Constituency profile

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

West Midlands · County constituency

Mike Wood MP
Sitting MP

Mike Wood

Conservative

First elected May 2015

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
67.8% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +15.9pp above mean
Current outlook
Conservative +7.9pp
vs Reform UK 32.0%
MidlandsStrong Leave area

About the Kingswinford and South Staffordshire constituency

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire is a county constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Mike Wood (Conservative), first elected in May 2015. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 40.3% to 26.3% for Labour, a majority of 6,303 votes on a 63.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 39.9% and Reform UK on 32.0%, a margin of 7.9 points.

Who lives in Kingswinford and South Staffordshire? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
67.8%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
30.3%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
18.6%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
77.9%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
21.5%
UK average ~36%
Median age
49.3
UK median ~40
Age 65+
31.4%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
22.8%
UK average ~28%

How did Kingswinford and South Staffordshire 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

Con hold · majority 6,303 votes (14.0pp) · turnout 63.1%

Current projection

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

Map of Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

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)

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire within South Staffordshire and Dudley

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire crosses council boundaries: South Staffordshire (56%), Dudley (44%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
South Staffordshire
33 LSOAs
56%
Dudley
26 LSOAs
44%View projection ›

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
16 Jul 2026Himley & Swindon
South Staffordshire
Con HOLDCon 43% Ref 27% Other 21%

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
BilbrookConservative 35.7%vs Labour 31.9%2023 Green 72.9%vs Conservative 27.1%-31.6%
CodsallConservative 40.5%vs Labour 29.7%2023 Conservative 62.6%vs Labour 27.6%-38.7%
Himley & SwindonConservative 45.1%vs Labour 24.5%2023 Conservative 64.2%vs Lib Dem 21.4%-28.4%
Kingswinford North & Wall HeathConservative 39.9%vs Reform 25.4%May 2026 Conservative 41.1%vs Reform 39.7%
Conservative share
+1.3pp
50.4%
Kingswinford SouthConservative 38.4%vs Reform 26.0%May 2026 Reform 42.6%vs Conservative 31.9%
Conservative→Reform
+11.5pp
44.8%
Kinver & EnvilleConservative 41.7%vs Reform 20.0%2023 Lib Dem 59.6%vs Conservative 35.4%-41.0%
Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower PennConservative 46.8%vs Labour 24.3%2023 Conservative 51.3%vs Independent 23.2%-44.2%
Perton EastConservative 36.9%vs Labour 30.7%2023 Independent 67.4%vs Conservative 32.6%-34.4%
Perton LakesideConservative 37.0%vs Labour 29.5%2023 Conservative 44.2%vs Independent 28.3%-23.2%
Perton WrottesleyConservative 45.6%vs Labour 24.3%2023 Conservative 57.6%vs Labour 19.0%-29.7%
Wombourne NorthConservative 41.0%vs Labour 27.4%2023 Conservative 56.6%vs Labour 17.7%-38.4%
Wombourne SouthConservative 41.0%vs Labour 25.6%2023 Conservative 58.4%vs Labour 26.7%-28.6%
Wordsley NorthConservative 39.3%vs Labour 27.9%May 2026 Reform 43.8%vs Conservative 25.9%
Conservative→Reform
+17.3pp
41.9%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Kingswinford and South Staffordshire 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 holdGavin Williamson South Staffordshire MP20.3%53.2%16.7%5.5% UKIP-4.3%16,59068.3%
2015predecessorCon holdGavin Williamson South Staffordshire MP18.4%59.4%2.9%16.7% UKIP2.6%-20,37168.2%-0.1
2017predecessorCon holdGavin Williamson South Staffordshire MP25.3%69.8%2.6%-2.3%-22,73369.6%+1.4
2019notionalConservative winnerGavin Williamson South Staffordshire MP, pre-review boundary16.8%74.3%5.3%-3.5%0.1%29,35571.0%
2024Con holdMike Wood26.3%40.3%4.6%22.0% Ref4.6%2.2%6,30363.1%-7.9

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat South Staffordshire (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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Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Kingswinford and South Staffordshire. Politics shown for context.

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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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