Constituency view

Dudley

West Midlands, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Sonia Kumar

Labour

Female

Previous MP: Marco Longhi (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority1,900

Turnout51.0%

Electorate70,151

Valid votes35,796

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour12,215 - 34.1%

Conservative10,315 - 28.8%

Reform9,442 - 26.4%

Other1,614 - 4.5%

Green1,154 - 3.2%

Lib Dem1,056 - 3.0%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£286,537,449

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

£2,737 total benefits bill per resident · 21% above average

Dudley: £2,737
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 148 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£286,537,449	165/575
Change over 2 years	+21.0%
Median local wage (2025)	£37,039	+4.4%

Universal Credit£167,488,681
£1,600 per resident · 14,539 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 4,873 · 1 in 13 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£66,062,407
£631 per resident · 8,770 claimants (+13.5% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,027 · 35% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 4,825
Disability Living Allowance£16,344,637
£156 per resident · 2,668 claimants
Housing Benefit£14,669,453
£140 per resident · 2,197 claimants
Carer's Allowance£12,745,736
£122 per resident · 2,944 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£9,226,534
£88 per resident · 1,474 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 80.2%White British 77.0%Asian 10.9%Black, African or Caribbean 4.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.3%Other 1.2%

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 86.3%White British 84.7%Asian 8.2%Black, African or Caribbean 2.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.4%Other 0.4%

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 91.4%White British 90.4%Asian 5.4%Black, African or Caribbean 1.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.1%

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 94.7%White British N/AAsian 3.4%Black, African or Caribbean 1.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.3%

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

Dudley (2021)

UK 89.4%Other EU 3.0%Other countries 7.6%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Dudley (2011)

UK 93.3%Other EU 1.1%Other countries 5.6%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Dudley (2001)

UK 95.6%Other EU 0.3%Other countries 4.0%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Dudley (1991)

UK 96.7%Other EU 0.7%Other countries 2.6%

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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Dudley

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Dudley	National	Difference	Rank
% White	80.2%	83.0%	-2.8pp	475/650
% White British	77.0%	74.4%	+2.6pp	402/632
% Asian	10.9%	8.6%	+2.3pp	146/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	4.3%	3.7%	+0.6pp	154/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.3%	2.7%	+0.7pp	177/650
% Other ethnic group	1.2%	2.0%	-0.7pp	266/650
% UK-born	89.4%	84.0%	+5.5pp	324/650
% Non-UK-born	10.6%	16.0%	-5.5pp	327/650
% Other EU-born	3.0%	6.0%	-2.9pp	469/650
% Other countries-born	7.6%	10.1%	-2.5pp	265/650
% Christian	49.0%	46.7%	+2.3pp	245/575
% Muslim	7.4%	6.3%	+1.1pp	147/575
% Hindu	1.0%	1.6%	-0.7pp	208/575
% Sikh	1.9%	0.9%	+1.0pp	54/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	509/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.2pp	404/575
% Other religion	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2pp	441/575
% No religion	34.7%	37.0%	-2.3pp	410/575
% Religion not stated	5.3%	6.0%	-0.7pp	449/575
% Has any religion	60.0%	57.0%	+3.0pp	162/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Dudley

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.