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Warwick & Leamington.

Labour Party MP Matt Western holds the seat on 48.7% of the vote.

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Member of ParliamentMatt Western · Labour Party
CouncilWarwick
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001566
Electorate · 2024
76.3k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
48.7%
Labour Party · +25.2pp over Con
Settlements
7
Largest: Royal Leamington Spa
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
21.9
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

48.7%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
12
Wards · 27 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.12 wards · 27 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bishop's Tachbrook(2 seats)Day · Collins1,344Warwick GrnMay 2023
Leamington Brunswick(3 seats)Davison · Chilvers · Tangri3,140Warwick GrnMay 2023
Leamington Clarendon Chris Knight574Warwick GrnSept 2025
Leamington Lillington(3 seats)Boad · Russell · Kohler4,771Warwick GrnMay 2023
Leamington Milverton(3 seats)Gifford · Gifford · Syson4,965Warwick GrnMay 2023
Leamington Willes(3 seats)Billiald · Luckhurst · Roberts4,364Warwick GrnMay 2023
Radford Semele Becky Noonan435Warwick GrnMay 2023
Warwick All Saints & Woodloes Sam Jones719Warwick GrnFeb 2025
Warwick Aylesford(2 seats)Browne · Rosu1,512Warwick GrnMay 2023
Warwick Myton & Heathcote(3 seats)Harrison · YellaPragada · Gorman4,048Warwick GrnMay 2023
Warwick Saltisford(2 seats)Sinnott · Dray1,840Warwick GrnMay 2023
Whitnash(3 seats)Barton · Falp · Margrave3,587Warwick GrnMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.7 named places

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.

large-town 85,430town 7,335village 12,977

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Royal Leamington Spa49,487large town
Warwick35,943large town
Whitnash7,335town
Rural & dispersed4,496village
Cubbington3,266village
Radford Semele2,911village
Showing 6 of 7·All 7 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate61.0%57.1%+7%
Owner-occupied62.0%63.1%-2%
Private rented21.2%20.0%+6%
Social rented16.7%16.8%-1%

Ethnicity.

White82.5%
Asian11.2%
Black1.1%
Mixed3.3%
Other1.9%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 50.0% Female 49.9% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£30,000
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£42,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,895
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
46
28 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
65.4%
Attainment 8: 45.3

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£437m
Taxpayers58,000
Median per taxpayer£3,140
Mean per taxpayer£7,550

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
21.9
+6% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
7.3
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
32% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences7.0
Anti-social behaviour4.0
Shoplifting2.7
Criminal damage & arson1.3
Burglary1.3
Other theft1.3
Vehicle crime1.1

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Matt WesternWONLab23,97548.7
James UffindellCon11,56323.5
Nigel ClarkeRef5,15410.5
Hema YellapragadaGrn4,4719.1
Louis AdamLD3,8817.9
Laurie SteeleInd1540.3

Turnout 49,198

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Matt WesternLab43.8
2017Matt WesternLab46.7
2015Chris WhiteCon47.9
2010White, ChrisCon42.6
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission