Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
West Midlands · County constituency
About the Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge is a county constituency in the West Midlands, spanning parts of South Staffordshire, Stafford and neighbouring councils. The sitting MP is Sir Gavin Williamson (Conservative), first elected in May 2010.
At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge with 46.5% of the vote, ahead of Labour on 33.7%, a majority of 5,466 votes. Turnout was 59.8%.
If a general election were held today, PollCheck's projection at the current seven-poll average has the Conservatives on 35.8% and Reform UK on 23.0% in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge, a margin of 12.8 points. The projection updates automatically as new polls are added.
Demographically, Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge is a strongly Leave-voting area (an estimated 60.1% voted Leave in 2016). About 30.7% of residents hold a degree, 74.5% of homes are owner-occupied, and the seat has a median age of about 47 (2021 Census).
Across the most recent general elections on record here, the seat has been won by the Conservatives each time.
Who lives in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge 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
Current projection
Map of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge within South Staffordshire and Stafford
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge crosses multiple council boundaries: South Staffordshire (65%), Stafford (35%). English councils rotate their election cycles and none of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below show the most recent ward result available for each ward.
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| South Staffordshire | 65% |
| Stafford | 35% |
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.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2025 | Great Wyrley Landywood | Con HOLD | Con 49% Ref 40% Lab 7% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward. Where the council held a May 2026 election, those results are shown; otherwise we show the most recent available ward result (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024), or, where the seat was uncontested at the last election, the current sitting councillor from OpenCouncilData. The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge at past general elections?
2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Con gain from Lab | Jeremy Lefroy Stafford MP | 33.0% | 43.9% | 16.3% | 5,460 | 71.1% |
| 2015predecessor | Con hold | Jeremy Lefroy Stafford MP | 29.6% | 48.4% | 2.8% | 9,177 | 71.0%-0.1 |
| 2017predecessor | Con hold | Jeremy Lefroy Stafford MP | 39.9% | 54.7% | 3.0% | 7,729 | 75.9%+4.9 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Theo Clarke Stafford MP, pre-review boundary | 21.6% | 68.5% | 6.5% | 21,922 | 66.1% |
| 2024 | Con hold | Gavin Williamson | 33.7% | 46.5% | 6.9% | 5,466 | 59.8%-6.3 |
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Stafford (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied74.5 / 75.4vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.7 / 11.0vs 20.2
- ↑Leave60.1 / 60.6vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.5 / 72.4vs 61.9
- ↑Leave60.1 / 59.5vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent11.7 / 14.1vs 20.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.5 / 74.2vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.7 / 12.9vs 20.2
- ↑Leave60.1 / 59.0vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.5 / 73.0vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.7 / 13.4vs 20.2
- ↓Under 3525.0 / 24.5vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.5 / 74.1vs 61.9
- ↑Leave60.1 / 60.2vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent11.7 / 13.6vs 20.2
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
- 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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