Constituency profile

Walsall and Bloxwich

West Midlands · Borough constituency · Walsall borough

Valerie Vaz MP
Sitting MP

Valerie Vaz

Labour

First elected May 2010

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
Borough constituency, Walsall council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLCL
Labour 4/5, Conservative 1/5
EU referendum 2016
67.9% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +16.0pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +10.7pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profileDiverse

About the Walsall and Bloxwich constituency

Walsall and Bloxwich is a borough constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Valerie Vaz (Labour), first elected in May 2010. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 33.6% to 20.4% for other parties, a majority of 4,914 votes on a 49.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 31.5% and other parties on 20.7%, a margin of 10.7 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Walsall and Bloxwich? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
67.9%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
22.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
29.1%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
47.4%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
52.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
35.1
UK median ~40
Age 65+
17.9%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
35.5%
UK average ~28%

How did Walsall and Bloxwich 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 4,914 votes (13.2pp) · turnout 49.6%

Current projection

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

Map of Walsall and Bloxwich

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)

Walsall and Bloxwich within Walsall

Walsall and Bloxwich sits entirely within Walsall Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Walsall
66 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

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
Birchills LeamoreLabour 34.3%vs Reform 21.3%2024 Conservative 40.6%vs Labour 34.9%-25.0%
BlakenallLabour 34.6%vs Reform 22.0%May 2026 Reform 51.8%vs Conservative 24.1%now part of Bloxwich East Blakenall Heath
Labour→Reform
+26.0pp
34.2%
Bloxwich EastLabour 33.5%vs Reform 22.9%May 2026 Reform 51.8%vs Conservative 24.1%now part of Bloxwich East Blakenall Heath
Labour→Reform
+24.9pp
34.2%
Bloxwich WestLabour 33.4%vs Reform 23.0%May 2026 Reform 57.9%vs Conservative 22.2%
Labour→Reform
+29.1pp
38.9%
PaddockLabour 28.1%vs Conservative 26.1%May 2026 Conservative 29.1%vs Others 23.2%
Labour→Conservative
+9.9pp
49.0%
PalfreyLabour 34.9%vs Others 23.7%May 2026 Others 58.5%vs Green 15.5%now part of Palfrey The Delves
Labour→Others
+41.7pp
45.1%
PleckLabour 34.6%vs Others 22.4%May 2026 Others 43.4%vs Labour 20.8%
Labour→Others
+28.6pp
39.9%
St Matthew'sLabour 35.1%vs Others 19.6%May 2026 Others 43.2%vs Green 18.8%
Labour→Others
+32.3pp
39.3%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Walsall and Bloxwich 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
2010predecessorLab holdValerie Vaz Walsall South MP39.7%35.4%14.4%8.4% UKIP-2.2%1,75563.5%
2015predecessorLab holdValerie Vaz Walsall South MP47.2%32.8%1.6%15.6% UKIP2.7%-6,00761.8%-1.7
2017predecessorLab holdValerie Vaz Walsall South MP57.4%37.2%1.3%4.1% UKIP--8,89265.4%+3.6
2019notionalConservative winnerEddie Hughes Walsall North MP, pre-review boundary44.4%49.2%2.9%-1.5%2.0%2,18660.9%
2024Lab gain from ConValerie Vaz33.6%18.0%2.2%19.6% Ref6.2%20.4%4,91449.6%-11.3

Walsall and Bloxwich was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Walsall South (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 Walsall and Bloxwich

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Walsall and Bloxwich. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

Move the sliders to set national vote shares. The per-seat projection updates live. Reset returns to the current 7-poll average.

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.

If you spot a data issue, please let us know.