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Bilston, in the Wolverhampton South East constituency

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Wolverhampton South East

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Your member of parliament

Pat McFadden

Labour

Labour won Wolverhampton South East at the 2024 general election with a majority of 9,188 votes, or 27.5 points. A swing of 13.8 points to Reform UK would take it. That makes it safer than 535 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 115.

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How safe is this seat?

Safe

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 27.5 points, which is larger than 535 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 9,188 votes.

Majority

9,188

27.5% of votes cast.

Turnout

43.1%

-16.6 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

6

33,382 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Pat McFaddenElectedLabour16,80050.3%+16.6
Carl HardwickReform UK7,61222.8%+8.5
Victoria WilsonConservative5,65416.9%-6.8
Paul DarkeGreen Party1,6434.9%-1.5
Athar WarraichWorkers Party of Britain9152.7%+2.0
Bart RickettsLiberal Democrat7582.3%-9.9

Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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