UK Explained

Sutton Coldfield

Represented in Parliament by Sir Andrew Mitchell (Conservative). 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

Andrew Mitchell, Conservative. Open their full page →

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

How Sutton Coldfield 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 140 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £846£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 263 areas and lower than 385.

UK 3.9%This area 2.9%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
Sutton Coldfield£8462.9%
Bracknell£8543.0%
Bromsgrove£8432.6%
Newbury£8542.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Sutton Coldfield

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 people96,68959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over23%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher41%34%7 points higher
Households that own their home78%62%16 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association8%17%9 points lower
Households renting privately13%20%7 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
Andrew Mitchell

Conservative

MAJORITY
2,543

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Andrew Mitchell won with 38% of the votes, and Rob Pocock (Labour) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Conservative38% · 18,502
Labour33% · 15,959
Reform UK17% · 8,213
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,587
Green Party5% · 2,419
Workers Party of Britain1% · 653
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Andrew MitchellConservative18,50238.3%
Rob PocockLabour15,95933.0%
Mark HoathReform UK8,21317.0%
John SweeneyLiberal Democrat2,5875.4%
Ben AutonGreen Party2,4195.0%
Wajad BurkeyWorkers Party of Britain6531.4%

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
£846 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
2.9%
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