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Swindon South

7th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
16
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,973 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)

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But here is what the data shows — and Swindon South could be next.

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Swindon South 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
316/543
health
369/543
income
274/543
housing
329/543
education
204/543
employment
351/543
environment
468/543

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

Identified resource gaps

education LOW
Rank 204/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
216 education-focused charities, 1428 employees

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

464 registered charities

464
Charities
£5,518,291
Grants to HQ'd charities
3,368
Employees
18,913
Volunteers
23.8%
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

JOHN JENNER
ELEANOR HUTCHINS AND OTHERS
S.H. SUNG SPECIAL WORLD SERVICE FUND

127 staff
TOOTHILL AFTER SCHOOL CLUB
THE SWINDON EDUCATION TRUST
SWINDON MUSLIM INITIATIVE
WILTSHIRE ETHNIC CULTURAL SOCIETY
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
HABIB WELFARE FOUNDATION
SWINDON EVANGELICAL CHURCH

GP and primary care

11
GP practices
44
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,973
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 773 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Swindon South, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 4,750
Education 3,500
Social Care 2,500
Construction 1,450
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Environment / Green 15

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

All data on this page is drawn from official public sources. Blocked Britain has no political affiliation. It is funded by no organisation.