List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

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 edit

  Conservative  Labour

Constituency[nb 1]Electorate[1]Majority[2][nb 2]Member of Parliament[2]Nearest opposition[2]Map
Aldridge-Brownhills BC60,13819,836Wendy Morton David Morgan ‡
Birmingham, Edgbaston BC68,8285,614 Preet GillAlex Yip †
Birmingham, Erdington BC66,1483,266[3] Paulette HamiltonRobert Alden †
Birmingham, Hall Green BC80,28328,508 Tahir Ali Penny-Anne O'Donnell †
Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC78,29528,655 Liam Byrne Akaal Sidhu †
Birmingham, Ladywood BC74,91228,582 Shabana Mahmood Mary Noone †
Birmingham, Northfield BC73,6941,640 Gary Sambrook Richard Burden
Birmingham, Perry Barr BC72,00615,317 Khalid Mahmood Raaj Shamji †
Birmingham, Selly Oak BC82,66512,414 Steve McCabe Hannah Campbell †
Birmingham, Yardley BC74,70410,659 Jess Phillips Vincent Garrington †
Coventry North East BC76,0067,692 Colleen Fletcher Sophie Richards †
Coventry North West BC75,247208 Taiwo Owatemi Clare Golby †
Coventry South BC70,979401 Zarah Sultana Mattie Heaven †
Dudley North BC61,93611,533 Marco Longhi Melanie Dudley †
Dudley South BC60,73115,565 Mike Wood Lucy Caldicott ‡
Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC68,30012,074 James Morris Ian Cooper ‡
Meriden CC85,36822,836 Saqib Bhatti Teresa Beddis ‡
Solihull BC78,76021,273Julian Knight Nick Stephens ‡
Stourbridge BC69,89113,571 Suzanne Webb Pete Lowe ‡
Sutton Coldfield BC75,63819,272 Andrew Mitchell David Knowles ‡
Walsall North BC67,17711,965 Eddie Hughes Gill Ogilvie ‡
Walsall South BC68,0243,456 Valerie Vaz Gurjit Bains †
Warley BC62,35711,511 John Spellar Chandra Kanneganti †
West Bromwich East BC62,0461,593 Nicola Richards Ibrahim Dogus
West Bromwich West BC64,5173,799 Shaun Bailey James Cunningham ‡
Wolverhampton North East BC61,6604,080 Jane Stevenson Emma Reynolds
Wolverhampton South East BC62,8831,235 Pat McFadden Ahmed Ejaz †
Wolverhampton South West BC60,5341,661 Stuart Anderson Eleanor Smith

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 nameBoundaries 1997-2010
  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
  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
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

Current boundaries edit

Current nameBoundaries 2010–present
  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
  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 Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

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.[4] 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.

The commission has proposed that the Black Country be combined 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 will include 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 by one, Dudley North, Halesowen and Rowley Regis, Wolverhampton South West, Warley, West Bromwich East, West Bromwich West, Walsall North and Walsall South will all be abolished and replaced by Dudley, Halesowen, Wolverhampton West, Smethwick, Tipton and Wednesbury, West Bromwich, and Walsall and Bloxwich.[5][6][7]

Although the number of seats covering the cities of Birmingham and Coventry and the Borough of Solihull remains the same, there are a number of proposed name changes due to revised boundaries:[8]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing wards from Birmingham

Containing wards from Coventry

Containing wards from Dudley

Containing wards from Sandwell

Containing wards from Solihull

Containing wards from Walsall

Containing wards from Wolverhampton

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 West Midlands in the 2019 general election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative527,91244.4% 4.5%14 6
Labour525,06744.1% 8.3%14 6
Liberal Democrats72,3456.1% 2.4%00
Brexit29,8532.5%new00
Greens27,3712.3% 1.1%00
Others7,6900.6% 2.2%00
Total1,190,238100.028

Birmingham edit

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Labour252,01456.4% 6.2%8 1
Conservative139,47731.2% 0.8%2 1
Liberal Democrats28,4546.4% 1.7%00
Brexit12,4442.8%new00
Greens10,0942.3% 0.8%00
Others4,6781.0% 00
Total447,161100.010

