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Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

Represented in Parliament by Liam Byrne (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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How Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 587 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £658£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 643 areas and lower than 5.

UK 3.9%This area 10.1%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£65810.1%
Birmingham Erdington£67410.3%
Bradford West£6409.6%
Birmingham Edgbaston£6999.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people122,29259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1626%18%7 points higher
Aged 65 and over13%19%6 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher20%34%13 points lower
Households that own their home55%62%7 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association28%17%11 points higher
Households renting privately16%20%4 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Liam Byrne

Labour

MAJORITY
1,566

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
44%

of people who could vote did

Liam Byrne won with 31% of the votes, and James Giles (Workers Party of Britain) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Labour31% · 10,655
Workers Party of Britain27% · 9,089
Reform UK19% · 6,456
Conservative14% · 4,634
Green Party7% · 2,360
Liberal Democrat3% · 942
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Liam ByrneLabour10,65531.2%
James GilesWorkers Party of Britain9,08926.6%
Jamie PullinReform UK6,45618.9%
Caroline ClapperConservative4,63413.6%
Imran KhanGreen Party2,3606.9%
Qasim EsakLiberal Democrat9422.8%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£658 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
10.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026