Warrington North.
Labour Party MP Charlotte Nichols holds the seat on 46.8% of the vote.
1 Jun 2026
In March, Nichols made national headlines when she told Parliament she had been raped at a work event -- and used that disclosure to challenge government reforms she argued would harm rape victims. The intervention drew significant attention and led her to publicly criticise Foreign Secretary David Lammy's proposed legal changes, breaking with the usual Labour communications line on the legislation. That moment crystallised what local and national coverage has otherwise reflected: an MP willing to use her platform on crime and justice issues in ways that carry personal weight.
Nichols votes with Labour on every recorded division -- a 100% party-line record across 437 votes -- but her stance profile reveals some texture. She scores strongly on workers' rights (89%) and progressive taxation (97%), but sits notably above her party average on assisted dying access (+19 percentage points). She scores zero on disability benefits votes, 12 points below the Labour average. Her 85% participation rate sits above the Commons average. Speeches cluster around crime, the economy, and social care -- consistent with local priorities -- and she has spoken 66 times across 42 debates since the last election.
Beyond the crime coverage, local reporting credits her with securing £150,000 for Warrington family services and championing the town's nuclear sector as co-chair of the nuclear APPG, hosting ministerial meetings to make the case for the 8,000 jobs it supports locally. She has also publicly backed scrapping the two-child benefit cap. She holds no select committee seat. News sentiment data covering the past 90 days shows 43 articles with the strongest positive coverage concentrated on MP performance and crime -- the latter driven largely by her March parliamentary statement.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood(3 seats) | Dhillon · Dhillon · Price | 4,338 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
| Burtonwood Winwick(2 seats) | Burgess · Mann | 1,555 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
| Culcheth Glazebury Croft(3 seats) | Seddon · Smith · Johnson | 5,148 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
| Fairfield Howley(3 seats) | Flaherty · Zaman · Higgins | 3,487 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
| Orford(3 seats) | Appleton · Russon · Frith | 2,968 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
| Poplars Hulme(3 seats) | Southern · Kerr-Brown · Sudworth | 2,723 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
| Poulton North(3 seats) | Friend · Emery · Gillham | 3,597 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
| Poulton South(2 seats) | Knowles · Rydzkowski | 1,666 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
| Rixton Woolston(3 seats) | Cooksey · Sheridan · Tynan | 2,829 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
| Westbrook(2 seats) | Eglinton · Rufus | 1,771 | Warrington Lab | May 2024 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Warrington (71,580), with Rural & dispersed (9,203) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 96,962.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Warrington | 71,580 | city |
| Rural & dispersed | 9,203 | town |
| Culcheth | 6,096 | town |
| Burtonwood | 3,804 | village |
| Winwick | 2,416 | village |
| Hollinfare | 1,999 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 58.0% | 57.1% | +2% |
| Owner-occupied | 64.6% | 63.1% | +2% |
| Private rented | 15.5% | 20.0% | -22% |
| Social rented | 19.8% | 16.8% | +18% |
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 | £236m |
| Taxpayers | 50,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,600 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £4,710 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Warrington. 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte NicholsWON | Lab | 18,730 | 46.8 |
| Trevor Nicholls | Ref | 9,540 | 23.8 |
| Yasmin Al-Atroshi | Con | 6,486 | 16.2 |
| David Crowther | LD | 2,737 | 6.8 |
| Hannah Spencer | Grn | 1,889 | 4.7 |
| Maddison Wheeldon | Ind | 659 | 1.6 |
Turnout 40,041
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Charlotte Nichols | Lab | 44.2 |
| 2017 | Helen Jones | Lab | 56.4 |
| 2015 | Helen Jones | Lab | 47.8 |
| 2010 | Jones, Helen | Lab | 45.5 |
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