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Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)

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The region[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,[2] 44 are represented by Conservative MPs, 15 by Labour MPs, and 0 by Liberal Democrat MPs.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate[3] Majority[4][nb 2] Member of Parliament[4] Nearest opposition[4] County County Location Constituency 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‡ West Midlands
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† West Midlands
Birmingham, Erdington BC 66,148 3,061 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jack Dromey bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Alden† West Midlands
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† West Midlands
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† West Midlands
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† West Midlands
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 West Midlands
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† West Midlands
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† West Midlands
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† West Midlands
Bromsgrove CC 75,078 23,106 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sajid Javid bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rory Shannon ‡ Worcestershire
Burton CC 75,036 14,496 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kate Griffiths bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Louise Walker‡ Staffordshire
Cannock Chase CC 74,813 19,879 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Amanda Milling bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Anne Hobbs‡ Staffordshire
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† West Midlands
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† West Midlands
Coventry South BC 70,979 401 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Zarah Sultana bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mattie Heaven† West Midlands
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‡ West Midlands
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‡ West Midlands
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‡ West Midlands
Hereford and South Herefordshire CC 72,085 19,686 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jesse Norman bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Anna Coda ‡ Herefordshire
Kenilworth and Southam CC 68,154 20,353 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jeremy Wright bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Richard Dickson¤ Warwickshire
Lichfield CC 76,616 23,638 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Michael Fabricant bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Dave Robertson‡ Staffordshire
Ludlow CC 69,444 23,648 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Philip Dunne bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Heather Kidd¤ Shropshire
Meriden CC 85,368 22,836 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Saqib Bhatti bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Teresa Beddis‡ West Midlands
Mid Worcestershire CC 78,220 28,018 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Nigel Huddleston bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hellen Russell‡ Worcestershire
Newcastle-under-Lyme BC 68,211 7,446 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Aaron Bell bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Carl Greatbach† Staffordshire
North Herefordshire CC 70,252 24,856 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bill Wiggin bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Philip Howells¤ Herefordshire
North Shropshire CC 83,258 22,949 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Owen Paterson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Graeme Currie‡ Shropshire
North Warwickshire CC 70,271 17,956 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Craig Tracey bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Claire Breeze‡ Warwickshire
Nuneaton CC 70,226 13,144 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Marcus Jones bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Zoe Mayou‡ Warwickshire
Redditch BC 65,391 16,036 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rachel Maclean bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rebecca Jenkins‡ Worcestershire
Rugby CC 72,292 13,447 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mark Pawsey bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Debbie Bannigan‡ Warwickshire
Shrewsbury and Atcham CC 82,238 11,217 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Daniel Kawczynski bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Julia Buckley‡ Shropshire
Solihull BC 78,760 21,273 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Julian Knight bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nick Stephens‡ West Midlands
Stafford CC 72,572 14,377 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Theodora Clarke bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Joyce Still‡ Staffordshire
Staffordshire Moorlands CC 65,485 16,428 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Karen Bradley bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Darren Price‡ Staffordshire
South Staffordshire CC 73,668 28,250 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gavin Williamson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Adam Freeman‡ Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent Central BC 55,419 670 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jo Gideon bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gareth Snell Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent North BC 68,298 6,286 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jonathan Gullis bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ruth Smeeth Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent South BC 64,491 11,271 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jack Brereton bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mark McDonald‡ Staffordshire
Stone CC 69,378 19,945 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Bill Cash bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mike Stubbs‡ Staffordshire
Stourbridge BC 69,891 13,571 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Suzanne Webb bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Pete Lowe‡ West Midlands
Stratford-on-Avon CC 74,037 19,972 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nadhim Zahawi bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Dominic Skinner¤ Warwickshire
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‡ West Midlands
Tamworth CC 71,572 19,634 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Christopher Pincher bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Christopher Bain‡ Staffordshire
Telford BC 68,921 10,941 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Lucy Allan bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Katrina Gilman‡ Shropshire
The Wrekin CC 70,693 18,726 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mark Pritchard bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Dylan Harrison‡ Shropshire
Walsall North BC 67,177 11,965 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Eddie Hughes bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Eddie Ogilvie‡ West Midlands
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† West Midlands
Warley BC 62,357 11,511 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  John Spellar bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chandra Kannegati† West Midlands
Warwick and Leamington BC 76,363 789 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Matt Western bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jack Rankin† Warwickshire
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 Midlands
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† West Midlands
West Worcestershire CC 76,241 24,499 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Harriett Baldwin bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Beverly Nielsen¤ Worcestershire
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 West Midlands
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† West Midlands
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 West Midlands
Worcester BC 73,485 6,758 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robin Walker bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Lynn Denham‡ Worcestershire
Wyre Forest CC 78,077 21,413 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mark Garnier bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robin Lunn‡ Worcestershire

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.[5] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[6] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain 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.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the West Midlands region will decrease by 2, from 59 to 57.[8]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

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

2019

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% Increase4.4% 44 Increase9
Labour 918,123 33.9% Decrease8.6% 15 Decrease9
Liberal Democrats 213,903 7.9% Increase3.5% 0 0
Greens 80,556 3.0% Increase1.3% 0 0
Brexit 36,646 1.4% new 0 0
Others 13,437 0.4% Decrease2.0% 0 0
Total 2,711,954 100.0 59

Percentage votes

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

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

Notes

  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.

References

  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  5. ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  8. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  9. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)