UK Explained

Birmingham Yardley

Represented in Parliament by Jess Phillips (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

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How Birmingham Yardley 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 481 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £697£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 645 areas and lower than 3.

UK 3.9%This area 10.9%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 Yardley£69710.9%
Birmingham Erdington£67410.3%
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley£65711.4%
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£65810.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Birmingham Yardley

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 people113,51559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1624%18%6 points higher
Aged 65 and over12%19%6 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher24%34%10 points lower
Households that own their home59%62%4 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association19%17%2 points higher
Households renting privately22%20%2 points higher

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
Jess Phillips

Labour

MAJORITY
693

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
49%

of people who could vote did

Jess Phillips won with 31% of the votes, and Jody McIntyre (Workers Party of Britain) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour31% · 11,275
Workers Party of Britain29% · 10,582
Reform UK14% · 5,061
Liberal Democrat10% · 3,634
Conservative10% · 3,634
Green Party5% · 1,958
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jess PhillipsLabour11,27531.2%
Jody McIntyreWorkers Party of Britain10,58229.3%
Nora KamberiReform UK5,06114.0%
Roger HarmerLiberal Democrat3,63410.1%
Yvonne ClementsConservative3,63410.1%
Roxanne GreenGreen Party1,9585.4%

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
£697 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
10.9%
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