Constituency profile

Burton and Uttoxeter

West Midlands · County constituency · East Staffordshire borough

Jacob Collier MP
Sitting MP

Jacob Collier

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
County constituency, East Staffordshire council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
64.8% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +12.9pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +4.2pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Labour projected to lose)
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Burton and Uttoxeter constituency

Burton and Uttoxeter is a county constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Jacob Collier (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 35.5% to 30.6% for the Conservatives, a majority of 2,266 votes on a 58.5% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 30.6% and the Conservatives on 26.3%, a margin of 4.2 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Burton and Uttoxeter? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
64.8%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
27.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
20.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
65.2%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
34.1%
UK average ~36%
Median age
40.1
UK median ~40
Age 65+
21.7%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
30.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Burton and Uttoxeter 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 2,266 votes (4.9pp) · turnout 58.5%

Current projection

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

Map of Burton and Uttoxeter

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)

Burton and Uttoxeter within East Staffordshire

Burton and Uttoxeter sits entirely within East Staffordshire Council. East Staffordshire was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
East Staffordshire
64 LSOAs
100%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
27 Sep 2024Stretton
East Staffordshire
Con HOLD

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
AngleseyLabour 46.4%vs Conservative 20.2%2023 Labour 79.9%vs Conservative 14.1%-24.2%
BlytheConservative 39.2%vs Labour 27.3%2023 Independent 44.9%vs Conservative 34.1%-37.2%
BranstonLabour 33.5%vs Conservative 31.9%2023 Labour 43.0%vs Conservative 41.5%-31.4%
BrizlincoteConservative 37.6%vs Labour 31.6%2023 Conservative 48.4%vs Labour 37.0%-36.0%
Burton & EtonLabour 44.5%vs Reform 22.8%2023 Labour 74.6%vs Conservative 15.4%-20.6%
CrownConservative 45.6%vs Labour 25.2%2023 Conservative 41.0%vs Independent 32.5%-37.5%
DoveConservative 35.2%vs Labour 32.5%2023 Conservative 55.5%vs Labour 44.5%-29.0%
HeathLabour 34.3%vs Conservative 31.2%2023 Labour 57.8%vs Conservative 42.2%-26.0%
Horninglow & OutwoodsLabour 39.6%vs Conservative 26.5%2023 Labour 54.8%vs Conservative 30.4%-29.3%
ShobnallLabour 41.0%vs Conservative 25.7%2023 Labour 76.7%vs Conservative 17.4%-20.2%
StapenhillLabour 36.9%vs Conservative 26.4%2023 Labour 60.4%vs Conservative 30.8%-52.9%
Stramshall & WeaverConservative 39.1%vs Labour 28.9%2023 Conservative 57.6%vs Labour 25.6%-39.0%
StrettonConservative 34.5%vs Labour 29.2%2023 Conservative 51.2%vs Labour 37.8%-29.9%
TownLabour 36.2%vs Conservative 32.2%2023 Labour 41.1%vs Conservative 35.7%-33.1%
WinshillLabour 37.0%vs Conservative 30.0%2023 Labour 53.1%vs Conservative 38.5%-27.7%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Burton and Uttoxeter at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Burton and Uttoxeter 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
2010predecessorCon gain from LabAndrew Griffiths Burton MP31.9%44.5%15.8%2.9% UKIP-4.8%6,30466.5%
2015predecessorCon holdAndrew Griffiths Burton MP27.5%49.8%2.5%17.7% UKIP2.5%-10,89265.1%-1.4
2017predecessorCon holdAndrew Griffiths Burton MP37.8%58.0%2.5%-1.7%-10,04767.5%+2.4
2019notionalConservative winnerKate Griffiths Burton MP, pre-review boundary30.9%60.7%5.5%-2.9%-14,49664.6%
2024Lab gain from ConJacob Collier35.6%30.6%3.6%21.1% Ref4.6%4.5%2,26658.5%-6.1

Burton and Uttoxeter was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Burton (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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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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