Constituency profile

Warwick and Leamington

West Midlands · County constituency · Warwick borough

Matt Western MP
Sitting MP

Matt Western

Labour

First elected June 2017

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
County constituency, Warwick council
Last 5 GE winners
CCLLL
Labour 3/5, Conservative 2/5
EU referendum 2016
41.6% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -10.3pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +17.2pp
vs Conservative 19.8%
MidlandsRemain-leaningGraduate-heavy

About the Warwick and Leamington constituency

Warwick and Leamington is a county constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Matt Western (Labour), first elected in June 2017. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 48.7% to 23.5% for the Conservatives, a majority of 12,412 votes on a 64.5% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 37.0% and the Conservatives on 19.8%, a margin of 17.2 points.

Who lives in Warwick and Leamington? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
41.6%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
44.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
13.7%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
60.4%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
37.9%
UK average ~36%
Median age
38.3
UK median ~40
Age 65+
20.1%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
34.4%
UK average ~28%

How did Warwick and Leamington 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 12,412 votes (25.2pp) · turnout 64.5%

Current projection

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

Map of Warwick and Leamington

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)

Warwick and Leamington within Warwick

Warwick and Leamington sits entirely within Warwick Council. Warwick 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
Warwick
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
18 Sep 2025Leamington Clarendon
Warwick
Lab HOLDLab 30% LD 30% Ref 16%
14 Feb 2025Warwick All Saints & Woodloes
Warwick
Grn GAIN from Ind
9 May 2024Leamington Clarendon
Warwick
Lab HOLD

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
Bishop's TachbrookLabour 46.8%vs Conservative 28.5%2023 Labour 44.3%vs Conservative 42.8%-33.5%
Leamington BrunswickLabour 50.8%vs Conservative 16.3%2023 Green 62.7%vs Labour 25.5%-24.2%
Leamington ClarendonLabour 56.2%vs Conservative 20.0%2023 Labour 56.5%vs Lib Dem 18.3%-40.6%
Leamington LillingtonLabour 45.4%vs Conservative 22.3%2023 Lib Dem 51.9%vs Labour 21.6%-38.9%
Leamington MilvertonLabour 42.3%vs Conservative 23.7%2023 Lib Dem 56.7%vs Labour 19.8%-39.2%
Leamington WillesLabour 53.2%vs Conservative 17.0%2023 Green 67.1%vs Labour 15.0%-41.2%
Radford SemeleLabour 35.8%vs Conservative 35.1%2023 Conservative 40.1%vs Lib Dem 36.7%-38.2%
Warwick All Saints & WoodloesLabour 48.5%vs Conservative 28.4%2023 Labour 47.6%vs Conservative 37.6%-36.9%
Warwick AylesfordLabour 49.0%vs Conservative 25.1%2023 Labour 45.2%vs Conservative 35.1%-53.5%
Warwick Myton & HeathcoteLabour 43.2%vs Conservative 28.4%2023 Green 51.6%vs Conservative 31.6%-50.1%
Warwick SaltisfordLabour 50.8%vs Conservative 25.5%2023 Labour 50.4%vs Conservative 28.2%-38.0%
WhitnashLabour 53.4%vs Conservative 21.8%2023 Others 59.7%vs Green 13.2%-46.2%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Warwick and Leamington 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 White35.4%42.6%18.3%1.9% UKIP1.4%0.4%3,51372.3%
2015Con holdChris White34.9%47.9%5.0%8.3% UKIP3.9%-6,60670.7%-1.6
2017Lab gain from ConMatt Western46.7%44.4%5.2%1.5% UKIP2.2%-1,20672.8%+2.1
2019notionalLabour winnerMatt Western 2019 MP, pre-review boundary43.3%41.1%10.9%-2.9%1.8%1,16969.2%-3.6
2024Lab holdMatt Western48.7%23.5%7.9%10.5% Ref9.1%0.3%12,41264.5%-4.7

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

Constituencies most like Warwick and Leamington

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Warwick and Leamington. 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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