Towns with most cold homes as Labour vows to cut energy bills - check your area

28 February 2024 , 22:30

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Millions of homes would be less expensive to heat if they were better insulated (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Millions of families would save hundreds of pounds on their energy bills under Labour’s plan to insulate homes, Rachel Reeves has said.

The Shadow Chancellor accused the Conservatives of failing to help households keep warm.

Figures show that more than half of homes in England have an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of below “C”, which means they are less efficient than they should be. This means over 13 million families across the country are facing higher bills and colder homes.

The constituencies with the lowest proportion of energy efficient homes are Dwyfor Meirionnydd and Rhondda in Wales and Hodge Hill and Perry Barr in Birmingham. Birmingham Hall Green, Pendle in Lancashire and Bradford West in West Yorkshire also only had about a quarter of homes at the EPC C standard or above.

Ms Reeves has pledged that a future Labour government would insulate five million homes over five years, helping to cut household bills by an average of £445-a-year on current energy prices.

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Speaking ahead of a visit in the East of England today, Ms Reeves accused the Conservatives of “failing to tackle the cost of living crisis, with entire cities and towns being left behind”.

She added: “The cost of living crisis is still very real for households across Britain. However, Rishi Sunak and the Tories are simply putting this issue into the too hard basket, leaving people paying higher bills and living in poorly insulated homes.

“As Chancellor, I want to tackle the big problems head on and make long-term decisions that make working people better off. Those would be my priorities in a Labour Budget. “Labour has a real plan to keep more money in working people’s pockets while creating a stable pipeline of good, skilled work for tradespeople all across the country.”

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver the Budget next Wednesday, when he will set out the Government’s tax and spending plans for the months ahead. It could be his last opportunity to make major changes ahead of the General Election.

Constituencies with the most cold homes

(Proportion of homes below the EPC C rating)

Dwyfor Meirionnydd - 81.54%

Rhondda - 77.98%

Birmingham, Perry Barr - 76.7%

Birmingham, Hodge Hill - 75.92%

Pendle - 75.55%

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Birmingham, Hall Green - 75.44%

