UK Explained

Wolverhampton West

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

Your MP at a glance

Warinder Juss, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Wolverhampton West 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 297 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £761£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
Wolverhampton West£7616.5%
Erith and Thamesmead£7526.5%
Ealing Southall£7826.7%
Dagenham and Rainham£7346.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Wolverhampton West

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 people112,65959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher32%34%2 points lower
Households that own their home60%62%3 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association18%17%about the same
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
Warinder Juss

Labour

MAJORITY
7,868

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Warinder Juss won with 44% of the votes, and Mike Newton (Conservative) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 19,331
Conservative26% · 11,463
Reform UK14% · 6,078
Green Party6% · 2,550
Independent Network3% · 1,395
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,376
Everyone else3% · 1,464
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Warinder JussLabour19,33144.3%
Mike NewtonConservative11,46326.3%
Don BrookesReform UK6,07813.9%
Andrea CantrillGreen Party2,5505.8%
Celia HibbertIndependent Network1,3953.2%
Phillip HowellsLiberal Democrat1,3763.2%
Zahid ShahIndependent8882.0%
Vikas ChopraWorkers Party of Britain5761.3%

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
£761 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