The placeConstituency · North West · Electorate 78,394 · 2023 boundaries

Warrington South.

Labour and Co-operative Party MP Sarah Hall holds the seat on 46.7% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentSarah Hall · Labour and Co-operative Party
CouncilWarrington
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001565
Electorate · 2024
78.4k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
46.7%
Labour Party · +22.8pp over Con
Settlements
3
Largest: Warrington
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
16.8
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

A steady party-line MP who has drawn attention through constituency casework rather than parliamentary rebellions, Sarah Hall has not voted against Labour once since entering Parliament in 2024. Her most recent votes -- backing tighter asylum support rules and opposing the referral of Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee -- both followed the government whip without deviation. A 100% party alignment record across 402 votes marks her as one of Labour's most disciplined members.

Her 78% voting participation sits close to the Commons average. Speeches, of which she has made 75 across 45 debates, cluster around local government, the economy, jobs, health, and social care -- a mix that reflects bread-and-butter constituency concerns in Warrington South. Her voting profile shows a notable divergence from Labour colleagues on pension protection, where she votes in favour at a rate 54 percentage points above the party average, and she scores well below her party on assisted dying safeguards and end-of-life autonomy votes. She sits on the Public Accounts Committee, which scrutinises government spending.

Her highest-profile coverage has come from constituency work: advocating for a family bereaved abroad, leading a parliamentary debate on neurodivergent workers in which she disclosed personal experience, and pressing the government on justice for the 1993 Warrington bombing victims. These stories generated strong local and national coverage in late 2025. Broader local news sentiment over the past 90 days is close to neutral across 132 articles, with crime coverage dominating. Speech data runs to March 2026; voting data is current to late April 2026.

46.7%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
11
Wards · 25 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.11 wards · 25 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Appleton(3 seats)Booth · Scott · Walker5,345Warrington LabMay 2024
Bewsey Whitecross John Roddy752Warrington LabJul 2025
Chapelford Old Hall(3 seats)Pete · Warburton · Parish4,078Warrington LabMay 2024
Grappenhall(2 seats)Speed · Browne2,344Warrington LabMay 2024
Great Sankey North Whittle Hall Charlotte Bond775Warrington LabMay 2025
Great Sankey South(3 seats)Watson · Hussain · Hussain3,877Warrington LabMay 2024
Latchford East(2 seats)Mundry · Mundry1,727Warrington LabMay 2024
Latchford West(2 seats)Matthews · McLaughlin1,790Warrington LabMay 2024
Lymm North Thelwall(3 seats)Hignett · Marks · Johnson5,679Warrington LabMay 2024
Penketh Cuerdley(3 seats)Peters · Fellows · Barnard3,260Warrington LabMay 2024
Stockton Heath(2 seats)Wheeler · Harris2,228Warrington LabMay 2024

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

§ 02Settlements.3 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Warrington (93,756), with Rural & dispersed (5,972) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 101,356.

city 93,756town 5,972village 1,628

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Warrington93,756city
Rural & dispersed5,972town
Appleton Thorn1,628village
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate61.4%57.1%+8%
Owner-occupied72.5%63.1%+15%
Private rented15.3%20.0%-24%
Social rented12.2%16.8%-28%

Ethnicity.

White92.2%
Asian4.4%
Black0.8%
Mixed1.6%
Other1.0%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.6% Female 50.4% 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
£29,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£38,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,555
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
44
33 primary · 7 secondary
GCSE pass
69.0%
Attainment 8: 47.1

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£375m
Taxpayers61,000
Median per taxpayer£2,900
Mean per taxpayer£6,150

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
16.8
-19% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.6
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
47% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences7.9
Public order1.8
Drugs1.2
Anti-social behaviour1.1
Shoplifting1.0
Criminal damage & arson0.9
Other theft0.9

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%
Sarah HallWONLab23,20146.7
Andy CarterCon11,86123.9
Janet BalfeRef7,91315.9
Graham GowlandLD3,8297.7
Stephanie DaviesGrn2,3134.7
Peter WillettInd4450.9
Graeme KellyInd1100.2

Turnout 49,672

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Andy CarterCon45.5
2017Faisal RashidLab48.4
2015David MowatCon43.7
2010Mowat, DavidCon35.8
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