Cities of London and Westminster covers the historic core of central London, bringing together the City of London with much of the City of Westminster. It includes areas such as the West End, Soho, Covent Garden, Mayfair, Marylebone, Pimlico and the parliamentary district around Westminster, alongside the financial and historic centre of the City. The constituency is intensely urban but contains several major parks and open spaces, including parts of Hyde Park and St James’s Park. Its resident neighbourhoods sit alongside a very large concentration of offices, shops, cultural institutions, transport hubs and national landmarks. Few constituencies contain such a dense mixture of civic, commercial and historic functions.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for Cities of London and Westminster, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population131,247
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationLondon
Age profile
0 to 1711.9% · 15,578 people
18 to 2413.3% · 17,501 people
25 to 3423.8% · 31,298 people
35 to 4920.1% · 26,358 people
50 to 6417.6% · 23,138 people
65 and over13.2% · 17,374 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
59,202 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners29.6% · 17,513 households
Private renters47.0% · 27,798 households
Social renters22.6% · 13,357 households
Other tenure0.9% · 534 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
59,204 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households46.2% · 27,336 households
Families with dependent children15.6% · 9,259 households
Other single-family households26.5% · 15,664 households
Other household types11.7% · 6,945 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
119,981 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot5.4% · 6,469 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little6.9% · 8,248 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act87.7% · 105,264 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership
Signatures in this constituency2,030
Signatures nationally244,689
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded449
Total awarded£84,196,738
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 30 June 2026
Thru Life Boxing & Wellbeing Programme
Thru Life CIC
£11,446
Sport England · Sport
About this award
This project will run a 36 week initiative for young people aged 10-18 through non-contact boxing, fitness and mentoring based on 3 x 12 week cycles. Sessions combine structured boxing training with life skills discussions, targeting those at risk of inactivity, social isolation, or exposure to violence. 30 participants will benefit. Funding is required for coaches' fees, promotion, facility hire, equipment, youth worker support and project coordination.
National Lottery grantAwarded 25 June 2026
Threads Through History (provisional title)
Streets of Growth
£19,970
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Streets of Growth - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 24 June 2026
FOXFINDER
Foxfinder Productions Ltd
£1,278,500
British Film Institute · Arts
About this award
This award supports an emerging writer/director; a film that takes risks in form or content, where the more commercial sector cannot and supports a project with a diversity of representation in terms of perspective, talent and recruitment.
National Lottery grantAwarded 24 June 2026
FOXFINDER
Foxfinder Productions Ltd
£37,000
British Film Institute · Arts
About this award
This award supports an emerging writer/director; a film that takes risks in form or content, where the more commercial sector cannot and supports a project with a diversity of representation in terms of perspective, talent and recruitment.
National Lottery grantAwarded 22 June 2026
BEANO more risk: a new home for our offsite collections
Cartoon Art Trust Limited
£23,500
The National Lottery Heritage Fund · Heritage
About this award
We will de-risk our collections, take steps towards organisational resilience, and unlock research potential within our collections through this urgent project. Our offsite collections, including 8,000+ publications, are currently in Yellow Box storage units in London. By moving collections to new archival racks at the University of Kent (home of the British Cartoon Archive) we will improve their condition and reduce risk of damage. Practically, this move will also reduce our storage costs by two-thirds, representing a significant savings for a small independent museum. This is also the first step in our long-term plan enable greater public access and unlocking research potential through a closer relationship with the University of Kent Special Collections, home to the British Cartoon Archive. As part of our ten-year collections masterplan we are developing, we aim to conduct a joint rationalisation project for our publications to ensure we’re complimenting each other’s collections and avoiding duplication.
444 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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