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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 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Wendy Morton bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  David Morgan ‡
Birmingham, Edgbaston BC 68,828 5,614 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Preet Gill bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alex Yip †
Birmingham, Erdington BC 66,148 3,601 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jack Dromey bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Alden †
Birmingham, Hall Green BC 80,283 28,508 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tahir Ali bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Penny-Anne O'Donnell †
Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC 78,295 28,655 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Liam Byrne bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Akaal Sidhu †
Birmingham, Ladywood BC 74,912 28,582 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Shabana Mahmood bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mary Noone †
Birmingham, Northfield BC 73,694 1,640 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gary Sambrook bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Richard Burden
Birmingham, Perry Barr BC 72,006 15,317 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Khalid Mahmood bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Raaj Shamji †
Birmingham, Selly Oak BC 82.665 12,414 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Steve McCabe bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Hannah Campbell †
Birmingham, Yardley BC 74,704 10,659 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jess Phillips bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Vincent Garrington †
Coventry North East BC 76,006 7,692 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Colleen Fletcher bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sophie Richards †
Coventry North West BC 75,247 208 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Taiwo Owatemi bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Clare Golby †
Coventry South BC 70,979 401 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Zarah Sultana bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mattie Heaven †
Dudley North BC 61,936 11,533 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Marco Longhi bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Melanie Dudley †
Dudley South BC 60,731 15,565 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mike Wood bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lucy Caldicott ‡
Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC 68,300 12,074 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Morris bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ian Cooper ‡
Meriden CC 85,368 22,836 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Saqib Bhatti bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Teresa Beddis ‡
Solihull BC 78,760 21,273 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Julian Knight bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nick Stephens ‡
Stourbridge BC 69,891 13,571 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Suzanne Webb bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Pete Lowe ‡
Sutton Coldfield BC 75,638 19,272 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrew Mitchell bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Robert Knowles ‡
Walsall North BC 67,177 11,965 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Eddie Hughes bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gill Ogilvie ‡
Walsall South BC 68,024 3,456 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Valerie Vaz bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gurjit Bains †
Warley BC 62,357 11,511 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  John Spellar bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chandra Kanneganti †
West Bromwich East BC 62,046 1,593 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nicola Richards bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ibrahim Dogus
West Bromwich West BC 64,517 3,799 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Shaun Bailey bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Cunningham ‡
Wolverhampton North East BC 61,660 4,080 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jane Stevenson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Emma Reynolds
Wolverhampton South East BC 62,883 1,235 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Pat McFadden bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ahmed Ejaz †
Wolverhampton South West BC 60,534 1,661 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stuart Anderson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Eleanor Smith

Boundary changes

At the 1997, 2001 and 2005 elections, the West Midlands was divided into 29 Parliamentary constituencies.

Name 1997-2010 boundaries Name
  1. Aldridge-Brownhills BC
  2. Birmingham, Edgbaston BC
  3. Birmingham, Erdington BC
  4. Birmingham, Hall Green BC
  5. Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC
  6. Birmingham, Ladywood BC
  7. Birmingham, Northfield BC
  8. Birmingham, Perry Barr BC
  9. Birmingham, Selly Oak BC
  10. Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath BC
  11. Birmingham, Yardley BC
  12. Coventry North East BC
  13. Coventry North West BC
  14. Coventry South BC
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands
  1. Dudley North BC
  2. Dudley South BC
  3. Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC
  4. Meriden CC
  5. Solihull BC
  6. Stourbridge BC
  7. Sutton Coldfield BC
  8. Walsall North BC
  9. Walsall South BC
  10. Warley BC
  11. West Bromwich East BC
  12. West Bromwich West BC
  13. Wolverhampton North East BC
  14. Wolverhampton South East BC
  15. Wolverhampton South West BC
Name 2010–present boundaries Name
  1. Aldridge-Brownhills BC
  2. Birmingham, Edgbaston BC
  3. Birmingham, Erdington BC
  4. Birmingham, Hall Green BC
  5. Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC
  6. Birmingham, Ladywood BC
  7. Birmingham, Northfield BC
  8. Birmingham, Perry Barr BC
  9. Birmingham, Selly Oak BC
  10. Birmingham, Yardley BC
  11. Coventry North East BC
  12. Coventry North West BC
  13. Coventry South BC
  14. Dudley North BC
Proposed Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands
Proposed Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands
  1. Dudley South BC
  2. Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC
  3. Meriden CC
  4. Solihull BC
  5. Stourbridge BC
  6. Sutton Coldfield BC
  7. Walsall North BC
  8. Walsall South BC
  9. Warley BC
  10. West Bromwich East BC
  11. West Bromwich West BC
  12. Wolverhampton North East BC
  13. Wolverhampton South East BC
  14. Wolverhampton South West BC

