Birmingham Northfield.
Labour Party MP Laurence Turner holds the seat on 39.6% of the vote.
1 Jun 2026
Turner's most distinctive moves in Parliament have come on assisted dying. On 20 June 2025 he broke from the Labour majority on five separate votes on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -- backing amendments to tighten the bill's safeguards, including provisions to close a loophole that could have allowed voluntary starvation to qualify someone as terminally ill. His voting pattern on the bill sits roughly 20 percentage points above his party's average on both end-of-life autonomy and assisted dying safeguards, suggesting he supports the bill's principle but wanted stronger protections built in. Beyond the chamber, he has championed a Private Member's Bill on criminal injuries compensation, drawing on his own experience of the system's failures, and has publicly pushed for accountability over sexual assaults on rail networks.
At 88% voting participation and 97.4% party alignment, Turner is engaged and broadly loyal. His speeches -- nearly 400 contributions across 174 debates -- concentrate heavily on economy and jobs, the labour market, social care, and local government, with a significant cluster on transport. His stance profile flags strong alignment with workers' rights (90%) and progressive taxation (97%), but low scores on pro-business (14%) and parliamentary scrutiny (9%) measures. He deviates from Labour colleagues by scoring lower on civil liberties and disability benefits votes. His membership of the Transport Committee shapes a chunk of his activity.
Turner has represented Birmingham Northfield since the July 2024 general election. His personal background -- he has spoken publicly about being a "SEND kid" -- appears to inform his local advocacy, which includes securing funding for Frankley Hill specialist school. News coverage over the past 90 days spans 181 articles across crime, transport, and local government, though average sentiment scores are neutral, limiting further inference. No formal biographical data on prior career is available in the underlying dataset.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allens Cross | Eddie Freeman | 949 | Birmingham Ref | May 2026 |
| Frankley Great Park | Gemma Louise Guttridge | 1,192 | Birmingham Ref | May 2026 |
| Kings Norton North | Martin Derek Smith | 1,082 | Birmingham Ref | May 2026 |
| Kings Norton South | Robert Andrew Grant | 1,725 | Birmingham Ref | May 2026 |
| Longbridge West Heath(2 seats) | Ward · Latchford | 4,493 | Birmingham Ref | May 2026 |
| Northfield | George Hall | 1,317 | Birmingham Ref | May 2026 |
| Rubery Rednal | Rebecca Michelle Waters | 943 | Birmingham Ref | May 2026 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Birmingham (107,365), with Rural & dispersed (1,488) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 108,853.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 107,365 | city |
| Rural & dispersed | 1,488 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 53.6% | 57.1% | -6% |
| Owner-occupied | 57.1% | 63.1% | -10% |
| Private rented | 14.9% | 20.0% | -25% |
| Social rented | 27.5% | 16.8% | +64% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £172m |
| Taxpayers | 47,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,360 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £3,690 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence TurnerWON | Lab | 14,929 | 39.6 |
| Gary Sambrook | Con | 9,540 | 25.3 |
| Stephen Peters | Ref | 7,895 | 21.0 |
| Robert Grant | Grn | 2,809 | 7.5 |
| Jerry Evans | LD | 1,791 | 4.8 |
| Altaf Hussain | Ind | 310 | 0.8 |
| Dick Rodgers | Ind | 215 | 0.6 |
| Dean Gwilliam | Ind | 163 | 0.4 |
Turnout 37,652
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Gary Sambrook | Con | 46.3 |
| 2017 | Richard Burden | Lab | 53.2 |
| 2015 | Richard Burden | Lab | 41.6 |
| 2010 | Burden, Richard | Lab | 40.3 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo