Constituency house price performance since the last election

Leading estate agent comparison website, GetAgent.co.uk, has looked at how house prices have fared across England and Wales since the last election by individual constituency and which party has seen the largest increase across their respective constituencies as a whole.

House Price Growth by Party

GetAgent.co.uk looked at house price growth by constituency and the party within that constituency since the last election in June 2017 and found that constituencies across the big two of Labour and the Conservatives have seen the best level of house.

The Conservatives top the table with house prices across all Conservative constituencies increasing 5.3% to an average of £278,360 today, while Labour came in second with a 5.1% increase.

The Liberal Democrats trail with the lowest rate of house price growth since the last election across all constituencies (3.3%), while constituencies with independent or other parties in power have seen an increase of 4.9%.

Best Performing Constituencies

Political party aside, the best performing constituencies for house price growth since the last election are: –

  • Birmingham Ladywood: 23.3%
  • Leicester South: 21%
  • Brent North: 19.5%
  • Sedgefield: 18.2%
  • Barnsley Central: 18.2%

Worst Performing Constituencies

At the other end of the political house price spectrum the worst performing areas are: –

  • Cities of London and Westminster: -10.8%
  • Hornsey and Wood Green: -8.5%
  • Lancaster and Fleetwood: -6.9%
  • Richmond Park: -6.3%
  • Putney: -6.1%

Founder and CEO of GetAgent.co.uk, Colby Short, commented:

“As we gear up for another general election we thought it would be interesting to see which areas have bucked the wider trend of market uncertainty to register the best levels of house price growth since the last one.

When it comes to wider political house price performance the data shows it’s a very mixed bag and while Labour hold 14 out of the best 20 performing constituencies for house price growth, they also hold 11 of the worst 20 as well, although the Lid Dems seem to the worst party for UK homeowners across the board.”

Political Party – Average house prices and change
Political Party
Average House Price (June 2017)
Average House Price (latest March 2019)
Average change / growth (2017 to 2019) %
Conservative
£264,474
£278,360
5.3%
Labour
£217,432
£228,501
5.1%
Other
£255,320
£267,776
4.9%
Liberal Democrats
£324,295
£335,108
3.3%

 

Constituency Region – by average house price change
Region
Average House Price (June 2017)
Average House Price (latest March 2019)
Average change / growth (2017 to 2019) %
East Midlands
£173,997
£190,187
9.3%
West Midlands
£178,732
£195,351
9.3%
South West
£239,666
£255,538
6.6%
North West
£155,189
£164,887
6.2%
Wales
£146,650
£155,799
6.2%
Yorkshire and the Humber
£154,597
£163,330
5.6%
East of England
£284,093
£299,943
5.6%
South East
£324,016
£337,917
4.3%
North East
£136,949
£141,772
3.5%
London
£498,332
£509,498
2.2%

 

Constituencies – by best house price growth (%)
Constituency
Party
Change / growth (June 2017 – now)
Birmingham Ladywood
Labour
23.3%
Leicester South
Labour
21.0%
Brent North
Labour
19.5%
Sedgefield
Labour
18.2%
Barnsley Central
Labour
18.2%
Rugby
Conservative
17.7%
Forest of Dean
Conservative
17.1%
Coventry North East
Labour
16.8%
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Labour
15.8%
South Swindon
Conservative
15.6%
Stockport
Other
15.4%
Cynon Valley
Labour
15.4%
Torfaen
Labour
15.4%
Gedling
Labour
15.3%
Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Conservative
15.1%
Manchester Withington
Labour
15.1%
Harborough
Conservative
14.9%
Walsall South
Labour
14.8%
Birmingham Yardley
Labour
14.7%
Birmingham Erdington
Labour
14.5%
Constituencies – by worst house price growth (%)
Constituency
Party
Change / growth (June 2017 – now)
Cities of London and Westminster
Conservative
-10.8%
Hornsey and Wood Green
Labour
-8.5%
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Labour
-6.9%
Richmond Park
Conservative
-6.3%
Putney
Other
-6.1%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Labour
-5.6%
Liverpool Walton
Labour
-5.4%
Battersea
Labour
-4.8%
Finchley and Golders Green
Conservative
-4.7%
Hull West and Hessle
Labour
-4.2%
Swansea East
Labour
-4.2%
Chorley
Labour
-4.1%
Don Valley
Labour
-3.4%
Maidenhead
Conservative
-3.2%
Runnymede and Weybridge
Other
-2.7%
South Cambridgeshire
Lib Dem
-2.6%
Woking
Conservative
-2.5%
North East Hampshire
Conservative
-2.4%
City of Durham
Labour
-2.0%
Ealing Southall
Labour
-1.8%

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