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Here is a list of the 50 Westminster parliamentary constituencies in England and Wales with the highest proportion of LGB+ residents at the 2021 census.

The list has been compiled by the PA news agency from data published by the Office for National Statistics.

The census was carried out in England and Wales on March 21, 2021 and included for the first time a question on sexual orientation, which was voluntary and was asked only to people aged 16 and over.

The political party currently holding the seat is given in parentheses.

Brighton Pavilion 11.9% (green)

Brighton Kemptown 10.3% (work)

Vauxhall 10.0% (labor)

Bermondsey and Old Southwark 9.4% (independent)

West Bristol 9.3% (labor)

Manchester Central 9.2% (work)

Hove 8.6% (work)

Hackney South and Shoreditch 8.2% (work)

Islington South and Finsbury 8.2% (work)

Bethnal Green & Bow 8.1% (labor)

Lewisham Deptford 8.0% (work)

Holborn and St Pancras 7.8% (work)

North Islington 7.8% (Independent)

Cardiff Central 7.8% (work)

Sheffield Central 7.8% (work)

Salford & Eccles 7.8% (labor)

Norwich South 7.7% (labor)

Cambridge 7.6% (work)

Manchester Withington 7.6% (labor)

Liverpool Riverside 7.5% (labor)

Hackney North and Stoke Newington 7.4% (work)

Central York 7.3% (labor)

Camberwell & Peckham 7.3% (labor)

Streatham 7.3% (work)

Oxford East 7.0% (labor)

Newcastle upon Tyne East 6.9% (Independent)

Cities of London and Westminster 6.8% (Conservative)

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport 6.6% (labor)

Leeds Central 6.6% (work)

Manchester Gorton 6.4% (labor)

Poplar and limestone 6.4% (labor)

Dulwich and West Norwood 6.3% (work)

Portsmouth South 6.0% (work)

Nottingham East 6.0% (work)

Lincoln 5.9% (conservative)

Hammersmith 5.9% (labor)

North West Leeds 5.7% (work)

Greenwich and Woolwich 5.7% (work)

Hornsey & Wood Green 5.7% (labor)

Battersea 5.6% (labor)

Tottenham 5.6% (Labor)

Exeter 5.5% (labor)

Bournemouth West 5.5% (Conservative)

Leeds West 5.5% (work)

Walthamstow 5.4% (labor)

Nottingham South 5.4% (work)

Tooting 5.3% (labor)

Bath 5.3% (Liberal Democrat)

Lewisham West & Penge 5.2% (labour)

Hampstead & Kilburn 5.2% (work)

Here’s a further list showing the top 50 constituencies in England and Wales with the highest proportion of residents who said in the census that their gender identity is different from their registered sex at birth.

The figures are given with two decimal places because the percentages are comparatively low.

Birmingham Ladywood 1.64% (labor)

East Ham 1.57% (labor)

Tottenham 1.57% (Labor)

Edmonton 1.51% (work)

Central Brent 1.47% (labor)

West Ham 1.45% (work)

Ealing Southall 1.43% (work)

Oxford East 1.39% (labor)

Bermondsey and Old Southwark 1.35% (independent)

Manchester Gorton 1.34% (labor)

Hayes & Harlington 1.33% (labor)

Leeds Central 1.32% (work)

Derby Sur 1.28% (labor)

North Brent 1.28% (labor)

Walthamstow 1.26% (work)

Camberwell & Peckham 1.25% (labor)

Manchester Central 1.23% (labor)

Barking 1.22% (Labor)

Newcastle upon Tyne Central 1.21% (work)

Ilford South 1.19% (work)

Brighton Pavilion 1.19% (green)

North Croydon 1.19% (work)

Lewisham Deptford 1.18% (work)

West Bristol 1.18% (labor)

Nottingham East 1.16% (work)

Sheffield Central 1.16% (work)

Feltham & Heston 1.15% (labor)

Bethnal Green & Bow 1.14% (labor)

South Luton 1.13% (labor)

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 1.13% (work)

Peterborough 1.11% (Conservative)

Hackney South and Shoreditch 1.11% (work)

Leicester East 1.11% (Independent)

Norwich South 1.10% (labor)

Erith & Thamesmead 1.10% (labor)

Leyton & Wanstead 1.08% (labor)

Cardiff Central 1.08% (work)

Bradford West 1.07% (labor)

Birmingham Perry Barr 1.06% (labor)

Stoke-on-Trent Central 1.06% (Conservative)

Middlesbrough 1.04% (work)

Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1.03% (work)

Cambridge 1.02% (labor)

Bradford East 1.02% (labor)

North Islington 1.01% (Independent)

Birmingham Hodge Hill 1.00% (work)

Ilford North 1.00% (work)

Northampton South 0.99% (Conservative)

Harrow East 0.99% (Conservative)

Leicester West 0.99% (work)