Riding profile

Birmingham Yardley

UK constituency — England · Urban · west midlands

The question

Birmingham Yardley: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Birmingham Yardley, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 2-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 25% vote share, against 23% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Jess Phillips

Sits with Labour

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
2.7
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 24.8%
  • Labour 22.9%
  • Other 21.8%
  • Lib Dems 11.5%
  • Green 9.6%
  • Conservative 9.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Other Lib Dems
HereBirmingham Yardley 24.8%22.9%21.8%11.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% −0.6 21.7% +1.2 4.8% +17.0 11.6% −0.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
1.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jess Phillips Elected Labour 11,275 31.2
Jody McIntyre Other 10,582 29.3
Nora Kamberi Reform UK 5,061 14.0
Roger Harmer Lib Dems 3,634 10.1
Yvonne Clements Conservative 3,634 10.1
Roxanne Green Green 1,958 5.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
114,295
Median age
33
Employment rate
65.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029