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East of England

Luton South and South Bedfordshire

2nd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 3,243 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)
Housing deprivation: bottom 3.7%. Number of housing-focused charities: 62.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
173/543
health
178/543
income
57/543
Bottom 20%
housing
24/543
Bottom 10%
education
66/543
Bottom 20%
employment
143/543
environment
137/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing HIGH
Rank 24/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
62 housing-focused charities, 1287 employees
income MODERATE
Rank 57/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
277 income-focused charities, 1738 employees
education MODERATE
Rank 66/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
708 education-focused charities, 2915 employees
crime MODERATE
Rank 173/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment LOW
Rank 143/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
198 employment-focused charities, 865 employees
health LOW
Rank 178/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
510 health-focused charities, 4918 employees
GP ratio: 1:3243 (above 1:2000 threshold)
environment LOW
Rank 137/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
363 environment-focused charities, 1126 employees

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

1439 registered charities

1,439
Charities
£24,445,411
Grants to HQ'd charities
6,981
Employees
45,593
Volunteers
23.2%
Govt funded
MEDIUM
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

MARL ALLOTMENT
TURVEY POORS LAND
WIDOWS FUND (REV ROBERT HANCOCK'S CHARITY)
TOWN LANDS
SIR ROBERT NAPIER
CHARLES RICHARDS FOR BREAD AND CLOTHING
EATON SOCON NURSING ASSOCIATION
ELIZABETH LANE
BLANDINA MARSHE
MARSTON MORETAINE RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY

GP and primary care

14
GP practices
63
FQ FTE GPs
1:3,243
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 1043 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Luton South and South Bedfordshire, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 8,850
Education 5,000
Social Care 2,500
Construction 2,450
NHS / Healthcare 1,750
Environment / Green 75

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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