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Dudley

Every general election in Dudley since 1918. Latest: Sonia Kumar, Labour, majority 1,900.

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Member of Parliament

Sonia Kumar

Labour · elected 4 July 2024 · majority 1,900

2024 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Sonia Kumar ElectedLabour12,21534.1%
Marco Longhi sitting MPConservative10,31528.8%
Andrew SouthallReform UK9,44226.4%
Zia QariGreen1,1543.2%
Ian FlynnLiberal Democrats1,0563.0%
Shakeela BibiIndependent8572.4%
Aftab HussainWorkers Party of Britain6211.7%
Dharmanand MorthaIndependent1360.4%
Valid votes35,796
Majority1,9005.3%

Lab gain from Con Turnout 51.0% of 70,151 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%191819231929193519501955196419702024Labour, 1918: 39.9%Labour, 1922: 39.8%Labour, 1923: 9.5%Labour, 1924: 47.9%Labour, 1929: 47.6%Labour, 1931: 43.1%Labour, 1935: 45.2%Labour, 1945: 62.8%Labour, 1950: 54.6%Labour, 1951: 58.4%Labour, 1955: 54.9%Labour, 1959: 54.9%Labour, 1964: 53.0%Labour, 1966: 59.1%Labour, 1970: 50.3%Labour, 2024: 34.1%Conservative, 1918: 60.2%Conservative, 1922: 60.2%Conservative, 1923: 49.4%Conservative, 1924: 52.1%Conservative, 1929: 36.9%Conservative, 1931: 56.9%Conservative, 1935: 54.8%Conservative, 1945: 37.2%Conservative, 1950: 33.0%Conservative, 1951: 41.6%Conservative, 1955: 35.6%Conservative, 1959: 45.1%Conservative, 1964: 35.0%Conservative, 1966: 41.0%Conservative, 1970: 49.7%Conservative, 2024: 28.8%Liberal, 1923: 41.1%Liberal, 1929: 15.5%Liberal, 1950: 12.4%Liberal, 1955: 9.6%Liberal, 1964: 12.0%Reform UK, 2024: 26.4%
Vote share in Dudley at each general election Lab Con Lib Ref

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of today’s Dudley lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2024Lab Sonia KumarCon1,9005.351.0%Lab gain from Con
1970LabCon3360.671.9%Lab hold
1966LabCon10,02218.173.9%Lab hold
1964LabCon10,27018.076.5%Lab hold
1959LabCon5,7259.979.5%Lab hold
1955LabCon11,05119.379.8%
1951LabCon9,85116.783.7%Lab hold
1950LabCon13,03121.786.8%
1945LabCon6,28325.673.7%
1935ConLab2,4499.675.3%Con hold
1931ConLab3,90413.980.7%Con gain from Lab
1929LabCon3,04310.781.6%Lab gain from Con
1924ConLab8854.180.2%Con hold
1923ConLib1,7178.378.8%Con hold
1922ConLab4,35420.482.5%Con hold
1918ConLab3,08020.360.4%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who is the MP for Dudley?

Sonia Kumar (Labour) won Dudley at the 2024 general election with a majority of 1,900.

Which parties have won Dudley?

At the 16 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 10, Conservative 6.

Which region is Dudley in?

Dudley is in West Midlands.

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