Constituency profile

Tamworth

West Midlands · County constituency

Sarah Edwards MP
Sitting MP

Sarah Edwards

Labour

First elected October 2023

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
66.0% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +14.1pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +12.3pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Tamworth constituency

Tamworth is a county constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Sarah Edwards (Labour), first elected in October 2023. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 35.0% to 31.9% for the Conservatives, a majority of 1,382 votes on a 58.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 39.7% and Labour on 27.4%, a margin of 12.3 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Tamworth? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
66.0%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
24.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
20.6%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
69.0%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
30.1%
UK average ~36%
Median age
42.5
UK median ~40
Age 65+
24.4%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
28.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Tamworth 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 1,382 votes (3.1pp) · turnout 58.3%

Current projection

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

Map of Tamworth

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)

Tamworth within Tamworth and Lichfield

Tamworth crosses council boundaries: Tamworth (80%), Lichfield (20%). 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
Tamworth
51 LSOAs
80%View projection ›
Lichfield
13 LSOAs
20%

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 2026Wilnecote
Tamworth
Ref GAIN from ConRef 46% Other 22% Con 12%

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
AmingtonLabour 36.1%vs Conservative 30.9%May 2026 Reform 53.2%vs Conservative 18.3%
Labour→Reform
+24.3pp
38.2%
BelgraveLabour 38.8%vs Conservative 29.3%May 2026 Reform 56.2%vs Conservative 13.7%
Labour→Reform
+29.4pp
33.4%
BolehallLabour 38.8%vs Conservative 27.8%May 2026 Reform 51.3%vs Labour 19.2%
Labour→Reform
+23.2pp
37.4%
Bourne ValeLabour 34.5%vs Conservative 34.4%Sitting Conservative x1no contested ballot--
CastleLabour 38.9%vs Conservative 32.2%May 2026 Reform 49.2%vs Conservative 21.5%
Labour→Reform
+26.8pp
38.2%
FazeleyLabour 31.9%vs Conservative 30.1%2023 Conservative 61.8%vs Labour 38.2%-25.0%
GlascoteLabour 36.3%vs Conservative 28.2%May 2026 Reform 59.0%vs Labour 14.6%
Labour→Reform
+26.7pp
32.5%
Little Aston & StonnallConservative 42.2%vs Labour 25.3%2023 Conservative 62.5%vs Independent 26.3%-32.9%
Mease ValleyConservative 33.3%vs Labour 30.6%2023 Lib Dem 56.3%vs Conservative 43.7%-35.6%
MercianLabour 35.6%vs Conservative 33.1%May 2026 Reform 45.2%vs Conservative 19.7%
Labour→Reform
+22.2pp
38.3%
ShenstoneConservative 36.6%vs Labour 28.0%2023 Conservative 69.1%vs Labour 30.9%-33.1%
SpitalLabour 33.3%vs Conservative 29.4%May 2026 Reform 44.6%vs Green 22.1%
Labour→Reform
+18.0pp
39.1%
StonydelphLabour 37.5%vs Conservative 30.4%May 2026 Reform 55.0%vs Conservative 17.6%
Labour→Reform
+27.7pp
34.0%
TrinityConservative 34.8%vs Labour 31.7%May 2026 Reform 55.2%vs Conservative 22.6%
Conservative→Reform
+20.8pp
42.1%
Whittington & StreethayLabour 35.8%vs Conservative 30.5%2023 Conservative 44.9%vs Labour 40.0%-40.2%
WilnecoteLabour 37.0%vs Conservative 32.6%2024 Labour 54.6%vs Conservative 32.1%-25.9%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Tamworth 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 LabChris Pincher32.7%45.8%16.2%4.9% UKIP-0.5%6,09064.5%
2015Con holdChristopher Pincher26.1%50.0%3.0%18.5% UKIP2.4%-11,30265.6%+1.1
2017Con holdChristopher Pincher34.8%61.0%4.2%---12,34766.1%+0.5
2019notionalConservative winnerChristopher Pincher 2019 MP, pre-review boundary23.3%66.7%5.3%1.7% Brx2.1%0.9%20,66364.6%-1.5
2024Lab gain from ConSarah Edwards35.0%31.9%3.3%25.1% Ref3.6%1.1%1,38258.3%-6.3

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

Constituencies most like Tamworth

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Tamworth. 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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