Warinder Juss is the Labour Party MP for Wolverhampton West, having first been elected to parliament at the 2024 general election.

In the 2024 general election, Juss gained the Wolverhampton West seat for Labour. He received 19,331 votes (44.3%), the Conservative candidate, Mike Newton, received 11,463 votes (26.3%), and the Reform UK candidate, Don Brookes, secured 6,078 votes (13.9%). Juss was duly elected with a majority of 7,868 votes.

The Wolverhampton West constituency, located in the West Midlands, was re-established for the 2024 election, primarily formed from the former Wolverhampton South West seat.

Political Career

Juss is a member of the House of Commons justice select committee (since October 2024) – the committee responsible for examining the policies and spending of the Ministry of Justice and associated public bodies. Its remit includes the courts, legal aid, prisons, probation and the rule of law. It also advises on sentencing guidelines.

In May 2026, Juss was among the over 100 Labour MPs who signed a joint statement insisting it was “no time for a leadership contest.” The letter was an intervention in the political crisis engulfing Keir Starmer’s premiership, after Labour suffered heavy losses in the 2026 local elections and devolved elections to the Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru. It was organised as a counterweight to a mounting rebellion that had seen high-profile figures, including some ministers, call for Starmer’s resignation.

The statement read: “Last week we had a devastatingly tough set of election results. It shows we have a hard job ahead to win back trust from the electorate.

“That job needs to start today – with all of us working together to deliver the change the country needs.

“We must focus on that. This is no time for a leadership contest.”

In February 2026, Juss expressed severe criticisms about the government’s proposed overhaul of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) guidelines in a Westminster Hall debate. The session, which was triggered by two public petitions signed by over 330,000 people, focused on Home Office proposals to replace the established five-year pathway to permanent residency (also known as indefinite leave to remain or settlement) with a 10-year baseline under an “earned settlement” model.

In the debate, Juss argued that the retrospective nature of the proposals “puts the legal system to shame”.

He stated: “This debate is not just about politics; it is about humanity. It is about people who have fled persecution. It is about people we need in this country to work in our NHS, care homes, shops, universities and other places…

“Over a thousand of my constituents have signed the petitions. They wonder why people who have made this country their home and who live as model citizens – earning a living, paying their taxes and giving a huge amount back to their communities – are now having the rug pulled out from underneath them.”

Juss delivered his maiden speech on 17 July 2024 during a debate on the king’s speech.

In it, he said: “Having lived in Wolverhampton since the age of four, I can attest that community relations have improved very markedly. That has not happened by chance; it has come about because of hard work by many people, including several of my predecessors and groups such as Interfaith Wolverhampton, of which I have been a member for several years.”

He added: “Our country faces a growing housing crisis. We desperately need a mass programme to build council housing, which is quite literally an investment for the future.

“Less than 25 years ago, it was possible to allocate a one-bedroom Wolverhampton council flat in less than 48 hours. Now it seems that, as in so many parts of the country, the waiting list is nearer 48 months.”

Political views

Leadership elections

Labour deputy leadership 2025: Juss was one of 117 Labour MPs who nominated Lucy Powell for the party’s deputy leadership in September 2025. The election followed the resignation of Angela Rayner, who stepped down as deputy prime minister and deputy party leader after an investigation into her tax affairs. It marked the first time since 2007 that Labour had held a deputy leadership contest while in government.

Powell, the former leader of the House of Commons, was seen as a candidate representing the party’s “soft left”; she was supported by leading soft left figures including Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham. She secured 117 nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), above the 80 required, and went on to win the election – defeating Bridget Phillipson with 54.3% of the vote.

Factional identity and party tradition

Living Standards Coalition: Juss is a member of the Living Standards Coalition. Established in July 2025, the group’s stated aim was to develop and promote policy ideas that directly reduce everyday costs for households, particularly in areas such as food, energy, housing and childcare. In an open letter published upon its founding, addressed to Keir Starmer, the MPs wrote: “Our constituents will ask one question at the next election: did this Labour government make me better off?”

They added: “To raise living standards, we support government interventions that will help to increase incomes and lower costs.”

Welfare

Welfare vote (July 2025): Juss voted in favour of the government’s flagship welfare bill at second reading. The vote came after ministers agreed to significant concessions to avoid defeat via a mass rebellion of Labour MPs on 1 July 2025.

Assisted dying

Juss voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, better known as the assisted dying bill, at both second reading (November 2024) and third reading (June 2025).

Social values and conscience issues

Abortion decriminalisation (2025): Juss voted in favour of a backbench amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that sought to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in June 2025. The amendment, which was passed by a majority of 242 votes, removed women from the threat of prosecution for ending a pregnancy at any stage. As an issue of conscience, MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs.

Palestine

Palestinian recognition letter (July 2025): In July 2025, Juss was among the over 254 MPs to sign a cross-party letter calling for the government to immediately recognise the state of Palestine. The letter called on the prime minister and foreign secretary to recognise Palestine at the UN Conference then taking place in New York.

Before Politics

Juss was born in East Africa and moved to Wolverhampton with his family in 1968. He attended Wednesfield High School and studied law at the University of Wolverhampton.

Before entering parliament, he worked as a solicitor, notably at Thompsons Solicitors (1991-2024).

Personal Life

Juss is of British Indian heritage and is Sikh. He has two children.

Trivia

Juss supports Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.