Constituency profile

Birmingham Northfield

West Midlands · Borough constituency · Birmingham borough

Laurence Turner MP
Sitting MP

Laurence Turner

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
Borough constituency, Birmingham council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLCL
Labour 4/5, Conservative 1/5
EU referendum 2016
52.0% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +0.1pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +5.0pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Labour projected to lose)
MidlandsBrexit-marginalWorking-class profile

About the Birmingham Northfield constituency

Birmingham Northfield is a borough constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Laurence Turner (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 39.6% to 25.3% for the Conservatives, a majority of 5,389 votes on a 50.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 31.1% and Labour on 26.1%, a margin of 5.0 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Birmingham Northfield? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
52.0%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
27.6%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
23.3%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
54.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
43.2%
UK average ~36%
Median age
38.0
UK median ~40
Age 65+
20.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
31.9%
UK average ~28%

How did Birmingham Northfield 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 gain from Con · majority 5,389 votes (14.3pp) · turnout 50.8%

Current projection

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

Map of Birmingham Northfield

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 Northfield within Birmingham

Birmingham Northfield 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
68 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
Allens CrossLabour 40.7%vs Conservative 27.1%May 2026 Reform 34.3%vs Others 23.5%
Labour→Reform
+18.6pp
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Frankley Great ParkLabour 35.5%vs Conservative 26.4%May 2026 Reform 38.9%vs Others 22.6%
Labour→Reform
+20.5pp
-
King's Norton NorthLabour 40.4%vs Conservative 25.0%May 2026 Reform 33.7%vs Labour 24.5%
Labour→Reform
+14.8pp
-
King's Norton SouthLabour 34.7%vs Reform 20.6%May 2026 Green 60.3%vs Reform 26.6%
Labour→Green
+37.2pp
-
Longbridge & West HeathLabour 37.7%vs Conservative 27.6%May 2026 Reform 39.1%vs Conservative 30.2%
Labour→Reform
+21.8pp
-
NorthfieldLabour 46.3%vs Conservative 25.8%May 2026 Reform 35.7%vs Labour 26.1%
Labour→Reform
+19.1pp
-
Rubery & RednalLabour 38.3%vs Conservative 27.1%May 2026 Reform 36.9%vs Conservative 34.9%
Labour→Reform
+21.1pp
-
Weoley & Selly OakLabour 41.0%vs Conservative 22.4%May 2026 Reform 27.2%vs Conservative 25.4%
Labour→Reform
+14.1pp
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Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Birmingham Northfield 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 holdRichard Burden40.3%33.6%15.7%3.3% UKIP1.0%6.2%2,78258.6%
2015Lab holdRichard Burden41.6%35.7%3.2%16.7% UKIP2.8%-2,50959.4%+0.8
2017Lab holdRichard Burden53.2%42.7%2.2%-1.9%-4,66761.3%+1.9
2019notionalConservative winnerGary Sambrook 2019 MP, pre-review boundary42.7%46.1%4.6%0.6% Brx2.2%3.8%1,47859.5%-1.8
2024Lab gain from ConLaurence Turner39.6%25.3%4.8%21.0% Ref7.5%1.8%5,38950.8%-8.7

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

Constituencies most like Birmingham Northfield

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

What would change this seat?

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Related

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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