Coventry edit

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Labour63,87446.5% 10.8%30
Conservative55,57340.5% 5.6%00
Liberal Democrats8,1766.0% 3.3%00
Brexit5,4984.0%new00
Greens3,6762.7% 1.4%00
Others4350.3% 3.6%00
Total137,232100.03

Dudley edit

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative47,76965.5% 14.1%20
Labour32,24128.5% 12.9%00
Liberal Democrats2,8383.8% 2.6%00
Greens1,2512.2% 1.4%00
Others00.0% 5.1%00
Total73,260100.02

Walsall edit

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative40,75051.6% 8.6%10
Labour32,24140.8% 9.8%10
Liberal Democrats2,8383.6% 2.2%00
Brexit1,6602.1%new00
Greens1,2511.6%new00
Others2880.4% 4.6%00
Total79,028100.02

Wolverhampton edit

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative51,87347.7% 7.7%2 2
Labour47,36743.5% 9.6%1 2
Brexit4,4764.1%new00
Liberal Democrats4,0203.7% 2.1%00
Greens1,1241.0% 0.3%00
Others00.0% 3.9%00
Total108,860100.03

Percentage votes edit

Election year1983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative41.742.642.129.830.629.533.533.139.944.4
Labour137.439.844.053.351.344.437.642.552.444.1
Liberal Democrat220.417.312.011.313.118.119.35.53.76.1
Green Party-*****0.52.91.22.3
UKIP---***3.815.52.4*
Brexit Party---------2.5
Other0.50.31.95.65.18.15.20.60.40.6

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

YearLabourConservativeLiberal

Democrat1

SpeakerTotal
201914140028
20172080028
20152170028
20101972028
20052432029
20012540029
19972440129
199221100031
198717140031
198318130031

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps edit

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.

  Conservative  Independent  Independent Labour  Labour  Liberal Democrats  Speaker

Constituency198319871992929419970020010420050620102015201719201922
Coventry South WestButcher
Aldridge-BrownhillsShepherdMorton
MeridenMillsSpelmanBhatti
SolihullGrieveTaylorBurtJulian Knight
Sutton ColdfieldFowlerMitchell
Halesowen & Stourbridge / H & Rowley Regis (1997)StokesHawksleyHealJ. Morris
StourbridgeShipleyWalthoJamesWebb
Dudley West / Dudley South (1997)BlackburnPearsonKellyWood
Wolverhampton South WestBudgenJ. JonesMarrisUppalMarrisSmithAnderson
Birmingham EdgbastonJill KnightStuartGill
Birmingham Hall GreenEyreHargreavesMcCabeGodsiffAli
Birmingham NorthfieldKingBurdenSambrook
Birmingham Selly OakBeaumont-DarkL. JonesMcCabe
Birmingham YardleyBevanE. MorrisHemmingPhillips
Wolverhampton North EastR. ShortHicksPurchaseReynoldsStevenson
Dudley East / Dudley North (1997)GilbertCranstonAustinLonghi
West Bromwich EastSnapeWatsonRichards
West Bromwich WestBoothroydA. BaileyS. Bailey
Walsall NorthWinnickE. Hughes
Birmingham Perry BarrRookerK. Mahmood
Birmingham ErdingtonCorbettSimonDromeyHamilton
Birmingham Hodge HillDavisByrne
Birmingham LadywoodC. ShortS. Mahmood
Coventry North EastParkJ. HughesAinsworthFletcher
Coventry North WestRobinsonOwatemi
Coventry SE / Coventry S (1997)NellistCunninghamSultana
Walsall SouthGeorgeVaz
Warley West / Warley (1997)ArcherSpellar
Wolverhampton South EastEdwardsTurnerMcFadden
Birmingham Small Heath / B Sparkbrook & S H (1997)HowellGodsiff
Birmingham SparkbrookHattersley
Warley EastFaulds
Constituency198319871992929419970020010420050620102015201719201922

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "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 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Birmingham Erdington Parliamentary by-election". Birmingham City Council. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. ^ Andrews, Mark. "Seats set to be lost under boundary shake-up in Black Country and Staffordshire". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ^ Boundary changes: Big shake-up for Black Country and Staffordshire MPs in plans Express and Star
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "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.