Constituency profile

Birmingham Ladywood

West Midlands · Borough constituency · Birmingham borough

Shabana Mahmood MP
Sitting MP

Shabana Mahmood

Labour

First elected May 2010Cabinet: Home Secretary

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
Borough constituency, Birmingham council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
46.5% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -5.4pp below mean
Current outlook
Others +1.7pp
Vulnerability score 10/10 (Labour projected to lose)
MidlandsBrexit-marginalDiverse

About the Birmingham Ladywood constituency

Birmingham Ladywood is a borough constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Shabana Mahmood (Labour), first elected in May 2010. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 42.5% to 33.2% for other parties, a majority of 3,421 votes on a 43.7% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has other parties on 31.3% and Labour on 29.6%, a margin of 1.7 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Birmingham Ladywood? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
46.5%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
31.4%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
24.7%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
26.7%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
72.1%
UK average ~36%
Median age
27.7
UK median ~40
Age 65+
8.1%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
53.5%
UK average ~28%

How did Birmingham Ladywood vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 3,421 votes (9.3pp) · turnout 43.7%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Birmingham Ladywood

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Birmingham Ladywood within Birmingham

Birmingham Ladywood sits entirely within Birmingham Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Birmingham
83 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Alum RockLabour 40.6%vs Others 36.7%May 2026 Others 49.8%vs Labour 35.2%
Labour→Others
+27.6pp
-
Balsall Heath WestLabour 43.7%vs Others 32.7%May 2026 Others 35.3%vs Green 34.5%
Labour→Others
+30.9pp
-
Bordesley & HighgateLabour 41.6%vs Others 35.0%May 2026 Others 32.3%vs Green 25.0%
Labour→Others
+26.2pp
-
Bordesley GreenLabour 40.3%vs Others 37.2%May 2026 Others 42.5%vs Labour 25.0%
Labour→Others
+28.9pp
-
LadywoodLabour 44.0%vs Others 30.3%May 2026 Green 37.2%vs Labour 26.0%
Labour→Green
+23.1pp
-
NechellsLabour 42.0%vs Others 33.4%May 2026 Others 45.4%vs Labour 24.9%
Labour→Others
+31.3pp
-
NewtownLabour 42.2%vs Others 32.8%May 2026 Labour 41.8%vs Lib Dem 17.4%
Labour share
-0.5pp
-
Soho & Jewellery QuarterLabour 43.7%vs Others 31.6%May 2026 Labour 36.0%vs Green 31.1%
Labour share
-7.7pp
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Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Birmingham Ladywood at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Birmingham Ladywood at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdShabana Mahmood55.7%11.9%27.5%2.5% UKIP2.4%-10,10548.7%
2015Lab holdShabana Mahmood73.6%12.7%3.8%5.0% UKIP4.2%0.6%21,86852.7%+4.0
2017Lab holdShabana Mahmood82.7%13.2%2.8%-1.3%-28,71459.0%+6.3
2019notionalLabour winnerShabana Mahmood 2019 MP, pre-review boundary83.0%9.8%2.8%-1.8%2.6%32,58358.2%-0.8
2024Lab holdShabana Mahmood42.5%6.1%4.7%4.0% Ref9.5%33.2%3,42143.7%-14.5

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Birmingham Ladywood

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Birmingham Ladywood. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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