Constituency profile

Wolverhampton North East

West Midlands · Borough constituency

Sureena Brackenridge MP
Sitting MP

Sureena Brackenridge

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
West Midlands
Borough constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLCL
Labour 4/5, Conservative 1/5
EU referendum 2016
67.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +15.8pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +1.1pp
vs Reform UK 34.5%
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profileDiverse

About the Wolverhampton North East constituency

Wolverhampton North East is a borough constituency in the West Midlands. The sitting MP is Sureena Brackenridge (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 42.9% to 26.6% for the Conservatives, a majority of 5,422 votes on a 47.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 35.6% and Reform UK on 34.5%, a margin of 1.1 points.

Who lives in Wolverhampton North East? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
67.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
21.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
26.7%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
56.6%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
42.7%
UK average ~36%
Median age
38.5
UK median ~40
Age 65+
21.3%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
31.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Wolverhampton North East 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 5,422 votes (16.3pp) · turnout 47.1%

Current projection

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

Map of Wolverhampton North East

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)

Wolverhampton North East within Wolverhampton and Walsall

Wolverhampton North East crosses council boundaries: Wolverhampton (75%), Walsall (25%). 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
Wolverhampton
49 LSOAs
75%View projection ›
Walsall
16 LSOAs
25%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
Bushbury NorthLabour 40.7%vs Conservative 31.3%May 2026 Reform 41.1%vs Conservative 21.5%
Labour→Reform
+20.1pp
35.9%
Bushbury South & Low HillLabour 49.3%vs Reform 22.3%May 2026 Reform 39.4%vs Labour 32.3%
Labour→Reform
+17.0pp
24.3%
Fallings ParkLabour 45.6%vs Conservative 25.9%May 2026 Reform 41.8%vs Labour 28.6%
Labour→Reform
+18.5pp
32.3%
Heath TownLabour 48.7%vs Reform 22.4%May 2026 Labour 33.2%vs Reform 29.8%
Labour share
-15.4pp
26.1%
OxleyLabour 45.0%vs Conservative 23.7%May 2026 Reform 33.4%vs Labour 25.8%
Labour→Reform
+18.3pp
33.9%
Short HeathLabour 34.4%vs Conservative 29.4%May 2026 Reform 49.0%vs Conservative 32.4%
Labour→Reform
+23.7pp
39.8%
Wednesfield NorthLabour 44.7%vs Conservative 26.9%May 2026 Reform 52.7%vs Labour 19.1%
Labour→Reform
+28.2pp
36.1%
Wednesfield SouthLabour 44.1%vs Conservative 28.0%May 2026 Reform 44.9%vs Labour 31.4%
Labour→Reform
+18.2pp
35.7%
Willenhall NorthLabour 33.9%vs Conservative 29.3%2024 Conservative 42.6%vs Labour 42.2%-26.0%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Wolverhampton North East 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
2010Lab holdEmma Reynolds41.4%34.3%13.5%3.3% UKIP-7.5%2,48459.2%
2015Lab holdEmma Reynolds46.1%29.9%2.7%19.2% UKIP2.1%-5,49555.7%-3.5
2017Lab holdEmma Reynolds52.8%40.3%1.6%4.1% UKIP1.3%-4,58760.1%+4.4
2019notionalConservative winnerJane Stevenson 2019 MP, pre-review boundary35.9%55.7%3.6%-1.8%3.0%7,84756.2%-3.9
2024Lab gain from ConSureena Brackenridge42.9%26.6%3.0%23.2% Ref4.3%-5,42247.1%-9.1

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

Constituencies most like Wolverhampton North East

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Wolverhampton North East. 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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