Tipton and Wednesbury
| Tipton and Wednesbury | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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 Boundary of Tipton and Wednesbury in West Midlands region | |
| County | West Midlands county |
| Major settlements | Wednesbury, Coseley, Tipton, West Bromwich (part) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Antonia Bance (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | West Bromwich East & West Bromwich West |
Tipton and Wednesbury is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[1][2] It is represented by Antonia Bance of the Labour Party.
The constituency name refers to the towns of Tipton and Wednesbury.[3]
Constituency profile
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Tipton and Wednesbury is a constituency in the West Midlands county of England. It covers the towns of Tipton and Wednesbury and the areas of Coseley and Tantany.
This is an urban constituency within the Black Country, an area of connected towns between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. These towns are considered one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution and have a history of coal mining and ironmaking. This is one of the country's most deprived constituencies; like many former industrial towns in the Midlands, the deindustrialisation of the late 20th century left this area with high levels of unemployment. Most residents live in semi-detached or dense terraced properties.[4] House prices across the constituency are generally lower than the rest of the West Midlands region and the average price is less than half the UK average.[5]
Residents of Tipton and Wednesbury have a below-average age with a low proportion of retirees.[6] They have low levels of income and homeownership and the child poverty rate is nearly double the UK-wide rate.[5][7] Residents have very low levels of education and a high proportion work in the manufacturing, retail and transport sectors.[5][8] The percentage claiming unemployment benefits is very high.[7] White people made up 70% of the population at the 2021 census. Asians, mostly of Indian Sikh origin, were the largest ethnic minority group at 17%. Black people made up 7% of residents.[9][10]
At the local council level, most of this constituency is represented by Reform UK with some Labour Party councillors elected in Tantany. Voters in Tipton and Wednesbury overwhelmingly supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum; an estimated 74% voted in favour of Brexit compared to the UK-wide figure of 52%, the third-highest percentage out of 650 constituencies nationwide according to Electoral Calculus.[5]
Boundaries
[edit]Tipton and Wednesbury contains the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:[11]
In the Borough of Sandwell:
- The wards of Great Bridge, Princes End, Tipton Green, Wednesbury North and Wednesbury South from the former West Bromwich West constituency
- The wards of Friar Park and Hateley Heath from the former West Bromwich East constituency
In the Borough of Dudley:
- The ward of Coseley East1 from the Wolverhampton South East constituency[12]
1 Renamed Coseley following a local government boundary review in Dudley which became effective from May 2024.[13]
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Antonia Bance | 11,755 | 36.9 | −1.5 | |
| Conservative | Shaun Bailey | 8,370 | 26.3 | −24.4 | |
| Reform | Jack Sabharwal | 8,019 | 25.2 | +19.4 | |
| Green | Mark Redding | 1,509 | 4.7 | +2.8 | |
| Independent | Mohammed Hussain-Billa | 945 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | Abdul Husen | 660 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Rochell | 592 | 1.9 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 3,385 | 10.6 | |||
| Turnout | 31,850 | 43.0 | −8.7 | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Walker, Jonathan (2021-06-08). "The political map of the West Midlands will change". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ↑ Bustin, Claire. "2023 review of parliamentary constituencies". Sandwell Council. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ↑ "West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ↑ "Accommodation type - Census Maps, ONS". ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Seat Details - Tipton and Wednesbury". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "Constituency data: Population, by age". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Constituency dashboard". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "Constituency data: businesses and industries". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "2021 census results: Religion in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "New Seat Details - Tipton and Wednesbury". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
- ↑ LGBCE. "Dudley | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ↑ Tipton and Wednesbury
External links
[edit]- Tipton and Wednesbury UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
