Warinder Juss

Warinder Juss is the Labour MP for Wolverhampton West, a city he has called home for over 55 years. Born in East Africa to an Indian Sikh family, he moved to Wolverhampton in 1968 at about the age of four, attended local state schools, and took a law degree at the University of Wolverhampton, deeper local roots than most MPs anywhere can claim.

His career was the law and the labour movement. He spent over 30 years as a solicitor at Thompsons, one of Britain's best known trade union law firms, specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence, the same firm where Rob Marris, a former Wolverhampton Labour MP, had worked. He sits on the Central Executive Council of the GMB, the union's governing body, holding the National Race Reserved Seat for the Birmingham and West Midlands region. Active in the Labour Party for more than 25 years and a candidate at every level since first standing for the city council in 2004, his election was the product of two decades of persistence, not a parachute.

He was elected in 2024 with 44.3 per cent of the vote and a majority of 7,868 (18.0 per cent), and sits on the Justice Committee, matching his legal career.