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Birmingham Edgbaston

Represented in Parliament by Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op)). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Preet Kaur Gill, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Birmingham Edgbaston compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 477 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £699£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 641 areas and lower than 7.

UK 3.9%This area 9.4%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Birmingham Edgbaston£6999.4%
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£65810.1%
Birmingham Erdington£67410.3%
Bradford West£6409.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Birmingham Edgbaston

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people108,34659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over15%19%4 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher39%34%5 points higher
Households that own their home51%62%12 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association24%17%7 points higher
Households renting privately25%20%4 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Preet Gill

Labour

MAJORITY
8,368

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
52%

of people who could vote did

Preet Gill won with 44% of the votes, and Ashvir Sangha (Conservative) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 16,599
Conservative22% · 8,231
Reform UK12% · 4,363
Independent9% · 3,336
Green Party7% · 2,797
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,102
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Preet GillLabour16,59944.3%
Ashvir SanghaConservative8,23122.0%
Joshua MathewsReform UK4,36311.7%
Ammar WaraichIndependent3,3368.9%
Nicola PayneGreen Party2,7977.5%
Colin GreenLiberal Democrat2,1025.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£699 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
9.4%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026