Civometry

ONS · people

Immigration under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Immigration: 2012 to 2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0500k1m2015202020252012: 643,000 people · published 21 May 20262013: 713,000 people · published 21 May 20262014: 778,000 people · published 21 May 20262015: 797,000 people · published 21 May 20262016: 772,000 people · published 21 May 20262017: 752,000 people · published 21 May 20262018: 825,000 people · published 21 May 20262019: 788,000 people · published 21 May 20262020: 662,000 people · published 21 May 20262021: 947,000 people · published 21 May 20262022: 1,398,000 people · published 21 May 20262023: 1,441,000 people · published 21 May 20262024: 1,012,000 people · published 21 May 20262025: 813,000 people · published 21 May 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present1,299,000Year ending June 2024813,0002025↓ 37.4%−486,000
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 2024793,000Year ending September 20191,299,000Year ending June 2024↑ 63.8%+506,000
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 2019759,000Year ending March 2017793,000Year ending September 2019↑ 4.5%+34,000
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 2017780,000Year ending March 2015759,000Year ending March 2017↓ 2.7%−21,000
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.