Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)
The region[nb 1] of West Midlands is divided into 57 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 28 borough constituencies and 29 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 38 are represented by Labour MPs,15 by Conservative MPs, 2 by Liberal Democrat MPs, and 1 by an independent MP.
Constituencies
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† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
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 would be reduced by 2, from 59 to 57.[6] 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 came into effect at the 2024 general election:[7]
Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial county | Local authority |
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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 |
2024 results
[edit]The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the West Midlands region in the 2024 general election were as follows:[8]
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 |
Seats | Change from 2019 (actual) |
Change from 2019 (notional) |
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Labour | 824,433 | 34.0 | ![]() |
38 | ![]() |
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Conservative | 669,368 | 27.6 | ![]() |
15 | ![]() |
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Reform UK | 439,278 | 18.1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
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Liberal Democrats | 214,493 | 8.8 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
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Green | 159,140 | 6.5 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
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Others | 119,145 | 5.0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
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Total | 2,425,857 | 100.0 | 57 | ![]() |
Results history
[edit]Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
Percentage votes
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Key:
- CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
- LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative party
- LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
- UKIP - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and from 2019)
- REF - Reform UK (2019 - Brexit Party)
- GRN - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)
Seats
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Key:
- CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
- LAB - Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative party
- LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
- GRN - Green Party of England and Wales
- OTH - 1945 - Independent (William Brown); 1997 - Speaker (Betty Boothroyd); 2001 & 2005 - Independent Community & Health Concern (Dr Richard Taylor); 2024 - Independent (Ayoub Khan)
See also
[edit]- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands
Notes
[edit]- ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
References
[edit]- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
- ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Birmingham Erdington Parliamentary by-election". Birmingham City Council. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "North Shropshire 16-Dec-2021 By-election". UK Parliament. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "General election 2024 results". House of Commons Library. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.