List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)
The ceremonial county of West Midlands, England, is divided into 26 parliamentary constituencies, each of which elect one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons. These constituencies were first implemented at the 2024 general election.
Constituencies
[edit]Conservative † Labour ‡ Reform UK ¤ Workers Party of Britain ♣ Independent ¥
2010 boundary changes
[edit]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
[edit]Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | |
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Current boundaries
[edit]Current name | Boundaries 2010–present | |
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Proposed boundary changes
[edit]See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine the West Midlands county 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 includes part of the abolished constituency of Dudley South. As a consequence of knock-on changes and the need to reduce the overall number of seats in the Black Country portion of the West Midlands county by one, Dudley North, Halesowen and Rowley Regis, Wolverhampton South West, Warley, West Bromwich East, West Bromwich West, Walsall North and Walsall South were be abolished and replaced by Dudley, Halesowen, Wolverhampton West, Smethwick, Tipton and Wednesbury, West Bromwich, and Walsall and Bloxwich.[1][2][3]
Although the number of seats covering the cities of Birmingham and Coventry and the Borough of Solihull remained the same, there were a number of name changes due to revised boundaries:[4]
- Birmingham Hall Green to Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Birmingham Hodge Hill to Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Coventry North East to Coventry East
- Meriden to Meriden and Solihull East
- Solihull to Solihull West and Shirley
The following constituencies resulted from the boundary review:
Containing wards from Birmingham
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Birmingham Erdington
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (part)
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Birmingham Northfield
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Birmingham Yardley
- Sutton Coldfield
Containing wards from Coventry
Containing wards from Dudley
- Dudley
- Halesowen (part)
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (part also in South Staffordshire District)
- Stourbridge
- Tipton and Wednesbury (part)
Containing wards from Sandwell
- Halesowen (part)
- Smethwick
- Tipton and Wednesbury (part)
- West Bromwich
Containing wards from Solihull
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (part)
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Solihull West and Shirley
Containing wards from Walsall
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Wolverhampton North East (part)
- Wolverhampton South East (part)
Containing wards from Wolverhampton
- Wolverhampton North East (part)
- Wolverhampton South East (part)
- Wolverhampton West
Results history
[edit]Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]
2019
[edit]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 |
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Conservative | 527,912 | 44.4% | ![]() |
14 | ![]() |
Labour | 525,067 | 44.1% | ![]() |
14 | ![]() |
Liberal Democrats | 72,345 | 6.1% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Brexit | 29,853 | 2.5% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 27,371 | 2.3% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Others | 7,690 | 0.6% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 1,190,238 | 100.0 | 28 |
Birmingham
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Labour | 252,014 | 56.4% | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
Conservative | 139,477 | 31.2% | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
Liberal Democrats | 28,454 | 6.4% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Brexit | 12,444 | 2.8% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 10,094 | 2.3% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Others | 4,678 | 1.0% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 447,161 | 100.0 | 10 |
Coventry
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Labour | 63,874 | 46.5% | ![]() |
3 | 0 |
Conservative | 55,573 | 40.5% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 8,176 | 6.0% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Brexit | 5,498 | 4.0% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 3,676 | 2.7% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Others | 435 | 0.3% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 137,232 | 100.0 | 3 |
Dudley
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 47,769 | 65.5% | ![]() |
2 | 0 |
Labour | 32,241 | 28.5% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 2,838 | 3.8% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Greens | 1,251 | 2.2% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Others | 0 | 0.0% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 73,260 | 100.0 | 2 |
Walsall
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 40,750 | 51.6% | ![]() |
1 | 0 |
Labour | 32,241 | 40.8% | ![]() |
1 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 2,838 | 3.6% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Brexit | 1,660 | 2.1% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 1,251 | 1.6% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 288 | 0.4% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 79,028 | 100.0 | 2 |
Wolverhampton
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 51,873 | 47.7% | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
Labour | 47,367 | 43.5% | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Brexit | 4,476 | 4.1% | new | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 4,020 | 3.7% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Greens | 1,124 | 1.0% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Others | 0 | 0.0% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 108,860 | 100.0 | 3 |
Percentage votes
[edit]Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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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
[edit]Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal | Independents2 | Total |
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2024 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
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 2Includes the The Speaker seeking re-election.
Maps
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Historical representation by party
[edit]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.
1983 to 2010
[edit]Conservative Independent Labour Labour Liberal Democrats Speaker
2010 to present
[edit]Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Andrews, Mark. "Seats set to be lost under boundary shake-up in Black Country and Staffordshire". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Boundary changes: Big shake-up for Black Country and Staffordshire MPs in plans Express and Star
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1294-1313. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1226-1250. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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