Constituency profile

Nuneaton

West Midlands · County constituency

Jodie Gosling MP
Sitting MP

Jodie Gosling

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
64.5% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +12.6pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +5.3pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Labour projected to lose)
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Nuneaton constituency

Nuneaton is a county constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Jodie Gosling (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 36.9% to 28.5% for the Conservatives, a majority of 3,479 votes on a 57.4% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 32.4% and Labour on 27.1%, a margin of 5.3 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Nuneaton? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
64.5%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
25.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
67.0%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
32.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
40.3
UK median ~40
Age 65+
22.1%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
30.4%
UK average ~28%

How did Nuneaton 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 3,479 votes (8.4pp) · turnout 57.4%

Current projection

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

Map of Nuneaton

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)

Nuneaton within Nuneaton and Bedworth and North Warwickshire

Nuneaton crosses council boundaries: Nuneaton and Bedworth (90%), North Warwickshire (10%). 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
Nuneaton and Bedworth
56 LSOAs
90%View projection ›
North Warwickshire
6 LSOAs
10%

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
25 Jun 2026Camp Hill
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Ref GAIN from LabRef 49% Lab 42% Con 9%
1 May 2025Arley and Whitacre
North Warwickshire
Ref GAIN from LabRef 45% Lab 19% Con 18%

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
ArburyLabour 37.3%vs Conservative 30.9%May 2026 Reform 46.5%vs Conservative 19.2%
Labour→Reform
+22.9pp
36.5%
Arley and WhitacreLabour 38.8%vs Conservative 26.1%2023 Labour 56.3%vs Conservative 39.4%-31.9%
AttleboroughLabour 37.1%vs Conservative 28.5%May 2026 Reform 46.5%vs Conservative 18.9%
Labour→Reform
+21.0pp
35.2%
Camp HillLabour 40.7%vs Conservative 24.3%May 2026 Reform 46.1%vs Labour 23.1%
Labour→Reform
+20.9pp
28.8%
Galley CommonLabour 35.9%vs Conservative 28.9%May 2026 Reform 53.4%vs Conservative 17.7%
Labour→Reform
+25.9pp
34.6%
HartshillLabour 38.4%vs Conservative 26.8%2023 Conservative 50.1%vs Labour 49.9%-30.1%
St NicolasConservative 33.8%vs Labour 27.7%May 2026 Reform 35.3%vs Conservative 28.6%
Conservative→Reform
+9.2pp
50.2%
WeddingtonLabour 30.1%vs Conservative 30.1%May 2026 Green 44.3%vs Reform 35.5%
Labour→Green
+28.3pp
42.1%
WhitestoneConservative 40.4%vs Labour 27.7%May 2026 Reform 39.4%vs Conservative 38.1%
Conservative→Reform
+10.2pp
48.8%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Nuneaton 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
2010Con gain from LabMarcus Jones36.9%41.5%15.3%--6.3%2,06965.8%
2015Con holdMarcus Jones34.9%45.5%1.8%14.4% UKIP2.8%0.7%4,88267.2%+1.4
2017Con holdMarcus Jones41.3%51.6%2.0%3.5% UKIP1.7%-4,73966.6%-0.6
2019notionalConservative winnerMarcus Jones 2019 MP, pre-review boundary31.5%60.6%4.1%-3.7%0.1%13,14464.2%-2.4
2024Lab gain from ConJodie Gosling36.9%28.5%3.3%22.0% Ref7.0%2.3%3,47957.4%-6.8

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

Constituencies most like Nuneaton

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Nuneaton. 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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