The placeConstituency · West Midlands · Electorate 77,851 · 2023 boundaries

Wolverhampton West.

Labour Party MP Warinder Juss holds the seat on 44.3% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentWarinder Juss · Labour Party
CouncilWolverhampton
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001596
Electorate · 2024
77.9k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
44.3%
Labour Party · +18.0pp over Con
Settlements
1
Largest: Wolverhampton
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
19.7
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

Wolverhampton West's MP has been raising constituent concerns publicly rather than making waves in Westminster. Warinder Juss pledged to escalate racist social media abuse directed at Wolves fans to government ministers, sharing his own experience of racial abuse in the process. He has also convened a community coffee morning on social media access for under-16s, feeding local views into the national consultation, and publicised that ending the two-child benefit cap will help 2,760 children in his constituency. There are no rebel votes on record -- Juss has voted with Labour on every occasion since his election in July 2024.

His parliamentary participation is solid at 90%, above the Commons average, and his voting record is straightforwardly loyal: 100% alignment with the Labour majority across 468 votes. His stance profile is broadly in line with the party on progressive taxation and workers' rights, though he scores notably low on pro-business and parliamentary-scrutiny measures -- the latter reflecting consistent votes against opposition amendments rather than principled dissent. He has spoken across 203 debates, with contributions concentrated on the economy and jobs, crime, local government, health, and social care, suggesting a generalist brief rather than a narrow specialism.

The most meaningful contextual note is his seat on the Justice Committee, which squares with the crime and social-care themes running through his speeches. His deviations from the Labour average are modest: slightly more resistant to Lords amendments than most Labour MPs, and marginally more sceptical on assisted dying access than the party norm. Local news coverage -- drawn from 142 articles over 90 days -- is broadly neutral in tone, dominated by culture, community, and crime stories. No significant negative coverage is on record.

44.3%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
9
Wards · 9 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.9 wards · 9 councillors

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

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Blakenhall Sally Green2,244Wolverhampton LabMay 2024
Bushbury North Simon Bennett1,321Wolverhampton LabMay 2024
Graiseley Jacqueline Maria Sweetman1,724Wolverhampton LabMay 2024
Merry Hill Ben Evans1,540Wolverhampton LabMay 2024
Oxley Barbara McGarrity1,444Wolverhampton LabMay 2024
Park Muhammad Nasim1,668Wolverhampton LabMay 2024
Penn Paul Singh1,733Wolverhampton LabMay 2024
Tettenhall Regis Udey Singh1,663Wolverhampton LabMay 2024
Tettenhall Wightwick Sally Garner2,228Wolverhampton LabMay 2024

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

§ 02Settlements.1 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Wolverhampton (112,552). Total population across named built-up areas: 112,552.

city 112,552

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Wolverhampton112,552city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate53.3%57.1%-7%
Owner-occupied57.9%63.1%-8%
Private rented23.3%20.0%+17%
Social rented18.5%16.8%+10%

Ethnicity.

White53.0%
Asian28.0%
Black9.3%
Mixed5.0%
Other4.7%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.6% Female 50.3% 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
£26,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£34,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,795
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
59
30 primary · 9 secondary
GCSE pass
62.8%
Attainment 8: 45.6

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£266m
Taxpayers53,000
Median per taxpayer£2,390
Mean per taxpayer£5,000

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
19.7
-5% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
6.6
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
45% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences8.9
Shoplifting2.4
Vehicle crime1.6
Criminal damage & arson1.5
Other theft1.3
Public order1.0
Burglary0.7

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%
Warinder JussWONLab19,33144.3
Mike NewtonCon11,46326.3
Don BrookesRef6,07813.9
Andrea CantrillGrn2,5505.8
Celia HibbertInd1,3953.2
Phillip HowellsLD1,3763.1
Zahid ShahInd8882.0
Vikas ChopraInd5761.3

Turnout 43,657

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