Constituency view

Birmingham Edgbaston

West Midlands, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Preet Gill

Labour

Female

Majority8,368

Turnout52.1%

Electorate71,787

Valid votes37,428

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour16,599 - 44.3%

Conservative8,231 - 22.0%

Reform4,363 - 11.7%

Other3,336 - 8.9%

Green2,797 - 7.5%

Lib Dem2,102 - 5.6%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£359,103,016

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£3,260 total benefits bill per resident · 44% above average

Birmingham Edgbaston: £3,260
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 55 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£359,103,016	74/575
Change over 2 years	+27.3%
Median local wage (2025)	£36,510	+7.5%

Universal Credit£194,575,592
£1,767 per resident · 17,842 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 5,507 · 1 in 13 working-age adults
Housing Benefit£71,063,306
£645 per resident · 5,820 claimants
Personal Independence Payment£62,420,688
£567 per resident · 8,219 claimants (+17.2% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,621 · 44% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 4,511
Disability Living Allowance£14,111,687
£128 per resident · 2,333 claimants
Carer's Allowance£9,670,461
£88 per resident · 2,232 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£7,261,281
£66 per resident · 1,116 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 54.2%White British 46.7%Asian 23.0%Black, African or Caribbean 11.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 5.8%Other 5.5%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 63.9%White British 58.1%Asian 20.2%Black, African or Caribbean 8.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 5.2%Other 2.3%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 77.2%White British 71.6%Asian 13.8%Black, African or Caribbean 5.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.0%Other 0.7%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 89.0%White British N/AAsian 5.5%Black, African or Caribbean 4.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 1.2%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Birmingham Edgbaston (2021)

UK 71.1%Other EU 6.9%Other countries 22.0%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Birmingham Edgbaston (2011)

UK 78.1%Other EU 3.4%Other countries 18.5%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Birmingham Edgbaston (2001)

UK 84.4%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 14.2%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Birmingham Edgbaston (1991)

UK 89.8%Other EU 3.8%Other countries 6.4%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Birmingham Edgbaston

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Birmingham Edgbaston	National	Difference	Rank
% White	54.2%	83.0%	-28.8pp	601/650
% White British	46.7%	74.4%	-27.7pp	560/632
% Asian	23.0%	8.6%	+14.4pp	48/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	11.4%	3.7%	+7.7pp	44/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	5.8%	2.7%	+3.2pp	44/650
% Other ethnic group	5.5%	2.0%	+3.5pp	43/650
% UK-born	71.1%	84.0%	-12.8pp	565/650
% Non-UK-born	28.9%	16.0%	+12.8pp	86/650
% Other EU-born	6.9%	6.0%	+0.9pp	172/650
% Other countries-born	22.0%	10.1%	+11.9pp	73/650
% Christian	39.4%	46.7%	-7.4pp	496/575
% Muslim	16.1%	6.3%	+9.8pp	60/575
% Hindu	3.2%	1.6%	+1.5pp	64/575
% Sikh	5.0%	0.9%	+4.1pp	25/575
% Jewish	0.3%	0.5%	-0.1pp	89/575
% Buddhist	0.5%	0.4%	+0.0pp	138/575
% Other religion	0.6%	0.6%	+0.0pp	154/575
% No religion	28.5%	37.0%	-8.5pp	497/575
% Religion not stated	6.4%	6.0%	+0.4pp	135/575
% Has any religion	65.0%	57.0%	+8.0pp	82/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Birmingham Edgbaston

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.