Constituency profile

Warrington South

North West · County constituency · Warrington borough

Sarah Hall MP
Sitting MP

Sarah Hall

Labour (Co-op)

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
County constituency, Warrington council
Last 5 GE winners
CCLLL
Labour 3/5, Conservative 2/5
EU referendum 2016
51.1% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -0.8pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +19.1pp
vs Reform UK 24.6%
NorthernBrexit-marginal

About the Warrington South constituency

Warrington South is a county constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Sarah Hall (Labour (Co-op)), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 46.7% to 23.9% for the Conservatives, a majority of 11,340 votes on a 63.4% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 43.7% and Reform UK on 24.6%, a margin of 19.1 points.

Who lives in Warrington South? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
51.1%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
35.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
15.0%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
70.9%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
28.3%
UK average ~36%
Median age
42.3
UK median ~40
Age 65+
22.3%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
27.9%
UK average ~28%

How did Warrington South 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 hold · majority 11,340 votes (22.8pp) · turnout 63.4%

Current projection

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

Map of Warrington South

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)

Warrington South within Warrington

Warrington South sits entirely within Warrington Council. Warrington was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Warrington
63 LSOAs
100%

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
31 Jul 2025Bewsey & Whitecross
Warrington
Ref GAIN from LabRef 44% Lab 37% LD 13%
1 May 2025Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
Warrington
Lab HOLDLab 28% Ref 27% Other 23%

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
AppletonLabour 33.4%vs Conservative 32.7%2024 Lib Dem 59.0%vs Conservative 35.3%-39.0%
Bewsey and WhitecrossLabour 50.8%vs Reform 18.4%2024 Labour 68.5%vs Conservative 22.9%-21.0%
Chapelford and Old HallLabour 51.6%vs Conservative 23.9%2024 Labour 56.1%vs Conservative 32.5%-32.0%
GrappenhallLabour 37.9%vs Conservative 30.3%2024 Lib Dem 55.2%vs Conservative 27.2%-38.0%
Great Sankey North and Whittle HallLabour 53.4%vs Conservative 21.8%2024 Labour 53.9%vs Conservative 22.7%-36.0%
Great Sankey SouthLabour 52.1%vs Conservative 20.0%2024 Labour 66.3%vs Conservative 22.3%-28.0%
Latchford EastLabour 51.5%vs Reform 18.0%2024 Labour 68.6%vs Conservative 21.8%-21.0%
Latchford WestLabour 48.4%vs Conservative 22.9%2024 Labour 57.9%vs Conservative 34.6%-30.0%
Lymm North and ThelwallLabour 37.0%vs Conservative 29.5%2024 Lib Dem 66.0%vs Conservative 24.5%-37.0%
Penketh and CuerdleyLabour 47.0%vs Conservative 23.8%2024 Independent 48.4%vs Labour 35.3%-36.0%
Stockton HeathLabour 42.9%vs Conservative 25.7%2024 Lib Dem 58.0%vs Conservative 25.4%-39.0%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Warrington South 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 LabDavid Mowat33.0%35.8%27.5%3.0% UKIP0.8%-1,55369.3%
2015Con holdDavid Mowat39.1%43.7%5.6%8.3% UKIP3.0%0.4%2,75070.0%+0.7
2017Lab gain from ConFaisal Rashid48.4%44.3%5.4%--2.0%2,54972.4%+2.4
2019notionalLabour winner—44.5%44.4%8.2%--2.9%6570.6%-1.8
2024Lab holdSarah Hall46.7%23.9%7.7%15.9% Ref4.7%1.1%11,34063.4%-7.2

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

Constituencies most like Warrington South

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Warrington South. 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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