UK Explained

Tipton and Wednesbury

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

Your MP at a glance

Antonia Bance, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Tipton and Wednesbury 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 619 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £633£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 602 areas and lower than 46.

UK 3.9%This area 6.5%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
Tipton and Wednesbury£6336.5%
Dewsbury and Batley£6376.6%
Bradford South£6376.7%
Bolton South and Walkden£6486.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Tipton and Wednesbury

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 people114,00159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1622%18%4 points higher
Aged 65 and over15%19%4 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher19%34%15 points lower
Households that own their home52%62%11 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association33%17%16 points higher
Households renting privately15%20%5 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
Antonia Bance

Labour

MAJORITY
3,385

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
43%

of people who could vote did

Antonia Bance won with 37% of the votes, and Shaun Bailey (Conservative) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Labour37% · 11,755
Conservative26% · 8,370
Reform UK25% · 8,019
Independent5% · 1,605
Green Party5% · 1,509
Liberal Democrat2% · 592
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Antonia BanceLabour11,75536.9%
Shaun BaileyConservative8,37026.3%
Jack SabharwalReform UK8,01925.2%
Mark ReddingGreen Party1,5094.7%
Mohammed Hussain-BillaIndependent9453.0%
Abdul HusenIndependent6602.1%
Mark RochellLiberal Democrat5921.9%

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
£633 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
6.5%
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