The placeConstituency · West Midlands · Electorate 71,843 · 2023 boundaries

Nuneaton.

Labour Party MP Jodie Gosling holds the seat on 36.9% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentJodie Gosling · Labour Party
CouncilsNuneaton and Bedworth · North Warwickshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001413
Electorate · 2024
71.8k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
36.9%
Labour Party · +8.4pp over Con
Settlements
5
Largest: Nuneaton
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
23.4
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

A steady, loyalist first-term MP, Jodie Gosling has used Parliament primarily as a platform for constituency advocacy rather than ideological positioning. Her most visible recent act came in April 2026, when she raised attacks on staff at Nuneaton's George Eliot Hospital in the Commons and secured a public condemnation from Keir Starmer, alongside government investment in a diagnostic centre expansion. She has also lobbied successfully for transport funding linked to a local station reopening, organised a petition against the removal of a Nuneaton fire engine, and championed a supported internship programme for SEND learners at North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College.

Her voting participation sits at 73% -- below the Commons average -- and she has not once broken with her party across 374 recorded votes, making her a 100% party-line voter. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with progressive taxation and workers' rights, and near-zero alignment with Lords scrutiny or parliamentary oversight -- consistent with a government loyalist during active ping-pong on legislation including the Pension Schemes Bill, Children's Wellbeing Bill, and the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. She deviates from her Labour colleagues most notably on football regulation (significantly less supportive) and assisted dying (slightly less sympathetic to both safeguards and patient autonomy).

Her 63 contributions span local government, the economy, education, and social care -- topics that mirror Nuneaton's priorities rather than a specialist policy agenda. She holds no committee seats. Local news coverage is high-volume but broadly neutral in tone, dominated by crime and transport stories. Overall, she is a constituency-focused backbencher with no rebel record and a limited footprint beyond her local patch.

36.9%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
8
Wards · 15 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.8 wards · 15 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
Arley Whitacre Susan Guilmant703North Warwickshire ConMay 2025
Chilvers Coton(2 seats)Venson · Sheppard1,244Nuneaton and Bedworth LabMay 2024
Eastboro(2 seats)Etienne · Cooper1,066Nuneaton and Bedworth LabMay 2024
Hartshill(2 seats)Hobley · Bell848North Warwickshire ConMay 2023
Milby(2 seats)Collett · Bird986Nuneaton and Bedworth LabMay 2024
St Marys(2 seats)Saru · Sheppard1,606Nuneaton and Bedworth LabMay 2024
Stockingford East(2 seats)Bonner · King1,449Nuneaton and Bedworth LabMay 2024
Stockingford West(2 seats)Watkins · Price1,489Nuneaton and Bedworth LabMay 2024

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

§ 02Settlements.5 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Nuneaton (89,431), with Hartshill (3,828) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 99,487.

city 89,431village 10,056

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Nuneaton89,431city
Hartshill3,828village
Rural & dispersed3,133village
Ansley1,614village
New Arley1,481village
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate59.4%57.1%+4%
Owner-occupied68.0%63.1%+8%
Private rented17.3%20.0%-14%
Social rented14.6%16.8%-13%

Ethnicity.

White87.7%
Asian7.8%
Black1.8%
Mixed1.8%
Other1.0%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.2% Female 50.8% 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
£25,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£31,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,760
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
41
25 primary · 7 secondary
GCSE pass
63.2%
Attainment 8: 43.8

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£214m
Taxpayers54,000
Median per taxpayer£2,450
Mean per taxpayer£3,990

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Nuneaton and Bedworth and North Warwickshire. 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

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

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
23.4
+13% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
7.8
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
34% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences7.8
Anti-social behaviour4.8
Vehicle crime1.9
Criminal damage & arson1.6
Shoplifting1.6
Burglary1.3
Public order1.1

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.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Jodie GoslingWONLab15,21636.9
Marcus JonesCon11,73728.5
Rob HowardRef9,05922.0
Keith KondakorGrn2,8947.0
Joy SalajaLD1,3403.3
John HomerInd9672.4

Turnout 41,213

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Marcus JonesCon60.6
2017Marcus JonesCon51.6
2015Marcus JonesCon45.5
2010Jones, MarcusCon41.5
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