Birmingham Northfield: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Laurence Turner (Labour) is the MP for Birmingham Northfield, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Laurence Turner took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 14,929 votes (39.6%), ahead of Gary Sambrook (Conservative) on 9,540. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 50.8% (37,652 of 74,048); the winning margin was 5,389 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
2,545 business sites were registered in Birmingham Northfield in March 2026 (2,595 a year before), and employed 26,000 people in 2024.
8,468 children in Birmingham Northfield were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 35.5% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 27.8% in 2024/25, from 26.8% in 2021/22.
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £225,000 and half for less. That is up 67% on £135,000 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £227,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 158th lowest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,089 recorded sales.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £38,249 for jobs in Birmingham Northfield and £36,134 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £31,270. The residents' figure ranks 189th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
About 109,400 people live in Birmingham Northfield: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 109,370. 18,400 were aged 65 or over and 23,852 were under 16.
Birmingham Northfield counted 45,484 households on Census day 2021; 20.2% of adults were retired and 23.5% of those in work were mostly working from home.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 75.8% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 8.2 points. The economically inactive share was 16.6%.
In September 2026, 7.7% of 16 to 64 year olds in Birmingham Northfield were claimants (5,190 people). September 2025 had 4,905.
MP
Laurence Turner, Labour
- MP for Birmingham Northfield since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Laurence Turner on this site
In Parliament
What Laurence Turner said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 10 June 2026 to 6 July 2026). Hansard search returns 402 spoken contributions by Laurence Turner since 4 July 2024.
At the outset, I draw attention to my membership of GMB and Unite, both of which organise workers in the engineering construction sector.
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I think I have made it clear in my remarks about other representatives that I hold no truck at all with apologism for or the glorification of terrorism. There is one more problem.
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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. I congratulate the hon.
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I was born in Nottingham City hospital, and while the Ockenden report was necessarily bounded by the last 13 years, I think it is important to record that women and children were avoidably harmed and avoidably died in those settings many years before, and the pain is not …
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My hon. Friend will have heard representations for ensuring that, under clause 5, devolution agreements must not be unduly limited, either by the Bill or its implementation.
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Read from the Hansard API on 26 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Turner | Labour | 14,929 | 39.6% | −3.1 |
| Gary Sambrook | Conservative | 9,540 | 25.3% | −20.7 |
| Stephen Peters | Reform UK | 7,895 | 21.0% | +17.2 |
| Robert Grant | Green Party | 2,809 | 7.5% | +5.2 |
| Jerry Evans | Liberal Democrat | 1,791 | 4.8% | +0.1 |
| Altaf Hussain | Independent | 310 | 0.8% | |
| Dick Rodgers | Common Good | 215 | 0.6% | |
| Dean Gwilliam | Independent | 163 | 0.4% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 39.7% | Conservative 25.3% | 5,389 | 50.9% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 46.1% | Labour 42.7% | 1,478 | 59.5% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Birmingham Northfield lies within Birmingham.
- Birmingham E08000025
Who has power over Birmingham Northfield
Every body that makes decisions for Birmingham Northfield, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- West Midlands Combined Authority combined authority
- West Midlands Police police force
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board NHS
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS
- West Midlands in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Birmingham Northfield this page: Laurence Turner (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Birmingham Northfield?
UK Parliament lists Laurence Turner, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Birmingham Northfield?
Laurence Turner (Labour) won with 14,929 votes, a majority of 5,389, on a turnout of 50.8% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Birmingham Northfield?
7.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 5,190 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Birmingham Northfield?
The median price paid was £225,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Birmingham Northfield?
Median full-time pay of residents was £36,134 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Birmingham Northfield live in low income families?
DWP counts 8,468 (35.5% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Birmingham Northfield?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 109,370 residents.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.