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[3]

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]

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% Increase4.5% 14 Increase6
Labour 525,067 44.1% Decrease8.3% 14 Decrease6
Liberal Democrats 72,345 6.1% Increase2.4% 0 0
Brexit 29,853 2.5% new 0 0
Greens 27,371 2.3% Increase1.1% 0 0
Others 7,690 0.6% Decrease2.2% 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 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 14 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 14 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | 0 0 28
2017 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 20 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 8 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | 0 0 28
2015 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |21 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |7 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |0 0 28
2010 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |19 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |7 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |2 0 28
2005 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |24 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |3 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |2 0 29
2001 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |25 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |4 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |0 0 29
1997 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |24 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |4 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |0 1 29
1992 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |21 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |10 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |0 0 31
1987 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |17 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |14 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |0 0 31
1983 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |18 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |13 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |0 0 31

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 92 94 1997 00 2001 04 2005 06 2010 2015 2017 19 2019
Coventry South West bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Butcher
Aldridge-Brownhills bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="12" |Shepherd bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Morton
Meriden bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Mills bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="10" |Spelman bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bhatti
Solihull bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Grieve bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Taylor bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Burt bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Julian Knight
Sutton Coldfield bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Fowler bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |Mitchell
Halesowen & Stourbridge / H & Rowley Regis (1997) bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Stokes bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Hawksley bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="6" |Heal bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |J. Morris
Stourbridge bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Shipley bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Waltho bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |James bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Webb
Dudley West / Dudley South (1997) bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Blackburn bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Pearson bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Kelly bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Wood
Wolverhampton South West bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Budgen bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |J. Jones bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Marris bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Uppal bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Marris bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Smith bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Anderson
Birmingham Edgbaston bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Jill Knight bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Stuart bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Gill
Birmingham Hall Green bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Eyre bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Hargreaves bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="6" |McCabe bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Godsiff bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ali
Birmingham Northfield bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |King bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="13" |Burden bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Sambrook
Birmingham Selly Oak bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Beaumont-Dark bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |L. Jones bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |McCabe
Birmingham Yardley bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Bevan bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |E. Morris bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Hemming bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Phillips
Wolverhampton North East bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |R. Short bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hicks bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |Purchase bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Reynolds bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Stevenson
Dudley East / Dudley North (1997) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Gilbert bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Cranston bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Austin bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Longhi
West Bromwich East bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Snape bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Watson bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Richards
West Bromwich West bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Boothroyd bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |A. Bailey bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |S. Bailey
Walsall North bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="13" |Winnick bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |E. Hughes
Birmingham Perry Barr bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Rooker bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |K. Mahmood
Birmingham Erdington bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Corbett bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Simon bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Dromey
Birmingham Hodge Hill bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Davis bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Byrne
Birmingham Ladywood bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="10" |C. Short bgcolor="Template:Independent Labour/meta/color" | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |S. Mahmood
Coventry North East bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Park bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |J. Hughes bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="10" |Ainsworth bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Fletcher
Coventry North West bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="15" |Robinson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Owatemi
Coventry SE / Coventry S (1997) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Nellist bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="13" |Cunningham bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Sultana
Walsall South bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="11" |George bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Vaz
Warley West / Warley (1997) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Archer bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="14" |Spellar
Wolverhampton South East bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Edwards bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Turner bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |McFadden
Birmingham Small Heath / B Sparkbrook & S H (1997) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Howell bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |Godsiff
Birmingham Sparkbrook bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Hattersley
Warley East bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Faulds
Constituency 1983 1987 1992 92 94 1997 00 2001 04 2005 06 2010 2015 2017 19 2019

See also

References

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  3. ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.