Warwick & Leamington.
Labour Party MP Matt Western holds the seat on 48.7% of the vote.
8 Jun 2026
Two-town spa seat, Labour-held, locally fragmented
Warwick and Leamington is a two-town seat in the West Midlands, built around the spa town of Royal Leamington Spa and the historic county town of Warwick, which between them hold roughly four-fifths of its population. Whitnash adds a smaller urban edge to the south, while villages such as Cubbington, Radford Semele and Bishop's Tachbrook and a thinner rural fringe make up the remainder. The constituency is comparatively young and well-educated, with a median age of 38 and around 45 per cent of residents holding degrees. A single district authority, Warwick District Council, runs local services across the twelve wards that fall within the seat.
Locally the picture is markedly fragmented rather than two-party. Across the most recent ward contests the Greens have won the largest number, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats taking a comparable share each and a residents' association holding its ground in Whitnash, leaving the Conservatives reduced to a handful. The parliamentary contest tells a different story: Labour took the seat in 2024 with close to half the vote, well clear of the Conservatives in second on roughly a quarter. That margin had widened sharply from 2019, when the two parties finished within a point and a half of each other. Matt Western has represented the seat for Labour since 2017.
The seat therefore looks broadly secure for Labour at Westminster while its local politics remain genuinely contested and multi-sided, with Greens and Liberal Democrats competing for ward ground alongside the incumbent party. Recent local coverage has had a largely administrative tenor, centred on council budgeting, services and community initiatives rather than controversy. On the figures available several offence categories appear to run above the comparator average, with shoplifting, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime each around half as high again, though such totals partly reflect the seat's town-centre footfall. The standing impression is of a constituency that is settled at the national level yet fluid beneath it.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Tachbrook(2 seats) | Day · Collins | 1,344 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
| Leamington Brunswick(3 seats) | Davison · Chilvers · Tangri | 3,140 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
| Leamington Clarendon | Chris Knight | 574 | Warwick Grn | Sept 2025 |
| Leamington Lillington(3 seats) | Boad · Russell · Kohler | 4,771 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
| Leamington Milverton(3 seats) | Gifford · Gifford · Syson | 4,965 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
| Leamington Willes(3 seats) | Billiald · Luckhurst · Roberts | 4,364 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
| Radford Semele | Becky Noonan | 435 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
| Warwick All Saints & Woodloes | Sam Jones | 719 | Warwick Grn | Feb 2025 |
| Warwick Aylesford(2 seats) | Browne · Rosu | 1,512 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
| Warwick Myton & Heathcote(3 seats) | Harrison · YellaPragada · Gorman | 4,048 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
| Warwick Saltisford(2 seats) | Sinnott · Dray | 1,840 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
| Whitnash(3 seats) | Barton · Falp · Margrave | 3,587 | Warwick Grn | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Royal Leamington Spa (49,487), with Warwick (35,943) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 105,742.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Leamington Spa | 49,487 | large town |
| Warwick | 35,943 | large town |
| Whitnash | 7,335 | town |
| Rural & dispersed | 4,496 | village |
| Cubbington | 3,266 | village |
| Radford Semele | 2,911 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 61.0% | 57.1% | +7% |
| Owner-occupied | 62.0% | 63.1% | -2% |
| Private rented | 21.2% | 20.0% | +6% |
| Social rented | 16.7% | 16.8% | -1% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £437m |
| Taxpayers | 58,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,140 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £7,550 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt WesternWON | Lab | 23,975 | 48.7 |
| James Uffindell | Con | 11,563 | 23.5 |
| Nigel Clarke | Ref | 5,154 | 10.5 |
| Hema Yellapragada | Grn | 4,471 | 9.1 |
| Louis Adam | LD | 3,881 | 7.9 |
| Laurie Steele | Ind | 154 | 0.3 |
Turnout 49,198
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Matt Western | Lab | 43.8 |
| 2017 | Matt Western | Lab | 46.7 |
| 2015 | Chris White | Con | 47.9 |
| 2010 | White, Chris | Con | 42.6 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo