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| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Victoria Atkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament forIlford North | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lee Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 528 (1.1%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member ofRedbridge London Borough Council forAldborough Chadwell (2010–2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 July 2010 – 3 May 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 53rdPresident of the National Union of Students | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 July 2008 – 10 June 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gemma Tumelty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Aaron Porter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Wesley Paul William Streeting (1983-01-21)21 January 1983 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Domestic partner | Joe Dancey (engaged) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | London Borough of Redbridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Selwyn College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wesley Paul William Streeting (/ˈstriːtɪŋ/; born 21 January 1983) is a British politician who has served asSecretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2024.[1] A member of theLabour Party, he has beenMember of Parliament (MP) forIlford North since 2015.
Brought up inStepney, London, Streeting attendedWestminster City School. He read history at theUniversity of Cambridge and was president of theCambridge Students' Union from 2004 to 2005. He was president of theNational Union of Students (NUS) from 2008 to 2010. Streeting also worked for Progress, a Labour Party-related organisation, for a year before working in the public sector. In 2010 he was elected toRedbridge London Borough Council for Labour and became deputy leader of the council in May 2014. Streeting was elected to theHouse of Commons as MP for Ilford North at the2015 general election and resigned as the council's deputy leader before standing down as a councillor in 2018. He was returned to Parliament at both the2017 and2019 general elections.
FollowingKeir Starmer's election asLeader of the Labour Party in the2020 leadership election, Streeting joined the front bench asShadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in April 2020. He became Shadow Minister for Schools in October 2020 after the resignation ofMargaret Greenwood before joining theshadow cabinet asShadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty in theMay 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffle. In theNovember 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffle, Streeting became, following a promotion by Starmer,Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, a position he remained in until July 2024. Following Labour's victory at the2024 general election, Streeting was appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in theStarmer ministry.
Wesley Paul William Streeting was born on 21 January 1983 inStepney, London.[2][3][4] His parents were teenagers when he was born.[3] He has five brothers, a sister and a stepsister.[3][5] His maternal grandfather was an armed robber who spent time in prison, and his grandmother became embroiled in his crimes and was incarcerated atHM Prison Holloway, where she metChristine Keeler (a key figure in theProfumo affair). According to Streeting, they "stayed in touch, they became friends". His grandmother was released from prison to give birth to his mother atWhittington Hospital in London.[3]
Streeting's two grandfathers, both named Bill, were key figures in his youth. His maternal grandfather, Bill Crowley, was a frequently imprisoned criminal who was acquainted with theKray twins.[6][3] He often engaged his grandson in lively discussions about religion and politics. Streeting's paternal grandfather served in theSecond World War in theRoyal Navy and later in themerchant navy before becoming acivil engineer. He recalled: "He was the grandad I was closest to. He was a traditional working-classTory."[3]
Streeting grew up living in acouncil flat.[7][8] He recallsConservative Party politicians, particularlyAnn Widdecombe, in the 1990s "denigrating single-parent families like mine, which I took quite personally".[3] He was educated atWestminster City School,[2] a comprehensive state school inVictoria, London. He went on to study history atSelwyn College, Cambridge, graduating in 2004.[9][10] Streeting briefly left theLabour Party because he opposed its decision to enter theIraq War.[11]
Streeting came out as gay in his second year of university.[3] He was elected President ofCambridge Students' Union for the 2004–05 academic year,[2] asabbatical officer role. As president he campaigned against the proposed closure ofCambridge University's architecture department.[12] During his term as NUS president he opposed academic strikes, "Given the effects of the current economic climate on the graduate jobs market, students need industrial action by university staff like a hole in the head".[13]
As President of the NUS, Streeting was a strong proponent of his predecessorGemma Tumelty's proposed reforms to the NUS governance structures, which had been denounced and narrowly defeated by many left-wing groups in NUS as an attack on NUS democracy.[citation needed] His election was reported byThe Guardian as "a move that will lend weight to the fight to modernise the union".[14] As NUS President, Streeting was a non-executive director of the NUS's trading arm,NUS Services Ltd, and ofEndsleigh Insurance.
