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.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherstone Central | Steven Watson | 378 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2025 |
| Atherstone North(2 seats) | Singh · Jarvis | 772 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Atherstone South Mancetter(2 seats) | Clews · Barnett | 874 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Baddesley Grendon(2 seats) | Wright · Davey | 1,220 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Coleshill North(2 seats) | Farrow · Fowler | 769 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Coleshill South(2 seats) | Symonds · Hayfield | 949 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Curdworth(2 seats) | Watson · Smith | 1,087 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Dordon(2 seats) | Melia · Ridley | 772 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Fillongley(2 seats) | Wright · Simpson | 1,163 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Hurley Wood End(2 seats) | Phillips · Phillips | 1,042 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Kingsbury(2 seats) | Jenns · Bates | 999 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Newton Regis Warton(2 seats) | Ririe · Humphreys | 1,051 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Polesworth East(2 seats) | Parsons · Chapman | 933 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Polesworth West(2 seats) | Whapples · Osborne | 797 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
| Water Orton(2 seats) | Reilly · Stuart | 817 | North Warwickshire Con | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Bedworth | 29,151 | large town |
| Atherstone | 8,936 | town |
| Polesworth and Dordon | 8,512 | town |
| Coleshill (North Warwickshire) | 6,897 | town |
| Rural & dispersed | 5,303 | town |
| Keresley Newlands | 3,948 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 58.0% | 57.1% | +2% |
| Owner-occupied | 70.6% | 63.1% | +12% |
| Private rented | 15.2% | 20.0% | -24% |
| Social rented | 14.1% | 16.8% | -16% |
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 | £237m |
| Taxpayers | 50,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,650 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £4,690 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel TaylorWON | Lab | 14,727 | 36.0 |
| Craig Tracey | Con | 12,529 | 30.6 |
| Paul Hopkins | Ref | 10,701 | 26.1 |
| Alison Wilson | Grn | 1,755 | 4.3 |
| Guy Burchett | LD | 1,228 | 3.0 |
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
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo