Dudley (constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards
Dudley is a constituency centred on the town of Dudley in the West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sonia Kumar, a member of the Labour Party. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency existed between 1832 and 1974 and was re-established by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 2024 general election, It is based on the abolished Dudley North, with the addition of one ward from the also abolished Dudley South constituency.
Constituency profile
Dudley is an urban and suburban constituency centred on the town of Dudley, part of the Black Country area of the West Midlands. Neighbourhoods outside the town centre covered by the constituency include Brockmoor, Pensnett, Gornal and Sedgley. Dudley grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution as a centre for ironworking and coal mining. The constituency has high levels of deprivation, with Dudley town centre and the suburbs to its south-west falling within the 10% most-deprived areas in England, whilst Gornal and Sedgley are comparatively wealthier. House prices in the constituency are generally low.
Compared to the rest of the country, residents of the constituency have low levels of education, income and professional employment. White people made up 80% of the population at the 2021 census, with Asians (primarily Pakistanis) forming the largest ethnic minority group at 11%.
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