He was also a non-executive director of theUniversities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), as well as the Higher Education academy, having served on their board as Vice President (Education) when he was also a non-executive director of theOffice of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIAHE). Shortly after his election as NUS President, Streeting was appointed as a member of the government'sYouth Citizenship Commission, chaired by ProfessorJonathan Tonge of theUniversity of Liverpool, which published its report in June 2009.[15] Streeting supported universitytuition fees as president, consistent with UK government policy during theNew Labour years.[16]
In 2009, while President of the NUS, Streeting posted tweets about wanting to push theDaily Mail journalistJan Moir 'under a train'.[17]
Streeting worked for theLabour Party-related organisationProgress for a year.[18] Progress was a pressure group created to support Tony Blair'sNew Labour in 1996 and continued to promote the thinking of the Blairite-Brownite wing of Labour until 2014.[19] Progress was funded byDavid Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, and coincided with Blair's announcement that he would abolish the party'sClause IV commitment to old-style public ownership.[19]
After completing his term as President of the NUS, Streeting served as Chief Executive of theHelena Kennedy Foundation, an educational charity that promotes access to higher education for students from further education colleges.[20] He went on to serve as head of education atStonewall, alesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights charity (for one year and six months), where he led their Education for All campaign to tacklehomophobia in schools.[21]
He was subsequently a public sector consultant withPricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which he gave up on election as a councillor, because Redbridge Council was a "current audit client" of the firm; this forced him to choose between keeping his job or forcing a second by-election.[22] In 2010, shortly after leaving PwC, Streeting was appointed as Head of Policy and Strategic Communications forOona King's unsuccessful bid to win the Labour Party's nomination to be its candidate in the2012 London Mayoral election.[23][24]
In a July 2010by-election, Streeting was elected for theChadwell ward onRedbridge London Borough Council, havingstood unsuccessfully for that council'sRoding ward two months earlier. He held the Chadwell seat for Labour by 220 votes, winning with 31.5% of the vote on a 25.5% turnout.[25] The by-election had been triggered by a previously elected candidate subsequently being found to be ineligible to serve on the council.[26] Streeting was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Group in October 2011.[27]
Streeting sought re-election in 2014 to represent theAldborough ward. At a public meeting of the Redbridge Citizens' Assembly on 6 May 2014, Streeting promised on behalf of his group that, if they won the election, they would not reduce the level ofCouncil Tax support provided to low-income working-age residents. In May 2014, Labour took control ofRedbridge Council for the first time and Streeting was appointed Deputy Leader of the council, withJas Athwal as Leader.[28][29] Once elected, the Labour council proceeded to cut the level of council tax support, so as to treble the amount of Council Tax paid by supported residents from April 2016; the council made a further reduction from April 2017, and made a third reduction from April 2018.[30][31][32][33]
Streeting resigned as Deputy Leader in May 2015, shortly after being elected Member of Parliament for Ilford North.[34] Whilst he remained a backbench councillor following his election to Parliament, he chose not to claim his councillor allowance.[35] Streeting did not stand for re-election after being elected to Parliament, and ceased to be a councillor on 3 May 2018.
At the2015 general election, Streeting was elected to Parliament as MP forIlford North with 43.9% of the vote and a majority of 589.[36][37][38] After being elected to Parliament, Streeting was elected Honorary President of theBritish Youth Council.[39] In April 2016 Streeting criticised the Labour Party for refusing a £30,000 donation fromMcDonald's. According to Labour, the refusal was due to the company's poor record on worker's rights and hostile stance towards trade unions.[40][41] Streeting campaigned in favour of the United Kingdom remaining in theEuropean Union in the run-up to the2016 EU membership referendum.[42] He later campaigned for aPeople's Vote, a campaign group calling for a public vote on the final Brexit deal between the UK and the European Union.[43]
At the snap2017 general election, Streeting was re-elected as MP for Ilford North with an increased vote share of 57.8% and an increased majority of 9,639.[44][45] Streeting is a vice-chair of theAll-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism, a co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group onBritish Jews and a supporter ofLabour Friends of Israel.[46][47][48] He is also a co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims and a supporter ofLabour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East.[49] In September 2018, he held the last in a series of London-wide consultations to create theWorking Definition of Islamophobia.[50] In July 2018, Streeting called for "targeted economic sanctions" against Israeli settlements in theWest Bank in response to the Israeli government "grossly infringing on the human rights of Palestinians".[51] In July 2019, Streeting was reported in the media as using abusive language towards a non-Jewish antisemitism campaigner.[52][53]
