Constituency view

Stourbridge

West Midlands, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Cat Eccles

Labour

Female

Previous MP: Suzanne Webb (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority3,073

Turnout58.4%

Electorate68,311

Valid votes39,878

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour15,338 - 38.5%

Conservative12,265 - 30.8%

Reform7,869 - 19.7%

Green1,732 - 4.3%

Lib Dem1,607 - 4.0%

Other1,067 - 2.7%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£211,186,133

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

£2,228 total benefits bill per resident · 1% below average

Stourbridge: £2,228
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 254 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£211,186,133	314/575
Change over 2 years	+22.2%
Median local wage (2025)	£34,114	+15.0%

Universal Credit£122,749,114
£1,295 per resident · 10,827 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 3,794 · 1 in 15 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£50,135,977
£529 per resident · 6,631 claimants (+15.1% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,440 · 37% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,656
Disability Living Allowance£12,028,966
£127 per resident · 1,987 claimants
Housing Benefit£10,188,664
£107 per resident · 1,585 claimants
Carer's Allowance£8,526,821
£90 per resident · 1,968 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£7,556,591
£80 per resident · 1,218 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 86.7%White British 84.3%Asian 8.2%Black, African or Caribbean 1.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.5%Other 1.0%

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 91.0%White British 89.4%Asian 6.0%Black, African or Caribbean 1.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.7%Other 0.3%

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 93.7%White British 92.3%Asian 4.5%Black, African or Caribbean 0.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.9%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 96.8%White British N/AAsian 2.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%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

Stourbridge (2021)

UK 92.5%Other EU 2.2%Other countries 5.3%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Stourbridge (2011)

UK 94.7%Other EU 0.9%Other countries 4.4%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Stourbridge (2001)

UK 95.9%Other EU 0.5%Other countries 3.6%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Stourbridge (1991)

UK 97.0%Other EU 1.0%Other countries 2.1%

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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Stourbridge

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Stourbridge	National	Difference	Rank
% White	86.7%	83.0%	+3.7pp	398/650
% White British	84.3%	74.4%	+9.8pp	306/632
% Asian	8.2%	8.6%	-0.4pp	201/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	1.7%	3.7%	-2.0pp	267/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.5%	2.7%	-0.2pp	265/650
% Other ethnic group	1.0%	2.0%	-1.0pp	313/650
% UK-born	92.5%	84.0%	+8.6pp	234/650
% Non-UK-born	7.5%	16.0%	-8.6pp	417/650
% Other EU-born	2.2%	6.0%	-3.8pp	568/650
% Other countries-born	5.3%	10.1%	-4.8pp	339/650
% Christian	48.3%	46.7%	+1.6pp	286/575
% Muslim	6.5%	6.3%	+0.1pp	162/575
% Hindu	0.5%	1.6%	-1.1pp	296/575
% Sikh	1.1%	0.9%	+0.2pp	94/575
% Jewish	0.0%	0.5%	-0.4pp	509/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.2pp	375/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.0pp	216/575
% No religion	37.0%	37.0%	+0.0pp	354/575
% Religion not stated	5.8%	6.0%	-0.2pp	312/575
% Has any religion	57.2%	57.0%	+0.2pp	215/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Stourbridge

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.