Bradford West - 73.7%

Castle Point - 73.28%

Staffordshire Moorlands - 73.27%

Birmingham, Yardley - 72.97%

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr - 72.97%

Blackpool South - 72.65%

Hyndburn - 71.95%

Ceredigion - 71.58%

Bradford East - 71.57%

Southend West - 71.06%

Barrow and Furness - 71.05%

Burnley - 70.8%

Blackpool North and Cleveleys - 70.32%

Bradford South - 69.79%

Morecambe and Lunesdale - 69.55%

Montgomeryshire - 69.22%

Brecon and Radnorshire - 69.06%

Halifax - 68.82%

Old Bexley and Sidcup - 68.73%

Keighley - 68.68%

Ludlow - 68.54%

Wolverhampton South West - 68.16%

Warley - 68.12%

Arfon - 68.1%

Calder Valley - 67.87%

St Ives - 67.79%

Blaenau Gwent - 67.71%

Southport - 67.06%

Stourbridge - 66.93%

Cynon Valley - 66.88%

Birmingham, Selly Oak - 66.27%

Rossendale and Darwen - 66.17%

Huddersfield - 66.1%

Clwyd West - 66.08%

Great Grimsby - 66.07%

Clacton - 66.03%

East Worthing and Shoreham - 65.97%

Orpington - 65.96%

Aberconwy - 65.93%

Copeland - 65.92%

Vale of Clwyd - 65.75%

Leeds North East - 65.68%

Cheadle - 65.52%

Stoke-on-Trent South - 65.09%

Ynys Môn - 65.05%

North Norfolk - 65.01%

Bury North - 64.98%

Sheffield, Hallam - 64.98%

Oldham East and Saddleworth - 64.97%

Brigg and Goole - 64.87%

Shipley - 64.79%

Wirral South - 64.75%

Hazel Grove - 64.73%

Doncaster North - 64.72%

Mid Derbyshire - 64.67%

Leeds West - 64.65%

Sutton Coldfield - 64.55%

Llanelli - 64.49%

Wallasey - 64.47%

Manchester, Gorton - 64.29%

Dudley South - 64.25%

Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough - 64.1%

Leeds North West - 64.04%

Liverpool, Wavertree - 63.96%

Broxtowe - 63.93%

Pudsey - 63.72%

Cleethorpes - 63.55%

Wirral West - 63.55%

Torbay - 63.45%

Preseli Pembrokeshire - 63.35%

Derby South - 63.34%

Penrith and The Border - 63.32%

Workington - 63.32%

Coventry North West - 63.28%

Hexham - 63.27%

Leicester South - 63.25%

Solihull - 63.2%

Westmorland and Lonsdale - 63.15%

Colne Valley - 63.14%

Totnes - 63.1%

Hornchurch and Upminster - 62.75%

Batley and Spen - 62.74%

Erewash - 62.73%

Leyton and Wanstead - 62.67%

North Herefordshire - 62.56%

Leicester East - 62.54%

Stoke-on-Trent North - 62.47%

Altrincham and Sale West - 62.46%

Walsall South - 62.46%

Ilford North - 62.45%

Scarborough and Whitby - 62.44%

Birmingham, Erdington - 62.35%

Stoke-on-Trent Central - 62.33%

Torridge and West Devon - 62.28%

Amber Valley - 62.25%

Denton and Reddish - 62.21%

Bury South - 62.17%

Sefton Central - 62.1%

Beverley and Holderness - 62.08%

Edmonton - 62.08%

Gillingham and Rainham - 62.08%

Louth and Horncastle - 62.07%

North West Norfolk - 62.04%

St Helens North - 62.04%

Aldridge-Brownhills - 61.92%

Wyre Forest - 61.92%

North Warwickshire - 61.83%

Rochford and Southend East - 61.74%

Blackburn - 61.73%

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire - 61.69%

Skipton and Ripon - 61.59%

Sunderland Central - 61.57%

Gedling - 61.54%

Harrow East - 61.43%

Birmingham, Edgbaston - 61.36%

North West Durham - 61.32%

Worthing West - 61.3%

North East Derbyshire - 61.22%

Stone - 61.18%

Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner - 61.08%

South East Cornwall - 61.05%

Stockport - 61.04%

Clwyd South - 60.91%

Makerfield - 60.81%

Dewsbury - 60.77%

Dudley North - 60.77%

Lancaster and Fleetwood - 60.76%

Romford - 60.75%

Newcastle-under-Lyme - 60.73%

Portsmouth North - 60.67%

Richmond (Yorks) - 60.62%

Gower - 60.51%

Swansea West - 60.51%

Liverpool, Walton - 60.5%

Leeds East - 60.5%

Oldham West and Royton - 60.44%

Macclesfield - 60.43%

Ogmore - 60.34%

Cardiff Central - 60.19%

Rayleigh and Wickford - 60.17%

