UK Explained

Birmingham Northfield

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

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Your MP at a glance

Laurence Turner, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Birmingham Northfield 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 417 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £721£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 632 areas and lower than 16.

UK 3.9%This area 7.6%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 Northfield£7217.6%
East Ham£7218.1%
Coventry East£7077.0%
Ealing North£7077.0%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Birmingham Northfield

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 people107,79059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1622%18%4 points higher
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%6 points lower
Households that own their home56%62%6 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association29%17%12 points higher
Households renting privately15%20%6 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
Laurence Turner

Labour

MAJORITY
5,389

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
51%

of people who could vote did

Laurence Turner won with 40% of the votes, and Gary Sambrook (Conservative) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Labour40% · 14,929
Conservative25% · 9,540
Reform UK21% · 7,895
Green Party7% · 2,809
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,791
Independent1% · 473
Everyone else1% · 215
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Laurence TurnerLabour14,92939.6%
Gary SambrookConservative9,54025.3%
Stephen PetersReform UK7,89521.0%
Robert GrantGreen Party2,8097.5%
Jerry EvansLiberal Democrat1,7914.8%
Altaf HussainIndependent3100.8%
Dick RodgersCommon Good2150.6%
Dean GwilliamIndependent1630.4%

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
£721 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
7.6%
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