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East of England

Harlow

4th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
28
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,954 patients. The NHS England average is around 2,200.
NHS Digital General Practice Workforce (Feb 2026) and Patients Registered at a GP Practice (Mar 2026)

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Harlow yet. Full data arrives after the May 2026 elections.

Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
115/543
health
249/543
income
138/543
housing
253/543
education
96/543
Bottom 20%
employment
149/543
environment
460/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

education MODERATE
Rank 96/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1971 education-focused charities, 15151 employees
crime MODERATE
Rank 115/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 138/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
652 income-focused charities, 3105 employees
employment LOW
Rank 149/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
419 employment-focused charities, 2621 employees
health LOW
Rank 249/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
1455 health-focused charities, 15209 employees
GP ratio: 1:2954 (above 1:2000 threshold)
housing LOW
Rank 253/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
189 housing-focused charities, 4296 employees

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

4171 registered charities

4,171
Charities
£42,512,674
Grants to HQ'd charities
22,207
Employees
208,016
Volunteers
25.5%
Govt funded
LOW
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

THOMAS PARKER
THE POOR'S ESTATE
JOHN PUCKLE FOR THE POOR
REVEREND C A JONES
JOHN COWLIN
ELIZABETH WARNER COTTAGE
REMEMBRANCES COTTAGES
JOHN CARMICHAEL WHITTAKER
CHARLES SMITH
MARY FOUNTAIN

GP and primary care

9
GP practices
39
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,954
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). This constituency is 754 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Harlow, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 7,000
Construction 4,125
Education 4,000
Transport 2,560
Social Care 2,450
Environment / Green 355

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

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