Berwick-upon-Tweed - 60.09%

Hove - 60.06%

South West Norfolk - 60.02%

Middlesbrough - 59.99%

Twickenham - 59.82%

Bromley and Chislehurst - 59.78%

Ashfield - 59.76%

Barnsley East - 59.58%

Stretford and Urmston - 59.57%

Kingston and Surbiton - 59.41%

Luton North - 59.4%

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney - 59.34%

Sevenoaks - 59.3%

Broadland - 59.29%

Bexhill and Battle - 59.28%

Thirsk and Malton - 59.24%

Bath - 59.22%

Enfield North - 59.22%

Central Devon - 59.2%

Bexleyheath and Crayford - 59.19%

Waveney - 59.13%

Penistone and Stocksbridge - 59.12%

Derbyshire Dales - 59.12%

Halesowen and Rowley Regis - 59.08%

South Thanet - 59.07%

Wakefield - 58.96%

Hemsworth - 58.92%

Hereford and South Herefordshire - 58.88%

Chesterfield - 58.78%

York Outer - 58.76%

West Bromwich East - 58.65%

Bromsgrove - 58.62%

Bolton South East - 58.6%

Derby North - 58.6%

High Peak - 58.59%

Pontypridd - 58.54%

Rother Valley - 58.52%

Brighton, Pavilion - 58.45%

Sheffield, Heeley - 58.4%

Dulwich and West Norwood - 58.35%

Northampton North - 58.26%

Tatton - 58.26%

New Forest East - 58.24%

Birkenhead - 58.21%

Doncaster Central - 58.2%

Chesham and Amersham - 58.19%

Epsom and Ewell - 58.19%

Blaydon - 58.18%

Elmet and Rothwell - 58.13%

Harrogate and Knaresborough - 58.06%

Scunthorpe - 58.05%

Ashton-under-Lyne - 58.03%

Beckenham - 58.02%

Hastings and Rye - 57.95%

Bolton North East - 57.94%

Lewisham East - 57.88%

Epping Forest - 57.87%

Richmond Park - 57.84%

Sheffield South East - 57.83%

Boston and Skegness - 57.82%

Barnsley Central - 57.8%

Kingston upon Hull East - 57.79%

Truro and Falmouth - 57.76%

Newark - 57.67%

Islwyn - 57.65%

Forest of Dean - 57.64%

Harwich and North Essex - 57.62%

East Yorkshire - 57.52%

Leicester West - 57.5%

Bishop Auckland - 57.49%

Croydon North - 57.45%

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle - 57.45%

South Staffordshire - 57.44%

North Cornwall - 57.39%

Delyn - 57.39%

North Thanet - 57.38%

Darlington - 57.35%

Swansea East - 57.34%

Mole Valley - 57.33%

Streatham - 57.24%

Enfield, Southgate - 57.23%

Rotherham - 57.23%

Hornsey and Wood Green - 57.19%

Isle of Wight - 57.19%

Manchester, Withington - 57.17%

North Shropshire - 57.11%

Folkestone and Hythe - 57.1%

Maldon - 57.09%

Luton South - 57.08%

Nottingham East - 57.04%

Ilford South - 56.99%

Great Yarmouth - 56.99%

Kingston upon Hull North - 56.98%

Newcastle upon Tyne East - 56.96%

Bristol East - 56.91%

Rutland and Melton - 56.91%

Redcar - 56.77%

Wigan - 56.67%

Dagenham and Rainham - 56.62%

Lewes - 56.61%

Lewisham West and Penge - 56.57%

Gravesham - 56.53%

Cannock Chase - 56.52%

South Holland and The Deepings - 56.52%

Bootle - 56.51%

North Dorset - 56.5%

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich - 56.47%

Arundel and South Downs - 56.46%

Rochdale - 56.37%

Wentworth and Dearne - 56.36%

Tunbridge Wells - 56.34%

West Worcestershire - 56.33%

Mansfield - 56.31%

Croydon South - 56.3%

Hartlepool - 56.28%

Caerphilly - 56.28%

Bolton West - 56.26%

Fylde - 56.21%

Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport - 56.19%

Coventry North East - 56.18%

Tooting - 56.14%

Suffolk Coastal - 56.11%

Jarrow - 56.06%

Tiverton and Honiton - 56.01%

South Ribble - 55.91%

Coventry South - 55.74%

The Cotswolds - 55.71%

Walsall North - 55.66%

Henley - 55.63%

Carlisle - 55.6%

Spelthorne - 55.59%

Chingford and Woodford Green - 55.57%

Chipping Barnet - 55.55%

Brentwood and Ongar - 55.5%

Neath - 55.48%

Haltemprice and Howden - 55.47%

Eltham - 55.44%

Warrington North - 55.38%

Gainsborough - 55.32%

Preston - 55.31%

South Dorset - 55.31%

