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Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)

Not to be confused with List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county).

The region[nb 1] of West Midlands is divided into 59 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 35 borough constituencies and 24 county constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019,[1] 42 are represented by Conservative MPs, 16 by Labour MPs, and 1 by a Liberal Democrat MP.

Constituencies edit

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 2] Electorate[2] Majority[3][nb 3] Member of Parliament[3] Nearest opposition[3] County County location Constituency map
Aldridge-Brownhills BC 60,138 19,836 Wendy Morton†   David Morgan‡ West Midlands  
 
Birmingham, Edgbaston BC 68,828 5,614   Preet Gill‡ Alex Yip† West Midlands  
 
Birmingham, Erdington BC 17,016[4] 3,266[4]   Paulette Hamilton‡[4] Robert Alden† West Midlands  
 
Birmingham, Hall Green BC 80,283 28,508   Tahir Ali‡   Penny-Anne O'Donnell† West Midlands  
 
Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC 78,295 28,655   Liam Byrne‡   Akaal Sidhu† West Midlands  
 
Birmingham, Ladywood BC 74,912 28,582   Shabana Mahmood‡   Mary Noone† West Midlands  
 
Birmingham, Northfield BC 73,694 1,640   Gary Sambrook†   Richard Burden‡ West Midlands  
 
Birmingham, Perry Barr BC 72,006 15,317   Khalid Mahmood‡   Raaj Shamji† West Midlands  
 
Birmingham, Selly Oak BC 82,665 12,414   Steve McCabe‡   Hannah Campbell† West Midlands  
 
Birmingham, Yardley BC 74,704 10,659   Jess Phillips‡   Vincent Garrington† West Midlands  
 
Bromsgrove CC 75,078 23,106   Sajid Javid†   Rory Shannon ‡ Worcestershire  
 
Burton CC 75,036 14,496   Kate Kniveton†   Louise Walker‡ Staffordshire  
 
Cannock Chase CC 74,813 19,879   Amanda Milling†   Anne Hobbs‡ Staffordshire  
 
Coventry North East BC 76,006 7,692   Colleen Fletcher‡   Sophie Richards† West Midlands  
 
Coventry North West BC 75,247 208   Taiwo Owatemi‡   Clare Golby† West Midlands  
 
Coventry South BC 70,979 401   Zarah Sultana‡   Mattie Heaven† West Midlands  
 
Dudley North BC 61,936 11,533   Marco Longhi†   Melanie Dudley‡ West Midlands  
 
Dudley South BC 60,731 15,565   Mike Wood†   Lucy Caldicott‡ West Midlands  
 
Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC 68,300 12,074   James Morris†   Ian Cooper‡ West Midlands  
 
Hereford and South Herefordshire CC 72,085 19,686 Jesse Norman† Anna Coda ‡ Herefordshire  
 
Kenilworth and Southam CC 68,154 20,353   Jeremy Wright†   Richard Dickson¤ Warwickshire  
 
Lichfield CC 76,616 23,638   Michael Fabricant†   Dave Robertson‡ Staffordshire  
 
Ludlow CC 69,444 23,648   Philip Dunne†   Heather Kidd¤ Shropshire  
 
Meriden CC 85,368 22,836   Saqib Bhatti†   Teresa Beddis‡ West Midlands  
 
Mid Worcestershire CC 78,220 28,018 Nigel Huddleston† Hellen Russell‡ Worcestershire  
 
Newcastle-under-Lyme BC 68,211 7,446   Aaron Bell‡   Carl Greatbach† Staffordshire  
 
North Herefordshire CC 70,252 24,856 Bill Wiggin† Philip Howells¤ Herefordshire  
 
North Shropshire CC 82,314[5] 5,925[6] Helen Morgan¤[6]   Neil Shastri-Hurst†[6] Shropshire  
 
North Warwickshire CC 70,271 17,956   Craig Tracey†   Claire Breeze‡ Warwickshire  
 
Nuneaton CC 70,226 13,144   Marcus Jones†   Zoe Mayou‡ Warwickshire  
 
Redditch BC 65,391 16,036 Rachel Maclean† Rebecca Jenkins‡ Worcestershire  
 
Rugby CC 72,292 13,447   Mark Pawsey†   Debbie Bannigan‡ Warwickshire  
 
Shrewsbury and Atcham CC 82,238 11,217 Daniel Kawczynski†   Julia Buckley‡ Shropshire  
 
