Smethwick: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Gurinder Singh Josan (Labour) is the MP for Smethwick, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Gurinder Josan (Labour) 16,858 votes and Pete Durnell (Reform UK) 5,670, a majority of 11,188. 35,115 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 72,863, 48.2% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Smethwick has the 14th lowest employment rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (61.2%), and the 18th lowest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£31,681 a year).
61.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±7.9 points). 26.6% were economically inactive.
Full-time employees living in Smethwick had median pay of £31,681 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £34,080. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £31,122. The residents' figure ranks 18th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
DWP figures count 11,744 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 42.6% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 36.0% in 2021/22 to 37.8% in 2024/25.
The ONS estimates 119,808 people lived in Smethwick in mid-2024, up 11.3% on 2014. 15,598 were aged 65 or over and 27,569 were under 16.
Census 2021: 42,468 households, 5,272.6 people per square kilometre, 20.2% of workers based at home, 16.2% of adults retired.
The median price paid for a home was £225,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £126,850. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 158th lowest of 575 constituencies. 749 sales were registered in the period, against 879 in the year to March 2025.
Workplaces in Smethwick accounted for 33,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,095 local units for March 2026.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 5,610, or 7.3% of the working-age population. That is down from 5,620 twelve months before.
MP
Gurinder Singh Josan, Labour
- MP for Smethwick since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Gurinder Singh Josan on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Gurinder Singh Josan's latest words in Parliament, from 17 June 2026 to 1 September 2026. Hansard search returns 86 spoken contributions by Gurinder Singh Josan since 4 July 2024.
T6. Will the Minister update the House about the steps that the Government are taking to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
I welcome the Minister’s statement and the ministerial team’s engagement with Members to understand the concerns of our businesses. I have previously raised the challenges faced by downstream producers in my Black Country constituency.
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This issue has raised a great many concerns in my constituency and across the Black Country. I have been working closely with my colleagues in Sandwell in particular, and we have had many meetings with local companies and communication with my hon.
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In the King’s Speech, the Labour Government made it clear that our key priorities are national security, economic security and energy security. Those three priorities have one thing in common: the promise of jobs for communities across the whole UK.
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3. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in defence spending on Wales.
Read from the Hansard API on 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurinder Josan | Labour | 16,858 | 48.0% | −9.0 |
| Pete Durnell | Reform UK | 5,670 | 16.1% | +10.1 |
| Kate Fairhurst | Conservative | 4,546 | 12.9% | −17.2 |
| Roderick MacRorie | Green Party | 2,741 | 7.8% | +5.5 |
| Nahim Rubani | Workers Party of Britain | 2,449 | 7.0% | |
| Jay Anandou | Independent | 1,322 | 3.8% | |
| Oliver Patrick | Liberal Democrat | 1,018 | 2.9% | −1.6 |
| Christopher Graham | Independent | 348 | 1.0% | |
| Ravaldeep Bath | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 163 | 0.5% |
Result summary as published: Lab hold. 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 48.0% | Reform UK 16.2% | 11,188 | 48.2% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 57.0% | Conservative 30.2% | 10,974 | 57.6% |
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
Smethwick lies within Sandwell.
- Sandwell E08000028
Who has power over Smethwick
Every body that makes decisions for Smethwick, 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 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
- Smethwick this page: Gurinder Singh Josan (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 Smethwick?
Gurinder Singh Josan (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Smethwick?
The House of Commons Library records 16,858 votes for Gurinder Josan of Labour and a majority of 11,188; 48.2% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Smethwick?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 5,610, 7.3% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Smethwick?
£225,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Smethwick?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £31,681 (April 2025).
How many children in Smethwick live in low income families?
11,744 children under 16, 42.6%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Smethwick?
119,808 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
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.