UK Explained

Birmingham Erdington

Represented in Parliament by Paulette Hamilton (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Paulette Hamilton, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Birmingham Erdington 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 550 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £674£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 644 areas and lower than 4.

UK 3.9%This area 10.3%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 Erdington£67410.3%
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£65810.1%
Birmingham Yardley£69710.9%
Bradford West£6409.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Birmingham Erdington

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 people121,72359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1622%18%4 points higher
Aged 65 and over14%19%5 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher24%34%10 points lower
Households that own their home53%62%10 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association25%17%8 points higher
Households renting privately22%20%2 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
Paulette Hamilton

Labour

MAJORITY
7,019

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
44%

of people who could vote did

Paulette Hamilton won with 43% of the votes, and Jack Brookes (Reform UK) came second with 23%.

Votes for each party

Labour43% · 14,774
Reform UK23% · 7,755
Conservative16% · 5,402
Green Party7% · 2,452
Independent7% · 2,250
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,128
Everyone else1% · 376
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Paulette HamiltonLabour14,77443.3%
Jack BrookesReform UK7,75522.7%
Steve KneeConservative5,40215.8%
Karen TrenchGreen Party2,4527.2%
Shaukat AliIndependent2,2506.6%
Farzana AslamLiberal Democrat1,1283.3%
Corinthia WardTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3761.1%

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
£674 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
10.3%
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