Solihull BC 78,760 21,273 Julian Knight†   Nick Stephens‡ West Midlands  
 
Stafford CC 72,572 14,377   Theodora Clarke†   Joyce Still‡ Staffordshire  
 
Staffordshire Moorlands CC 65,485 16,428   Karen Bradley†   Darren Price‡ Staffordshire  
 
South Staffordshire CC 73,668 28,250   Gavin Williamson†   Adam Freeman‡ Staffordshire  
 
Stoke-on-Trent Central BC 55,419 670   Jo Gideon†   Gareth Snell‡ Staffordshire  
 
Stoke-on-Trent North BC 68,298 6,286   Jonathan Gullis†   Ruth Smeeth‡ Staffordshire  
 
Stoke-on-Trent South BC 64,491 11,271   Jack Brereton†   Mark McDonald‡ Staffordshire  
 
Stone CC 69,378 19,945   Bill Cash†   Mike Stubbs‡ Staffordshire  
 
Stourbridge BC 69,891 13,571   Suzanne Webb†   Pete Lowe‡ West Midlands  
 
Stratford-on-Avon CC 74,037 19,972   Nadhim Zahawi†   Dominic Skinner¤ Warwickshire  
 
Sutton Coldfield BC 75,638 19,272   Andrew Mitchell†   Robert Knowles‡ West Midlands  
 
Tamworth CC 1,316 (2023)   Sarah Edwards‡   Andrew Cooper† Staffordshire  
 
Telford BC 68,921 10,941 Lucy Allan† Katrina Gilman‡ Shropshire  
 
The Wrekin CC 70,693 18,726 Mark Pritchard† Dylan Harrison‡ Shropshire  
 
Walsall North BC 67,177 11,965   Eddie Hughes†   Eddie Ogilvie‡ West Midlands  
 
Walsall South BC 68,024 3,456   Valerie Vaz‡   Gurjit Bains† West Midlands  
 
Warley BC 62,357 11,511   John Spellar‡   Chandra Kannegati† West Midlands  
 
Warwick and Leamington BC 76,363 789   Matt Western‡   Jack Rankin† Warwickshire  
 
West Bromwich East BC 62,046 1,593   Nicola Richards‡   Ibrahim Dogus† West Midlands  
 
West Bromwich West BC 64,517 3,799   Shaun Bailey‡   James Cunningham† West Midlands  
 
West Worcestershire CC 76,241 24,499 Harriett Baldwin† Beverly Nielsen¤ Worcestershire  
 
Wolverhampton North East BC 61,660 4,080   Jane Stevenson†   Emma Reynolds‡ West Midlands  
 
Wolverhampton South East BC 62,883 1,235   Pat McFadden‡   Ahmed Ejaz† West Midlands  
 
Wolverhampton South West BC 60,534 1,661   Stuart Anderson†   Eleanor Smith‡ West Midlands  
 
Worcester BC 73,485 6,758 Robin Walker† Lynn Denham‡ Worcestershire  
 
Wyre Forest CC 78,077 21,413 Mark Garnier† Robin Lunn‡ Worcestershire  
 

Proposed boundary changes edit

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. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the West Midlands region will decrease by 2, from 59 to 57.[7] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

Under the proposals, the following constituencies for the region will come into effect at the next general election:[8]