Shortly before the2019 general election, Streeting told aLabour First meeting that the party faced electoral oblivion in any snap poll due to the leadership's poor handling of Brexit and allegations of antisemitism.[54] At the election, Streeting was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 50.5% and a decreased majority of 5,198.[55][56] Following Labour's defeat in the general election, Streeting nominatedJess Phillips andRosena Allin-Khan in the 2020 Labour Partyleadership anddeputy leadership elections,[57][58] and, after Allin-Khan did not win, subsequently endorsedIan Murray for the deputy leadership.[59]
Following the election ofKeir Starmer asLeader of the Labour Party, Streeting was appointedShadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. On 16 October 2020, Streeting becameShadow Minister for Schools in succession toMargaret Greenwood, who had resigned the previous day following her opposition to theCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill. In theMay 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffle, Streeting was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet asShadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty.[60] He was promoted to the post ofShadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in theNovember 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffle.[61]
In February 2022, Streeting was re-selected as the Labour candidate for Ilford North at the2024 general election.[62] Streeting was ranked sixth in the New Statesman's Left Power List of May 2023, described as "one of the most prominent and confident members" of the shadow cabinet.[63] In July 2023, Streeting apologised in response to the treatment ofRosie Duffield by Labour for her views opposinggender self-identification andgender recognition reforms – while acknowledging that the two had differing opinions ontransgender rights.[64][65] In January 2024, he supported single-sex wards in hospitals, with the possibility of separate wards for transgender people in the future.[66] Streeting welcomed the final report of theCass Review, which dealt with gender services for children and young people, in April 2024. He said that the report "must provide a watershed moment for the NHS's gender identity services" and "provide[d] an evidence-led framework to deliver that". In an interview withThe Sun, Streeting stated that he no longer considers his stance on trans rights to be "some people are trans, get over it, let's move on." Instead, he reflects that "there are lots of complexities" in the ongoing debate, while affirming his continued support for transgender rights.[67][68]
At the2024 general election, Streeting retained his Ilford North constituency by a margin of only 528 votes following a challenge by independent British-Palestinian candidateLeanne Mohamad, who ran in protest against Labour's stance on theGaza war and theGaza humanitarian crisis.[69] While she was not elected, Streeting's unexpectedly narrow margin of victory provoked media and political attention, especially in the context of the simultaneous victory of several independent candidates against Labour running on platforms critical of the party's response to the conflict.[70][71][72]
In July 2024, Streeting was appointedSecretary of State for Health and Social Care. He became a member of the Privy Council on 10 July 2024.[73] Declaring the NHS to be broken, Streeting vowed to resolve the junior doctor strikes and decrease waiting times. New negotiations were held with the Labour government, which ended the dispute with Junior doctors on 17 September.[74]
Research by theGood Law Project in October 2024 showed that more than 60% of the money 'invested' in the new health secretary (i.e. donations he has declared in theUK Parliament Register of Members' Financial Interests)[75] since he entered parliament has come from companies and individuals with links to private healthcare. As at October 2024 a total of £311,400 has been given by companies and individuals to Streeting.[76] Streeting declared a January 2025 donation of £53,000 from OPD Group Ltd as being "Towards staffing costs in my constituency office".[75][non-primary source needed]
In November 2024, Streeting cautioned NHS leaders that consistently failing hospitals will be publicly identified, with managers held accountable, potentially facing removal and restrictions on future employment in the sector.[77] Later that month, Streeting voted against theTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
In January 2025 a press release announced a new agreement between the NHS and the "independent sector to help tackle waiting lists and give patients greater choice".[78]
On 9 September 2025, Streeting defended then-UK ambassador to the USPeter Mandelson, stating that he should not be judged as "guilty by association" for his links to convicted sex offenderJeffrey Epstein. The defence came after US committee documents were released within which he called the offender his "best pal". In an interview onSky News, Streeting said that Mandelson "deeply regrets ever having been introduced" to Epstein. He argued against dismissing someone based purely on their past connections, stating, "I don't think we should regard everyone as guilty by association". Streeting also highlighted the importance of justice for Epstein's victims, stating they should receive a platform to tell their stories.[79]
In November 2025, Streeting condemned strikes by resident doctors in England as "morally reprehensible" and stated that the strikes would threaten the future of the NHS. He said theBritish Medical Association was a "cartel-like" union and no longer a professional voice for doctors.[80]
