Tipton and Wednesbury: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Tipton and Wednesbury is represented in the House of Commons by Antonia Bance (Labour). On 4 July 2024 Antonia Bance (Labour) won 11,755 votes, 36.9% of the valid vote; Shaun Bailey (Conservative) came second with 8,370. 31,850 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 74,098, 43.0% of those registered. The majority was 3,385.
Key figures
What the figures show
Compared with other constituencies, Tipton and Wednesbury has the 6th lowest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£30,702 a year); it also has the 10th lowest share working mainly from home (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (15.6%).
Full-time employees living in Tipton and Wednesbury had median pay of £30,702 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £30,319. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £30,311. The residents' figure ranks 6th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
61.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±8.1 points). 31.3% were economically inactive.
In 2024/25, 40.4% of children under 16 in Tipton and Wednesbury (10,551) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 33.6% in 2021/22 to 35.7% in 2024/25.
Tipton and Wednesbury counted 44,233 households on Census day 2021; 17.9% of adults were retired and 15.6% of those in work were mostly working from home.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 117,414; the estimate for 2014 was 108,351. There were more children under 16 (26,110) than residents aged 65 and over (17,892).
Workplaces in Tipton and Wednesbury accounted for 32,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,265 local units for March 2026.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £215,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £115,000. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 127th lowest of 575 constituencies. 696 sales were registered in the period, against 1,009 in the year to March 2025.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 4,800 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 6.5%. That is up from 4,585 twelve months before.
MP
Antonia Bance, Labour
- MP for Tipton and Wednesbury since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Antonia Bance on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Antonia Bance in Hansard, from 9 September 2026 to 14 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 159 spoken contributions by Antonia Bance since 4 July 2024.
Has my hon. Friend taken a moment to work out the example put forward by one Conservative Member of the £3.5 million-worth of assets belonging to a family business in his constituency?
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I welcome the direction that the Secretary of State has set out today. Wednesbury Bright Bar is part of Speciality Steel UK. It is a specialist steel-finishing plant that produces precision-engineered bright steel bar in the heart of the UK metal-finishing industry area.
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I agree with my hon. Friend, as he would expect. He is right to raise the scale of investment that countries such as Amazon have made in union busting.
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I should start by declaring my interests as set out in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
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I agree with my hon. Friend, as he would expect. He is right to raise the scale of investment that countries such as Amazon have made in union busting.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonia Bance | Labour | 11,755 | 36.9% | −1.5 |
| Shaun Bailey | Conservative | 8,370 | 26.3% | −24.4 |
| Jack Sabharwal | Reform UK | 8,019 | 25.2% | +19.3 |
| Mark Redding | Green Party | 1,509 | 4.7% | +2.8 |
| Mohammed Hussain-Billa | Independent | 945 | 3.0% | |
| Abdul Husen | Independent | 660 | 2.1% | |
| Mark Rochell | Liberal Democrat | 592 | 1.9% | −1.3 |
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 36.9% | Conservative 26.3% | 3,385 | 43.0% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 50.7% | Labour 38.4% | 4,693 | 51.8% |
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
Tipton and Wednesbury covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
Who has power over Tipton and Wednesbury
Every body that makes decisions for Tipton and Wednesbury, 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 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
- Tipton and Wednesbury this page: Antonia Bance (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 Tipton and Wednesbury?
Antonia Bance (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Tipton and Wednesbury?
The House of Commons Library records 11,755 votes for Antonia Bance of Labour and a majority of 3,385; 43.0% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Tipton and Wednesbury?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 4,800, 6.5% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Tipton and Wednesbury?
£215,000: 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 Tipton and Wednesbury?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £30,702 (April 2025).
How many children in Tipton and Wednesbury live in low income families?
10,551 children under 16, 40.4%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Tipton and Wednesbury?
117,414 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.