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
Conservative † Labour ‡
2010 boundary changes
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
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Current boundaries
Current name | Boundaries 2010–present | |
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Proposed boundary changes
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. Final proposals will be published by 1 July 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 would include part of the abolished constituency of Dudley South. As a consequence of knock-on changes, Dudley North would be renamed Dudley, Halesowen and Rowley Regis renamed Halesowen, and Wolverhampton South West renamed Wolverhampton West. In the Borough of Sandwell, Warley would be renamed Smethwick, and the two West Bromwich seats (East and West) would be realigned to create Tipton and Wednesbury, and West Bromwich. In the Borough of Walsall, Walsall North and Walsall South would be replaced by the single constituency of Walsall and Bloxwich.[5][6][7]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing wards from Birmingham
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Birmingham Erdington
- Birmingham Hall Green
- Birmingham Hodge Hill (part)
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Birmingham Northfield
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Birmingham Yardley
- Sutton Coldfield
Containing wards from Coventry
Containing wards from Dudley
- Dudley
- Halesowen (part)
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (part also in South Staffordshire District)
- Stourbridge
- Tipton and Wednesbury (part)
Containing wards from Sandwell
- Halesowen (part)
- Smethwick
- Tipton and Wednesbury (part)
- West Bromwich
Containing wards from Solihull
Containing wards from Walsall
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Wolverhampton North East (part)
- Wolverhampton South East (part)
Containing wards from Wolverhampton
- Wolverhampton North East (part)
- Wolverhampton South East (part)
- Wolverhampton West
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[8]
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 |
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Conservative | 527,912 | 44.4% | ![]() |
14 | ![]() |
Labour | 525,067 | 44.1% | ![]() |
14 | ![]() |
Liberal Democrats | 72,345 | 6.1% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Brexit | 29,853 | 2.5% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 27,371 | 2.3% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Others | 7,690 | 0.6% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 1,190,238 | 100.0 | 28 |
Percentage votes
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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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 | Speaker | Total |
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2019 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2017 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2015 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2010 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
2005 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
2001 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
1997 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
1992 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
1987 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
1983 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
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
References
- Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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- "Birmingham Erdington Parliamentary by-election". Birmingham City Council. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- Andrews, Mark. "Seats set to be lost under boundary shake-up in Black Country and Staffordshire". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- Boundary changes: Big shake-up for Black Country and Staffordshire MPs in plans Express and Star
- "West Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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- BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.