In November 2025 theInstitute for Government accused Streeting of a “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming the NHS making it unlikely the government will hit its own targets.[81]
Streeting has said he suggested "working with the best of British business to reform the worst of British capitalism".[82] In 2020, Streeting said he wanted to tax capital gains on the same basis as income and suggested replacinginheritance tax with a lifetime gifts tax. He supports an increase incorporation tax.[82] He has promoted the establishment of a Good Work Commission to bring together the relevant stakeholders to negotiate a newemployment rights settlement.[82]
Although Streeting is considered to be on the right of the Labour Party, he said in 2022 he objected to being labelled aBlairite: "There's no future for the Labour party if it's locked in a battle between two competing visions of the past. I don't like being pigeonholed."[3] Following his election, Streeting was described as a "long-time critic" ofJeremy Corbyn, who wasleader of the Labour Party from 2015 until 2020. He accused Corbyn of a "flat-footed and lackadaisical attitude" to tacklingantisemitism, which was "simply unacceptable".[83] Streeting was among the 70 per cent of Labour MPs who nominatedOwen Smith in the2016 party leadership election.[84] In 2022, Streeting said, "I always thought that Jeremy Corbyn was unelectable and there was a fundamental moral objection to where he was on anti-Semitism."[3]
Streeting is pro-devolution, supporting the idea of providinglocal authorities with greater control overpublic policy.[82] He is a member of theFabian Society.[85]
Streeting campaigned in favour of the United Kingdom remaining in theEuropean Union (EU) in the run-up to the2016 EU membership referendum.[42] In 2018, he stated that ahard Brexit would address voters' concerns regardingsovereignty andmigration but would provoke significanteconomic harm.[86] Streeting appeared inThe Sun and tweeted a link to the article saying he would be "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime".[3] On immigration, in 2018, Streeting said: "I regularly make the point that we need better education and training for our own people, but we should be honest with our country that we also rely on attracting people from overseas, particularly with our ageing population and shrinking working age population."[87]
On health, in December 2021, in response to growing waiting times in theNational Health Service (NHS), Streeting said the way to reduce waiting times was better pay and conditions, while keeping a check on the six-figure salaries of managers and management consultants. Following a visit toIsrael in May 2022, Streeting suggested that the UK should embrace newtechnologies in the health sector that are commonplace in Israel to improve outcomes.[88] In January 2022, Streeting said that he supported the use of private providers in the NHS to cut waiting lists.[89] In June 2023, Streeting said that the NHS requires three big shifts: "from an excessive focus on hospital care to more focus on neighbourhood and community services; from an analogue service to one that embraces the technological revolution; and from sickness to prevention."[90] In January 2024, he also defended "nanny state" reforms, saying Labour would not "stand by while children become fatter and unhealthier".[91]
Streeting is opposed to legislation on assisted dying, announcing in October 2024 that he would be voting against Kim Leadbeater'sTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The Labour government gave its MPs a free vote on the legislation, and Streeting said he was concerned the current state of palliative care meant patients could feel 'guilt-tripped' into ending their lives.[92] He attracted criticism from some colleagues includingHarriet Harman[93] for ordering a review of the costs of assisted dying, warning that it would “come at the expense of other choices”.[94]
Streeting has strongly criticised those campaigning against same-sex relationship education in schools.[95][96] When asked if transgender women can be women on aTalkradio interview show in 2024, he was applauded byJulia Hartley-Brewer for his response, stating: "Men have penises, women have vaginas; here ends my biology lesson."[3]
In January 2024, Streeting voiced his support for putting transgender hospital patients in their own, separate, ward.[97] In the months leading up to the 2024 general election, Streeting also faced criticism from the LGBT community for saying that he regrets once saying that "trans women are women, trans men are men". He has also said it was wrong to claim thatgender-critical feminists are "bigoted", and apologised toCanterbury MPRosie Duffield, who has become known for her gender-critical views.[98] After the 2024 general election, Streeting defended and upheld the previous Conservative Government's ban on private prescriptions of puberty blockers exclusively for transgender youth,[99] and announced an indefinite ban of puberty blocker prescriptions for transgender under-18s in both the NHS and private sector in December of the same year.[100]
In February 2025, it was revealed byQueerAF that Streeting had met with members ofBayswater Support Group.[101] The group is known for its extreme anti-trans positions, promoting the conversion therapy manual,Desist, Detrans and Detox on its website.[102] An investigation byThe Bureau of Investigative Journalism in July 2024 outlined various kinds of child abuse and conversion practices parents admit to in attempts to stop their children from being trans, including destroying their clothing, medication and electronic devices.[103]
