UK Explained

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

Represented in Parliament by Mike Wood (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Mike Wood, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Kingswinford and South Staffordshire 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 263 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

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

Higher than 224 areas and lower than 424.

UK 3.9%This area 2.7%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
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire£7672.7%
Perth and Kinross-shire£7632.7%
Midlothian£7622.7%
Livingston£7622.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

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 people88,53159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1616%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over27%19%8 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher30%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home78%62%16 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately10%20%10 points lower

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
Mike Wood

Conservative

MAJORITY
6,303

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
63%

of people who could vote did

Mike Wood won with 40% of the votes, and Sally Benton (Labour) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Conservative40% · 18,199
Labour26% · 11,896
Reform UK22% · 9,928
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,080
Green Party5% · 2,077
Independent2% · 1,000
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mike WoodConservative18,19940.3%
Sally BentonLabour11,89626.3%
Gary DaleReform UK9,92822.0%
Gully BansalLiberal Democrat2,0804.6%
Claire McIlvennaGreen Party2,0774.6%
Shaz SaleemIndependent1,0002.2%

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
£767 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
2.7%
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