Bristol North West - 55.3%

Wolverhampton North East - 55.26%

Camborne and Redruth - 55.14%

Birmingham, Northfield - 55.13%

South Basildon and East Thurrock - 55.1%

Don Valley - 55.06%

Bassetlaw - 55.03%

Newton Abbot - 55.02%

Lincoln - 55.01%

New Forest West - 55.01%

North Devon - 55%

Worcester - 55%

Charnwood - 54.99%

Bristol South - 54.96%

Wolverhampton South East - 54.93%

Bridgwater and West Somerset - 54.9%

Portsmouth South - 54.8%

St Austell and Newquay - 54.79%

Ribble Valley - 54.61%

Morley and Outwood - 54.57%

South West Wiltshire - 54.53%

South Shields - 54.48%

Norwich North - 54.47%

Sleaford and North Hykeham - 54.4%

South West Hertfordshire - 54.39%

York Central - 54.39%

North Durham - 54.37%

Nuneaton - 54.32%

Sutton and Cheam - 54.3%

Uxbridge and South Ruislip - 54.27%

South West Surrey - 54.24%

Tamworth - 54.23%

Mitcham and Morden - 54.2%

Christchurch - 54.17%

South Suffolk - 54.17%

Heywood and Middleton - 54.14%

Guildford - 54.04%

City of Durham - 54.01%

West Dorset - 53.91%

Chatham and Aylesford - 53.9%

Stroud - 53.89%

Mid Dorset and North Poole - 53.88%

Bournemouth East - 53.83%

Bournemouth West - 53.83%

Easington - 53.83%

Halton - 53.74%

Bristol West - 53.72%

Dover - 53.68%

Beaconsfield - 53.63%

Somerton and Frome - 53.62%

Devizes - 53.55%

Nottingham North - 53.54%

North East Hertfordshire - 53.53%

West Lancashire - 53.52%

Bognor Regis and Littlehampton - 53.49%

Hayes and Harlington - 53.47%

West Suffolk - 53.45%

Cheltenham - 53.43%

Selby and Ainsty - 53.39%

North East Somerset - 53.36%

Kingswood - 53.27%

Ipswich - 53.24%

Romsey and Southampton North - 53.18%

Sedgefield - 53.18%

West Bromwich West - 53.18%

Stockton North - 53.11%

Bosworth - 53.1%

Liverpool, West Derby - 53.08%

Wrexham - 53%

Wells - 52.97%

Cardiff North - 52.93%

Esher and Walton - 52.9%

Canterbury - 52.88%

South West Devon - 52.87%

Havant - 52.84%

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland - 52.82%

Monmouth - 52.77%

Stafford - 52.74%

Bolsover - 52.71%

Wimbledon - 52.69%

Burton - 52.66%

Harborough - 52.64%

Mid Norfolk - 52.63%

Maidenhead - 52.59%

Stockton South - 52.59%

Gloucester - 52.58%

Leigh - 52.48%

Finchley and Golders Green - 52.48%

Basildon and Billericay - 52.46%

Eastbourne - 52.45%

Newbury - 52.44%

Gateshead - 52.43%

Wealden - 52.39%

Wyre and Preston North - 52.39%

North East Cambridgeshire - 52.38%

Carshalton and Wallington - 52.36%

Aberavon - 52.33%

South Leicestershire - 52.23%

Southampton, Test - 52.11%

Rushcliffe - 52.1%

St Helens South and Whiston - 52.1%

Sittingbourne and Sheppey - 51.97%

Northampton South - 51.93%

Grantham and Stamford - 51.86%

Warrington South - 51.78%

Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford - 51.77%

North Somerset - 51.72%

Reading West - 51.68%

Fareham - 51.58%

Newcastle upon Tyne Central - 51.57%

Walthamstow - 51.54%

Surrey Heath - 51.49%

Gosport - 51.48%

South Norfolk - 51.48%

Tynemouth - 51.45%

Crewe and Nantwich - 51.4%

Hitchin and Harpenden - 51.38%

City of Chester - 51.24%

Stalybridge and Hyde - 51.2%

Wycombe - 51.18%

Ellesmere Port and Neston - 51.11%

Broxbourne - 51.09%

Braintree - 51.06%

Reading East - 51.05%

Chorley - 51.01%

Kettering - 50.92%

Kensington - 50.9%

Brighton, Kemptown - 50.89%

Alyn and Deeside - 50.74%

Redditch - 50.73%

Feltham and Heston - 50.7%

Harlow - 50.68%

Loughborough - 50.65%

North Wiltshire - 50.59%

Windsor - 50.52%

Ealing North - 50.49%

Erith and Thamesmead - 50.49%

Bedford - 50.4%

Croydon Central - 50.37%

Tottenham - 50.37%

East Surrey - 50.35%

Tonbridge and Malling - 50.35%

Watford - 50.34%

