Riding profile

Birmingham Erdington

UK constituency — England · Urban · west midlands

The question

Birmingham Erdington: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Birmingham Erdington, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 31% vote share, against 30% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Paulette Hamilton

Sits with Labour

Since
2022-03-03
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.0
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 31.1%
  • Labour 29.8%
  • Conservative 14.6%
  • Green 11.9%
  • Other 7.5%
  • Lib Dems 4.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereBirmingham Erdington 31.1%29.8%14.6%11.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +5.8 21.7% +8.1 18.9% −4.3 11.8% +0.1

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
20.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-17.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Paulette Hamilton Elected Labour 14,774 43.3
Jack Brookes Reform UK 7,755 22.7
Steve Knee Conservative 5,402 15.8
Karen Trench Green 2,452 7.2
Shaukat Ali Other 2,250 6.6
Farzana Aslam Lib Dems 1,128 3.3
Corinthia Ward Other 376 1.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
123,037
Median age
36
Employment rate
64.5%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029