Constituency Electorate Ceremonial county Local authority
Aldridge-Brownhills BC 73,122 West Midlands Walsall
Birmingham Edgbaston BC 71,354 West Midlands Birmingham
Birmingham Erdington BC 76,856 West Midlands Birmingham
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley BC 75,781 West Midlands Birmingham
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North BC 76,922 West Midlands Birmingham / Solihull
Birmingham Ladywood BC 76,585 West Midlands Birmingham
Birmingham Northfield BC 73,483 West Midlands Birmingham
Birmingham Perry Barr BC 74,048 West Midlands Birmingham
Birmingham Selly Oak BC 76,285 West Midlands Birmingham
Birmingham Yardley BC 71,912 West Midlands Birmingham
Bromsgrove CC 75,305 Worcestershire Bromsgrove
Burton and Uttoxeter CC 75,460 Staffordshire East Staffordshire
Cannock Chase CC 75,582 Staffordshire Cannock Chase
Coventry East BC 73,389 West Midlands Coventry
Coventry North West BC 73,431 West Midlands Coventry
Coventry South BC 70,998 West Midlands Coventry
Droitwich and Evesham CC 74,345 Worcestershire Wychavon
Dudley BC 71,083 West Midlands Dudley
Halesowen BC 69,907 West Midlands Dudley / Sandwell
Hereford and South Herefordshire CC 71,125 Herefordshire Herefordshire
Kenilworth and Southam CC 71,541 Warwickshire Rugby / Stratford-on-Avon / Warwick
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire CC 71,896 Staffordshire / West Midlands Dudley / South Staffordshire
Lichfield CC 74,942 Staffordshire East Staffordshire / Lichfield
Meriden and Solihull East CC 74,211 West Midlands Solihull
Newcastle-under-Lyme CC 70,025 Staffordshire Newcastle-under-Lyme
North Herefordshire CC 70,894 Herefordshire Herefordshire
North Shropshire CC 77,052 Shropshire Shropshire
North Warwickshire and Bedworth CC 70,245 Warwickshire North Warwickshire / Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton CC 70,335 Warwickshire North Warwickshire / Nuneaton and Bedworth
Redditch CC 69,921 Worcestershire Redditch / Wychavon
Rugby CC 72,603 Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth / Rugby
Shrewsbury CC 75,139 Shropshire Shropshire
Smethwick BC 71,195 West Midlands Sandwell
Solihull West and Shirley BC 70,537 West Midlands Solihull
South Shropshire CC 77,034 Shropshire Shropshire
Stafford CC 70,537 Staffordshire Newcastle-under-Lyme / Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands CC 70,113 Staffordshire Staffordshire Moorlands
Stoke-on-Trent Central BC 70,550 Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent North BC 69,821 Staffordshire Newcastle-under-Lyme / Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent South CC 69,831 Staffordshire Stafford / Staffordshire Moorlands / Stoke-on-Trent
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge CC 70,701 Staffordshire South Staffordshire / Stafford
Stourbridge BC 69,840 West Midlands Dudley
Stratford-on-Avon CC 72,388 Warwickshire Stratford-on-Avon
Sutton Coldfield BC 74,584 West Midlands Birmingham
Tamworth CC 73,644 Staffordshire Lichfield / Tamworth
Telford BC 70,768 Shropshire Telford and Wrekin
The Wrekin CC 76,143 Shropshire Shropshire / Telford and Wrekin
Tipton and Wednesbury BC 73,820 West Midlands Dudley / Sandwell
Walsall and Bloxwich BC 74,886 West Midlands Walsall
Warwick and Leamington BC 75,440 Warwickshire Warwick
West Bromwich BC 72,208 West Midlands Sandwell
West Worcestershire CC 76,638 Worcestershire Malvern Hills / Wychavon
Wolverhampton North East BC 70,449 West Midlands Walsall / Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton South East BC 75,685 West Midlands Walsall / Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton West BC 75,592 West Midlands Wolverhampton
Worcester BC 73,928 Worcestershire Worcester
Wyre Forest CC 77,015 Worcestershire Wyre Forest

Results history edit

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]

2019 edit

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the West Midlands region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 1,449,289 53.4%  4.4% 44  9
Labour 918,123 33.9%  8.6% 15  9
Liberal Democrats 213,903 7.9%  3.5% 0 0
Greens 80,556 3.0%  1.3% 0 0
Brexit 36,646 1.4% new 0 0
Others 13,437 0.4%  2.0% 0 0
Total 2,711,954 100.0 59

Percentage votes edit

 
West Midland votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats edit

 
West Midlands seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party (1997 includes the Speaker, Betty Boothroyd)

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1945 - Independent (William Brown); 2001 & 2005 - Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern (Dr Richard Taylor)

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  3. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC.
  2. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Birmingham Erdington Parliamentary by-election". Birmingham City Council. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ "North Shropshire 16-Dec-2021 By-election". UK Parliament. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b c McGuinness, Alan (17 December 2021). "North Shropshire: Liberal Democrats pull off shock win as Tory by-election defeat piles further pressure on Boris Johnson". Sky News. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  7. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  9. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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