UK Explained

Stourbridge

Represented in Parliament by Cat Eccles (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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These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Stourbridge 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 442 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £712£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 521 areas and lower than 127.

UK 3.9%This area 4.8%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
Stourbridge£7124.8%
Southend East and Rochford£7074.9%
Manchester Central£7125.0%
Glasgow South West£7024.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Stourbridge

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 people92,89359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over21%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher27%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home66%62%4 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association18%17%1 points higher
Households renting privately15%20%5 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
Cat Eccles

Labour

MAJORITY
3,073

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Cat Eccles won with 38% of the votes, and Suzanne Webb (Conservative) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 15,338
Conservative31% · 12,265
Reform UK20% · 7,869
Green Party4% · 1,732
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,607
Workers Party of Britain3% · 1,067
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Cat EcclesLabour15,33838.5%
Suzanne WebbConservative12,26530.8%
Richard ShawReform UK7,86919.7%
Stephen PriceGreen Party1,7324.3%
Christopher BramallLiberal Democrat1,6074.0%
Mohammed RamzanWorkers Party of Britain1,0672.7%

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
£712 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
4.8%
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