West Midlands · England · 74,951Boundary · 2023

Walsall & Bloxwich

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Created in the 2023 boundary review, from parts of Walsall North and Walsall South.

Dispatch
Apr 2026

Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Walsall and Bloxwich. Population 115,024, notably young (median age 35 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 61% above the national average. Median income £24K (below average).

ValerieAz's most notable recent act was breaking with her party on assisted dying. On 20 June 2025 she voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading -- opposing the legislation as Labour's majority supported it -- and cast a series of further rebel votes against specific amendments to the Bill, while backing a minority position on doctor-continuity provisions. Her other prominent activity has been local: she publicly challenged Walsall Council's decision to relocate the Leather Museum, secured Grade II listed status for the building, requested financial transparency from council leadership, and called for ministerial oversight -- positioning herself clearly alongside constituent campaigners ahead of the museum's planned shutdown.

At 70% voting participation she falls below the Commons average, though her 97.4% party-line alignment makes her a broadly loyal Labour MP outside conscience votes. Her speeches -- 139 contributions across 47 debates -- cluster around economy and jobs, local government, culture, health, and social care. Stance data shows her voting more strongly than the Labour average in favour of NHS funding (+26 percentage points above party average), welfare expansion, and public services funding, while she scores notably below party average on armed forces welfare issues (-49 percentage points).

340
Commons votes
This parliament
£24k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
75.0k
Electorate
2024 GE

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review.

Current Member of Parliament

Valerie Vaz

Valerie Vaz

Labour Party

The Rt Hon Valerie Vaz is the Labour MP for Walsall and Bloxwich, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Notable Votes

A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Report Stage, after proceedings had been interrupted on 13 June when an objection was raised. The debate excerpts do not reveal the substantive content of New Clause 16.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes too ill to complete their assessment before signing off on an assisted dying request, a further referral can be made to another doctor — mirroring an existing provision in the Bill for the attending doctor.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have chosen to stop eating and drinking. The amendment would close a potential loophole where a person who is not otherwise terminally ill could meet the bill's eligibility criteria by voluntarily starving themselves.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Walsall and Bloxwich. Population 115,024, notably young (median age 35 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 61% above the national average. Median income £24K (below average).

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Vaz’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.355 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Vaz has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
87
Economy
52
Education
39
Crime & Policing
30
Pensions
23
Constitution and Democracy
22
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1620 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 1220 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 2420 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.8 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Birchills LeamoreAmo Hussain1,089Conserva
BlakenallPete Smith971Independ
Bloxwich EastGary James Flint843Conserva
Bloxwich WestMichael John Coulson1,065Labour P
PaddockNick Gandham1,485Conserva
PalfreySabina Kausar Ditta2,134Independ
PleckNaheed Zohra Gultasib1,459Independ
St MatthewsEileen Bridie Russell1,430Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
115,024
Electorate 74,951 · 2024 register
Median income
£24,200
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
20.9%
England average 20.0%
Schools
63
36 primary · 7 secondary
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