Who's standing in Wolverhampton South West & how close is it?

Wolverhampton South West Credit: ITV News Central

Candidates

Conservative Paul Uppal is standing again and facing candidates including the former Labour MP Rob Marris who held the seat from 2001-2010.

It's a mixed demographic - with Labour support concentrated in the city centre and Conservative support in leafy suburbs. It's ethnically diverse, with one of the highest Sikh populations in the country.

2010 election

  • Conservative: 16344 (40.7%)

  • Labour: 15653 (38.98%)

  • Liberal Democrat: 6430 (16.01%)

  • UKIP: 1487 (3.7%)

  • Others: 246 (0.61%)