The placeConstituency · West Midlands · Electorate 71,645 · 2023 boundaries

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Mike Wood holds the seat on 40.3% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentMike Wood · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilsSouth Staffordshire · Dudley
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001316
Electorate · 2024
71.6k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
40.3%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +14.0pp over Lab
Settlements
8
Largest: Kingswinford
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
11.6
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Twice defying his party on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill -- voting for it at both Second and Third Reading while most Conservatives opposed it -- Mike Wood is otherwise one of the most loyal MPs on the Conservative benches. Those two rebel votes stand out against a 99.5% party-line record. His recent news coverage tells a separate story: he documented 22 constituent complaints about Royal Mail in a single submission, campaigned successfully against 890 homes being built on local green space, and has run a personal sepsis awareness campaign drawing on his own experience of surviving the illness.

Wood votes in roughly four in five divisions -- close to the Commons average. His stance profile is conventionally Conservative: strongly pro-business, anti-tax increases, tough on crime, and supportive of Lords scrutiny of legislation. He deviates from his party on two issues: he votes more favourably on NHS funding than almost any other Conservative (33% aligned versus a 2% party average), and he leans toward assisted-dying access rather than against it (67% versus the party's 54%). His 350 speech contributions span economy, fiscal policy, social care, and local government -- a broad portfolio rather than a single specialism.

The health thread running through his news coverage and speeches aligns with a personal background: press coverage confirms he survived a serious illness and has since championed sepsis awareness alongside rare cancer causes. His committee role is the Committee of Selection, an administrative rather than policy-facing position. Local government coverage carries a mildly negative sentiment in recent months, likely reflecting ongoing tensions over the Black Country Plan withdrawal. No significant controversy or scrutiny beyond Royal Mail service complaints is visible in recent coverage.

40.3%
Con vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
13
Wards · 24 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.13 wards · 24 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bilbrook(2 seats)Hopkins · Burnett1,668South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Codsall(3 seats)Michell · Barrow · Chapman3,360South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Himley Swindon Roger Lees380South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Kingswinford North Wall Heath Mark Webb1,983Dudley RefMay 2026
Kingswinford South Graham Howes1,888Dudley RefMay 2026
Kinver Enville(3 seats)Spruce · Harrison · Dufty3,979South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Pattingham Trysull Bobbington Lower Penn(2 seats)Reade · Wilson1,392South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Perton East Penny Allen464South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Perton Lakeside(2 seats)Evans · Heseltine689South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Perton Wrottesley Phil Davis388South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Wombourne North(3 seats)Bond · Kinsey · Perry2,384South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Wombourne South(3 seats)Evans · Davies · Merrick2,255South Staffordshire ConMay 2023
Wordsley North Samuel James Hussey1,788Dudley RefMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.8 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Kingswinford (37,849), with Codsall (12,704) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 89,444.

city 1,597large-town 37,849town 43,858village 6,140

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Kingswinford37,849large town
Codsall12,704town
Wombourne11,711town
Rural & dispersed11,200town
Perton8,243town
Kinver3,879village
Showing 6 of 8·All 8 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate55.2%57.1%-3%
Owner-occupied78.3%63.1%+24%
Private rented10.6%20.0%-47%
Social rented11.0%16.8%-34%

Ethnicity.

White94.1%
Asian2.8%
Black0.6%
Mixed1.9%
Other0.5%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.5% Female 51.5% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£28,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£36,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,075
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
42
28 primary · 10 secondary
GCSE pass
62.8%
Attainment 8: 43.8

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£277m
Taxpayers51,000
Median per taxpayer£2,720
Mean per taxpayer£5,480

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by South Staffordshire and Dudley. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.

§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
11.6
-44% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
3.9
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
41% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences4.7
Shoplifting1.1
Anti-social behaviour1.1
Criminal damage & arson0.9
Burglary0.7
Other theft0.7
Vehicle crime0.7

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Mike WoodWONCon18,19940.3
Sally BentonLab11,89626.3
Gary DaleRef9,92822.0
Gully BansalLD2,0804.6
Claire McIlvennaGrn2,0774.6
Shaz SaleemInd1,0002.2

Turnout 45,180

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission