The placeConstituency · West Midlands · Electorate 69,752 · 2023 boundaries

North Warwickshire and Bedworth.

Labour Party MP Rachel Taylor holds the seat on 36.0% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentRachel Taylor · Labour Party
CouncilsNorth Warwickshire · Nuneaton and Bedworth
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001400
Electorate · 2024
69.8k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
36.0%
Labour Party · +5.4pp over Con
Settlements
20
Largest: Bedworth
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
21.5
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026

Driving 1,300 miles to deliver aid to Ukraine and tabling her own Bill on freight crime, Rachel Taylor has carved out a busy public profile since entering Parliament in 2024. Her single rebel vote -- against her party on proportional representation in December 2024 -- is notable: Labour's official position does not support replacing first-past-the-post, and Taylor sided with that line by voting down a Liberal Democrat Bill to introduce the single transferable vote. Otherwise she votes with Labour 99.8% of the time, making her one of the more loyal members of the 2024 intake.

Her parliamentary engagement is solid at 81% of votes cast, broadly in line with the Commons average. She speaks frequently -- 264 contributions across 160 debates -- with the economy, social care, health, and local government dominating her topics. Road maintenance funding, freight crime, and local infrastructure feature prominently, and she has drawn media attention by publicly calling pothole conditions in North Warwickshire "an absolute disgrace" in a Commons debate. Her stance data shows strong alignment with progressive taxation and workers' rights, but she scores low on parliamentary scrutiny (9%) and Lords scrutiny (0%), suggesting she consistently backs government positions over amendment or delay.

Her committee roles span the Armed Forces Bill and the Women and Equalities Committee, though no major committee-driven output has surfaced in recent coverage. News sentiment over the past 90 days is broadly neutral across 70 articles, with crime and local government generating the most coverage. Data on her voting record before the 2024 general election does not exist, as this is her first term.

36.0%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
15
Wards · 29 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.15 wards · 29 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
Atherstone Central Steven Watson378North Warwickshire ConMay 2025
Atherstone North(2 seats)Singh · Jarvis772North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Atherstone South Mancetter(2 seats)Clews · Barnett874North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Baddesley Grendon(2 seats)Wright · Davey1,220North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Coleshill North(2 seats)Farrow · Fowler769North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Coleshill South(2 seats)Symonds · Hayfield949North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Curdworth(2 seats)Watson · Smith1,087North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Dordon(2 seats)Melia · Ridley772North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Fillongley(2 seats)Wright · Simpson1,163North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Hurley Wood End(2 seats)Phillips · Phillips1,042North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Kingsbury(2 seats)Jenns · Bates999North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Newton Regis Warton(2 seats)Ririe · Humphreys1,051North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Polesworth East(2 seats)Parsons · Chapman933North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Polesworth West(2 seats)Whapples · Osborne797North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Water Orton(2 seats)Reilly · Stuart817North Warwickshire ConMay 2023

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

§ 02Settlements.20 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Bedworth (29,151), with Atherstone (8,936) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 93,663.

large-town 29,151town 29,648village 34,864

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Bedworth29,151large town
Atherstone8,936town
Polesworth and Dordon8,512town
Coleshill (North Warwickshire)6,897town
Rural & dispersed5,303town
Keresley Newlands3,948village
Showing 6 of 20·All 20 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate58.0%57.1%+2%
Owner-occupied70.6%63.1%+12%
Private rented15.2%20.0%-24%
Social rented14.1%16.8%-16%

Ethnicity.

White92.3%
Asian4.0%
Black1.1%
Mixed1.9%
Other0.8%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.0% Female 51.0% 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
£27,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£33,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,370
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
48
32 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
53.9%
Attainment 8: 38.8

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£237m
Taxpayers50,000
Median per taxpayer£2,650
Mean per taxpayer£4,690

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by North Warwickshire and Nuneaton and Bedworth. 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
21.5
+4% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
7.2
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
33% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences7.2
Anti-social behaviour4.4
Vehicle crime1.8
Shoplifting1.6
Criminal damage & arson1.5
Other theft1.3
Burglary1.0

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%
Rachel TaylorWONLab14,72736.0
Craig TraceyCon12,52930.6
Paul HopkinsRef10,70126.1
Alison WilsonGrn1,7554.3
Guy BurchettLD1,2283.0

Turnout 40,940

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