Houghton and Sunderland South - 50.33%

Shrewsbury and Atcham - 50.15%

Chichester - 50.08%

Exeter - 50.08%

Stevenage - 50.02%

South Swindon - 50%

Hampstead and Kilburn - 49.82%

Nottingham South - 49.75%

Hertsmere - 49.73%

St Albans - 49.72%

Eddisbury - 49.7%

Ealing, Southall - 49.68%

Vale of Glamorgan - 49.54%

Wansbeck - 49.49%

Weston-Super-Mare - 49.46%

North West Leicestershire - 49.37%

Oxford West and Abingdon - 49.37%

Cardiff West - 49.34%

Chelsea and Fulham - 49.17%

Southampton, Itchen - 49.16%

Chippenham - 49.05%

Lichfield - 48.94%

Reigate - 48.93%

South East Cambridgeshire - 48.9%

Yeovil - 48.89%

Brent North - 48.8%

Congleton - 48.79%

Harrow West - 48.69%

Thurrock - 48.69%

Runnymede and Weybridge - 48.67%

Kenilworth and Southam - 48.61%

Chelmsford - 48.53%

Newport East - 48.39%

Sherwood - 48.3%

Bridgend - 48.07%

Wellingborough - 48.06%

Daventry - 47.92%

Winchester - 47.91%

Weaver Vale - 47.83%

Wythenshawe and Sale East - 47.79%

Newport West - 47.76%

Norwich South - 47.64%

Peterborough - 47.63%

Woking - 47.6%

Garston and Halewood - 47.49%

Rugby - 47.38%

Rochester and Strood - 47.23%

Worsley and Eccles South - 47.22%

Meriden - 47.2%

Torfaen - 47.17%

Ealing Central and Acton - 47.16%

Hemel Hempstead - 47.14%

Maidstone and The Weald - 46.81%

Mid Worcestershire - 46.79%

Buckingham - 46.78%

Faversham and Mid Kent - 46.78%

Witham - 46.62%

Taunton Deane - 46.6%

Oxford East - 46.5%

Poole - 46.45%

Blackley and Broughton - 46.44%

Aldershot - 46.41%

Saffron Walden - 46.4%

Salisbury - 46.38%

Slough - 46.31%

Warwick and Leamington - 46.28%

Hertford and Stortford - 46.09%

Meon Valley - 45.94%

Leeds Central - 45.93%

Blyth Valley - 45.91%

Tewkesbury - 45.7%

Bury St Edmunds - 45.6%

The Wrekin - 45.51%

South West Bedfordshire - 45.33%

East Devon - 45.31%

East Ham - 45.28%

Hammersmith - 45.14%

Bracknell - 44.93%

Washington and Sunderland West - 44.89%

Filton and Bradley Stoke - 44.87%

Thornbury and Yate - 44.72%

Huntingdon - 44.67%

East Hampshire - 44.49%

Plymouth, Moor View - 44.48%

Islington North - 44.47%

Westminster North - 44.33%

Stratford-on-Avon - 44.31%

North Tyneside - 44.04%

Mid Sussex - 44.04%

North East Hampshire - 44%

Welwyn Hatfield - 43.92%

Newcastle upon Tyne North - 43.87%

Corby - 43.79%

South Cambridgeshire - 43.71%

Ashford - 43.67%

Camberwell and Peckham - 43.37%

Witney - 42.96%

Sheffield Central - 42.87%

Hackney North and Stoke Newington - 42.87%

North West Hampshire - 42.69%

Horsham - 42.6%

South Northamptonshire - 42.52%

Brentford and Isleworth - 42.04%

North West Cambridgeshire - 42.03%

Holborn and St Pancras - 41.64%

South Derbyshire - 41.44%

Lewisham, Deptford - 41.39%

Putney - 41%

Colchester - 40.99%

North Swindon - 40.97%

Crawley - 40.95%

Cardiff South and Penarth - 40.29%

Banbury - 40.26%

Telford - 40.14%

Aylesbury - 40.12%

Dartford - 39.77%

Mid Bedfordshire - 39.68%

Brent Central - 39.38%

North East Bedfordshire - 39.14%

Milton Keynes North - 38.97%

Wokingham - 38.97%

Cambridge - 37.88%

Cities of London and Westminster - 37.64%

Liverpool, Riverside - 37.58%

Eastleigh - 37.53%

Wantage - 37.4%

Knowsley - 37.25%

Vauxhall - 37.03%

Islington South and Finsbury - 37.01%

West Ham - 36.72%

Milton Keynes South - 36.3%

Basingstoke - 36.23%

Hendon - 36.22%

Birmingham, Ladywood - 35.47%

Battersea - 35.21%

Barking - 34.49%

Hackney South and Shoreditch - 31.34%

Bethnal Green and Bow - 29.76%

Greenwich and Woolwich - 28.8%

Salford and Eccles - 28.47%

Manchester Central - 26.91%

Bermondsey and Old Southwark - 23.98%

Poplar and Limehouse - 16.2%

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