Constituency view

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

West Midlands, England

Con hold

Current MP

Current representation

Gavin Williamson

Conservative

Male

Majority5,466

Turnout59.8%

Electorate71,561

Valid votes42,770

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Conservative19,880 - 46.5%

Labour14,414 - 33.7%

Other3,288 - 7.7%

Lib Dem2,952 - 6.9%

Green2,236 - 5.2%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£146,590,818

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

£1,521 total benefits bill per resident · 33% below average

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge: £1,521
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 462 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£146,590,818	489/575
Change over 2 years	+18.8%
Median local wage (2025)	£35,075	-4.7%

Universal Credit£72,170,338
£749 per resident · 6,404 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 2,306 · 1 in 25 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£42,151,637
£437 per resident · 5,512 claimants (+16.7% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 1,817 · 33% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,167
Disability Living Allowance£10,480,078
£109 per resident · 1,728 claimants
Housing Benefit£9,679,078
£100 per resident · 1,510 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£6,362,706
£66 per resident · 1,029 claimants
Carer's Allowance£5,746,981
£60 per resident · 1,326 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 94.9%White British 93.0%Asian 2.1%Black, African or Caribbean 0.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.8%Other 0.3%

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 96.6%White British 95.3%Asian 1.5%Black, African or Caribbean 0.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.2%Other 0.2%

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 98.3%White British 97.0%Asian 0.7%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.6%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 99.5%White British N/AAsian 0.3%Black, African or Caribbean 0.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.1%

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

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (2021)

UK 96.3%Other EU 1.5%Other countries 2.2%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (2011)

UK 97.0%Other EU 0.9%Other countries 2.2%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (2001)

UK 97.6%Other EU 0.6%Other countries 1.8%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (1991)

UK 97.9%Other EU 1.0%Other countries 1.1%

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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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	National	Difference	Rank
% White	94.9%	83.0%	+11.8pp	248/650
% White British	93.0%	74.4%	+18.6pp	112/632
% Asian	2.1%	8.6%	-6.5pp	412/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.8%	3.7%	-2.9pp	373/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.8%	2.7%	-0.9pp	355/650
% Other ethnic group	0.3%	2.0%	-1.6pp	567/650
% UK-born	96.3%	84.0%	+12.4pp	30/650
% Non-UK-born	3.7%	16.0%	-12.4pp	621/650
% Other EU-born	1.5%	6.0%	-4.5pp	627/650
% Other countries-born	2.2%	10.1%	-7.9pp	586/650
% Christian	58.4%	46.7%	+11.7pp	30/575
% Muslim	0.9%	6.3%	-5.4pp	363/575
% Hindu	0.3%	1.6%	-1.3pp	382/575
% Sikh	0.7%	0.9%	-0.1pp	123/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	475/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.1pp	355/575
% Other religion	0.4%	0.6%	-0.1pp	361/575
% No religion	33.9%	37.0%	-3.1pp	421/575
% Religion not stated	5.0%	6.0%	-1.0pp	528/575
% Has any religion	61.1%	57.0%	+4.1pp	140/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

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.