In a video filmed before the 2024 general election, Streeting expressed sympathy with the parents, whose "traumatic" experiences he said "really stuck with me".[104] He again met with representatives of Bayswater Support Group, along with several other anti-trans groups, on 31 July 2024, afterThe Bureau of Investigative Journalism had revealed the abuse that members of Bayswater engage in. Streeting has refused to comment on his public association with Bayswater Support Group.[105]
Trans Kids Deserve Better, a group of teenage transgender activists, has tried to meet with Streeting several times to argue for their rights to access healthcare, but according toQueerAF he has refused to speak to the group.[101] On 25 March 2025, two members of the group tried to confront Streeting when he was on stage at aGuardian Live event. They were escorted out of the venue.[106]
In April 2025, after being confronted by protesters who opposeNHS privatisation and restrictions on transgender healthcare at a trade union conference in Liverpool, Streeting apologised for the "fear and anxiety" caused by the ban on puberty blockers for transgender children, but claimed he was following clinical advice.[107]
Streeting lives inRedbridge, London, with Joe Dancey, a communications and public affairs adviser.[108][109] In October 2023, Dancey was selected as Labour'sprospective parliamentary candidate forStockton West at the2024 general election,[110] although he was unsuccessful.[111][112] Streeting, who is a practisingAnglican, has said his faith is "about compassion, not walking by on the other side", and that it caused serious problems when it came to his sexuality: "My faith was a really big obstacle to accepting myself ... I spent many years choosing not to be gay."[3] He has been engaged to Joe Dancey since 2013.[3]
In May 2021, Streeting revealed he had been diagnosed withkidney cancer[113] and would be stepping back from frontline politics while he received treatment for it.[114] He had received a phone call from his urologist informing him that tests, initially for kidney stones, revealed he had kidney cancer. He was on a campaign visit at the time. However, because the cancer was noticed early, his prognosis was good even though he needed surgery to remove the kidney.[3] On 27 July 2021, Streeting announced that he had been declared cancer-free, following anoperation to remove one of his kidneys.[115]
Streeting published his memoirOne Boy, Two Bills and a Fry-Up, in June 2023.[24] The book received generally positive reviews.Rachel Cooke ofThe Observer described the book as "both a little bit boring and unexpectedly fascinating".[116]Jason Cowley ofThe Sunday Times praised Streeting for telling "his story with emotional intelligence. He is never self-aggrandising, yet part of his appeal is his naked ambition; in a 2024 interview he was unequivocal about wanting one day to be prime minister. This is the self-made East End boy speaking."[117]Robert Colls ofLiterary Review was more critical, writing that "There are few ideas here that might take us deeper or wider. Streeting is a self-confessed Christian geek who never stopped reading and who wore his school merit badges with pride, but I was left searching for the intellect on which all his achievements were built. Maybe it will be in the next book."[118]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Wes Streeting | 15,647 | 33.4 |  20.7 | |
| Independent | Leanne Mohamad | 15,119 | 32.2 | New | |
| Conservative | Kaz Rizvi | 9,619 | 20.5 | 16.2 | |
| Reform | Alex Wilson | 3,621 | 7.7 |  5.8 | |
| Green | Rachel Collinson | 1,794 | 3.8 | 2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Fraser Coppin | 1,088 | 2.3 | 1.7 | |
| Majority | 528 | 1.2 | 9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 47,008 | 59.76 | 9.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 78,657 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Wes Streeting | 25,323 | 50.5 | −7.3 | |
| Conservative | Howard Berlin | 20,105 | 40.1 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Johnson | 2,680 | 5.4 | +3.5 | |
| Brexit Party | Neil Anderson | 960 | 1.9 | New | |
| Green | David Reynolds | 845 | 1.7 | New | |
| CPA | Donald Akhigbe | 201 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 5,198 | 10.4 | −7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 50,134 | 68.7 | −6.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,963 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | −3.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Wes Streeting | 30,589 | 57.8 | +13.9 | |
| Conservative | Lee Scott | 20,950 | 39.6 | −3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Clare | 1,034 | 2.0 | −0.4 | |
| Independent | Doris Osen | 368 | 0.7 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 9,639 | 18.2 | +17.0 | ||
| Turnout | 52,941 | 74.8 | +9.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 70,791 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +8.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Wes Streeting | 21,463 | 43.9 | +9.6 | |
| Conservative | Lee Scott | 20,874 | 42.7 | −3.1 | |
| UKIP | Philip Hyde | 4,355 | 8.9 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Clare | 1,130 | 2.3 | −10.4 | |
| Green | David Reynolds | 1,023 | 2.1 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | Doris Osen | 87 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 589 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 48,932 | 65.0 | −0.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 75,294 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +6.4 | |||
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