Riding profile

Birmingham Northfield

UK constituency — England · Urban · west midlands

The question

Birmingham Northfield: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Birmingham Northfield, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 29% vote share, against 27% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Laurence Turner

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.6
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 29.4%
  • Labour 27.2%
  • Conservative 22.1%
  • Green 12.3%
  • Lib Dems 5.5%
  • Other 3.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereBirmingham Northfield 29.4%27.2%22.1%12.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +4.1 21.7% +5.5 18.9% +3.2 11.8% +0.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
14.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-10.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Laurence Turner Elected Labour 14,929 39.6
Gary Sambrook Conservative 9,540 25.3
Stephen Peters Reform UK 7,895 21.0
Robert Grant Green 2,809 7.5
Jerry Evans Lib Dems 1,791 4.8
Altaf Hussain Other 310 0.8
Dick Rodgers Other 215 0.6
Dean Gwilliam Other 163 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
108,073
Median age
37
Employment rate
80.0%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029