‘I haven’t seen any change’: black Labour voters in Liverpool and London six months on In Liverpool Riverside and Tottenham, two constituencies with black MPs and large black communities, Labour’s vote share dropped by more than 20 points at last year’s election.
Since Keir Starmer’s government took power six months ago, voters in two urban constituencies, both represented by black Labour MPs – Liverpool Riverside and Tottenham in north London – have been weighing up the party’s decisions and talking to the Guardian.
Support from black voters was strongest, at 68%, compared with 50% among mixed-race voters, 39% among Asian voters and 33% among white voters.
The last election was no exception: Labour enjoyed a bigger lead among minority ethnic voters than it did among white voters.
There are early signs of this in Tottenham and Liverpool Riverside, where, in the July 2024 election, Labour’s vote share decreased by 20.3 points and 23.2 points respectively, denting the majorities of their MPs, David Lammy and Kim Johnson.
