List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)
The ceremonial county of West Midlands, England is divided into 28 parliamentary constituencies, each of which elect one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons. These constituencies were first implemented at the 2010 general election. All are borough constituencies except for Meriden, which is a county constituency.
Constituencies[]
Conservative † Labour ‡
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aldridge-Brownhills BC | 60,138 | 19,836 | Wendy Morton † | David Morgan ‡ | |||
Birmingham, Edgbaston BC | 68,828 | 5,614 | Preet Gill ‡ | Alex Yip † | |||
Birmingham, Erdington BC | 66,148 | 3,601 | Vacant | Robert Alden † | |||
Birmingham, Hall Green BC | 80,283 | 28,508 | Tahir Ali ‡ | Penny-Anne O'Donnell † | |||
Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC | 78,295 | 28,655 | Liam Byrne ‡ | Akaal Sidhu † | |||
Birmingham, Ladywood BC | 74,912 | 28,582 | Shabana Mahmood ‡ | Mary Noone † | |||
Birmingham, Northfield BC | 73,694 | 1,640 | Gary Sambrook † | Richard Burden ‡ | |||
Birmingham, Perry Barr BC | 72,006 | 15,317 | Khalid Mahmood ‡ | Raaj Shamji † | |||
Birmingham, Selly Oak BC | 82,665 | 12,414 | Steve McCabe ‡ | Hannah Campbell † | |||
Birmingham, Yardley BC | 74,704 | 10,659 | Jess Phillips ‡ | Vincent Garrington † | |||
Coventry North East BC | 76,006 | 7,692 | Colleen Fletcher ‡ | Sophie Richards † | |||
Coventry North West BC | 75,247 | 208 | Taiwo Owatemi ‡ | Clare Golby † | |||
Coventry South BC | 70,979 | 401 | Zarah Sultana ‡ | Mattie Heaven † | |||
Dudley North BC | 61,936 | 11,533 | Marco Longhi † | Melanie Dudley † | |||
Dudley South BC | 60,731 | 15,565 | Mike Wood † | Lucy Caldicott ‡ | |||
Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC | 68,300 | 12,074 | James Morris † | Ian Cooper ‡ | |||
Meriden CC | 85,368 | 22,836 | Saqib Bhatti † | Teresa Beddis ‡ | |||
Solihull BC | 78,760 | 21,273 | Julian Knight † | Nick Stephens ‡ | |||
Stourbridge BC | 69,891 | 13,571 | Suzanne Webb † | Pete Lowe ‡ | |||
Sutton Coldfield BC | 75,638 | 19,272 | Andrew Mitchell † | David Knowles ‡ | |||
Walsall North BC | 67,177 | 11,965 | Eddie Hughes † | Gill Ogilvie ‡ | |||
Walsall South BC | 68,024 | 3,456 | Valerie Vaz ‡ | Gurjit Bains † | |||
Warley BC | 62,357 | 11,511 | John Spellar ‡ | Chandra Kanneganti † | |||
West Bromwich East BC | 62,046 | 1,593 | Nicola Richards † | Ibrahim Dogus ‡ | |||
West Bromwich West BC | 64,517 | 3,799 | Shaun Bailey † | James Cunningham ‡ | |||
Wolverhampton North East BC | 61,660 | 4,080 | Jane Stevenson † | Emma Reynolds ‡ | |||
Wolverhampton South East BC | 62,883 | 1,235 | Pat McFadden ‡ | Ahmed Ejaz † | |||
Wolverhampton South West BC | 60,534 | 1,661 | Stuart Anderson † | Eleanor Smith ‡ |
2010 boundary changes[]
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in West Midlands from 29 to 28, resulting in the abolition of Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath and leading to significant changes to other constituencies in the City of Birmingham.
Former boundaries[]
Current boundaries[]
Proposed boundary changes[]
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June=.[3]
The Commission has proposed that the Black Country be combined with Staffordshire as a sub-region of the West Midlands Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, which would include part of the abolished constituency of Dudley South. As a consequence of knock-on changes, Dudley North would be renamed Dudley, Halesowen and Rowley Regis renamed Halesowen, Warley renamed Smethwick and Rowley Regis, and Wolverhampton South West renamed Wolverhampton West. The three Borough of Walsall constituencies of Aldridge-Brownhills, Walsall North and Walsall South would be replaced by two constituencies named Bloxwich and Brownhills, and Walsall.[4][5]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing wards from Birmingham
- Birmingham Edgbaston BC
- Birmingham Erdington BC
- Birmingham Hall Green BC
- Birmingham Hodge Hill BC (part)
- Birmingham Ladywood BC
- Birmingham Northfield BC
- Birmingham Perry Barr BC
- Birmingham Selly Oak BC
- Birmingham Yardley BC
- Sutton Coldfield BC
Containing wards from Coventry
Containing wards from Dudley
- Dudley BC
- (part)
- (part also in South Staffordshire District)
- Stourbridge BC
- West Bromwich West BC (part)
Containing wards from Sandwell
- Halesowen BC (part)
- West Bromwich East BC
- West Bromwich West BC (part)
Containing wards from Solihull
- Birmingham Hodge Hill BC (part)
- Meriden CC
- Solihull BC
Containing wards from Walsall
- Walsall BC
- Wolverhampton North East BC (part)
- Wolverhampton South East BC (part)
Containing wards from Wolverhampton
- Wolverhampton North East BC (part)
- Wolverhampton South East BC (part)
- Wolverhampton West BC
Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
Results history[]
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
2019[]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising West Midlands in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 527,912 | 44.4% | 4.5% | 14 | 6 |
Labour | 525,067 | 44.1% | 8.3% | 14 | 6 |
Liberal Democrats | 72,345 | 6.1% | 2.4% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 29,853 | 2.5% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 27,371 | 2.3% | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 7,690 | 0.6% | 2.2% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1,190,238 | 100.0 | 28 |
Percentage votes[]
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 41.7 | 42.6 | 42.1 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 33.1 | 39.9 | 44.4 |
Labour1 | 37.4 | 39.8 | 44.0 | 53.3 | 51.3 | 44.4 | 37.6 | 42.5 | 52.4 | 44.1 |
Liberal Democrat2 | 20.4 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 13.1 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 6.1 |
Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.8 | 15.5 | 2.4 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.5 |
Other | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
11997 - includes The Speaker, Betty Boothroyd who stood unopposed by the 3 main parties in West Bromwich West
21983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats[]
Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal
Democrat1 |
Speaker | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2017 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2015 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2010 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
2005 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
2001 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
1997 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
1992 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
1987 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
1983 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps[]
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
Historical representation by party[]
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
Conservative Independent Independent Labour Labour Liberal Democrats Speaker
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Boundary changes: Big shake-up for Black Country and Staffordshire MPs in plans Express and Star
- ^ "West Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires
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