UK Explained

Birmingham Ladywood

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

Your MP at a glance

Shabana Mahmood, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Birmingham Ladywood 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 453 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £710£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 647 areas and lower than 1.

UK 3.9%This area 12.2%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 Ladywood£71012.2%
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley£65711.4%
Birmingham Yardley£69710.9%
Birmingham Erdington£67410.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Birmingham Ladywood

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 people151,87159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1623%18%4 points higher
Aged 65 and over6%19%12 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher32%34%2 points lower
Households that own their home28%62%35 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association36%17%18 points higher
Households renting privately36%20%16 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
Shabana Mahmood

Labour

MAJORITY
3,421

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
44%

of people who could vote did

Shabana Mahmood won with 43% of the votes, and Akhmed Yakoob (Independent) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Labour43% · 15,558
Independent33% · 12,137
Green Party10% · 3,478
Conservative6% · 2,218
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,711
Reform UK4% · 1,477
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shabana MahmoodLabour15,55842.5%
Akhmed YakoobIndependent12,13733.2%
Zoe ChallenorGreen Party3,4789.5%
Shaz MuzammilConservative2,2186.1%
Lee DargueLiberal Democrat1,7114.7%
Irene Yoong-HeneryReform UK1,4774.0%

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
£710 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
12.2%
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