 2026 Green 41.1%vs Labour 25.7%
Labour→Green
+21.6pp
-
Bow WestLabour 45.3%vs Others 20.1%May 2026 Green 36.2%vs Labour 26.5%
Labour→Green
+18.3pp
-
Bromley NorthLabour 42.7%vs Others 25.3%May 2026 Others 40.4%vs Green 30.1%
Labour→Others
+31.4pp
-
Forest Gate NorthLabour 45.3%vs Others 20.5%May 2026 Labour 35.0%vs Green 34.7%
Labour share
-10.3pp
41.5%
Forest Gate SouthLabour 38.4%vs Others 32.7%May 2026 Green 35.0%vs Labour 29.3%
Labour→Green
+14.7pp
36.8%
Green Street WestLabour 43.3%vs Others 23.1%May 2026 Others 41.3%vs Labour 28.9%
Labour→Others
+27.8pp
37.1%
MarylandLabour 45.5%vs Others 20.6%May 2026 Green 35.9%vs Labour 28.5%
Labour→Green
+18.2pp
33.5%
StratfordLabour 44.6%vs Others 21.2%May 2026 Green 47.1%vs Labour 27.4%
Labour→Green
+24.2pp
29.7%
Stratford Olympic ParkLabour 45.3%vs Green 20.2%May 2026 Green 62.9%vs Labour 17.0%
Labour→Green
+35.5pp
31.4%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Stratford and Bow at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Stratford and Bow at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdLyn Brown West Ham MP62.7%14.7%11.5%1.6% UKIP1.4%8.2%22,53455.0%
2015predecessorLab holdLyn Brown West Ham MP68.4%15.4%2.7%7.5% UKIP5.0%0.9%27,98658.2%+3.2
2017predecessorLab holdLyn Brown West Ham MP76.7%16.2%3.0%1.9% UKIP1.6%0.6%36,75465.7%+7.5
2019notionalLabour winnerLyn Brown West Ham MP, pre-review boundary70.4%14.5%9.0%-3.7%2.4%26,49164.2%
2024Lab holdUma Kumaran44.1%7.2%4.4%4.8% Ref17.3%22.2%11,63453.8%-10.4

Stratford and Bow was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat West Ham (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Stratford and Bow

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Stratford and Bow. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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