List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

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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.

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Constituencies

   Conservative   Labour

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [1] Majority [2] [nb 2] Member of Parliament [2] Nearest opposition [2] Map
Aldridge-Brownhills BC 60,13819,836 Wendy Morton David Morgan ‡
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Birmingham, Edgbaston BC 68,8285,614  Preet GillAlex Yip †
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Birmingham, Erdington BC 17,016 [3] 3,266 [3]   Paulette HamiltonRobert Alden †
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Birmingham, Hall Green BC 80,28328,508  Tahir Ali Penny-Anne O'Donnell †
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Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC 78,29528,655  Liam Byrne Akaal Sidhu †
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Birmingham, Ladywood BC 74,91228,582  Shabana Mahmood Mary Noone †
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Birmingham, Northfield BC 73,6941,640  Gary Sambrook  Richard Burden
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Birmingham, Perry Barr BC 72,00615,317  Khalid Mahmood Raaj Shamji †
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Birmingham, Selly Oak BC 82,66512,414  Steve McCabe Hannah Campbell †
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Birmingham, Yardley BC 74,70410,659  Jess Phillips Vincent Garrington †
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Coventry North East BC 76,0067,692  Colleen Fletcher Sophie Richards †
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Coventry North West BC 75,247208  Taiwo Owatemi Clare Golby †
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Coventry South BC 70,979401  Zarah Sultana Mattie Heaven †
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Dudley North BC 61,93611,533  Marco Longhi Melanie Dudley †
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Dudley South BC 60,73115,565  Mike Wood Lucy Caldicott ‡
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Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC 68,30012,074  James Morris Ian Cooper ‡
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Meriden CC 85,36822,836  Saqib Bhatti Teresa Beddis ‡
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Solihull BC 78,76021,273 Julian Knight Nick Stephens ‡
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Stourbridge BC 69,89113,571  Suzanne Webb Pete Lowe ‡
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Sutton Coldfield BC 75,63819,272  Andrew Mitchell David Knowles ‡
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Walsall North BC 67,17711,965  Eddie Hughes Gill Ogilvie ‡
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Walsall South BC 68,0243,456  Valerie Vaz Gurjit Bains †
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Warley BC 62,35711,511  John Spellar Chandra Kanneganti †
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West Bromwich East BC 62,0461,593  Nicola Richards  Ibrahim Dogus
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West Bromwich West BC 64,5173,799  Shaun Bailey James Cunningham ‡
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Wolverhampton North East BC 61,6604,080  Jane Stevenson  Emma Reynolds
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Wolverhampton South East BC 62,8831,235  Pat McFadden Ahmed Ejaz †
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Wolverhampton South West BC 60,5341,661  Stuart Anderson  Eleanor Smith
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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

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 WestMidlandsParliamentaryConstituenciesNumbered.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

Current boundaries

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 WestMidlandsParliamentaryConstituencies2007.svg
Proposed Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

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 and published their initial proposals on 8 June. [4]

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, Warley renamed Smethwick and Rowley Regis, and Wolverhampton South West renamed Wolverhampton West. The three Borough of Walsall constituencies of Aldridge-Brownhills, Walsall North and Walsall South would be replaced by two constituencies named Bloxwich and Brownhills, and Walsall. [5] [6]

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

Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [7]

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:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 527,91244.4%Increase2.svg4.5%14Increase2.svg6
Labour 525,06744.1%Decrease2.svg8.3%14Decrease2.svg6
Liberal Democrats 72,3456.1%Increase2.svg2.4%00
Brexit 29,8532.5%new00
Greens 27,3712.3%Increase2.svg1.1%00
Others7,6900.6%Decrease2.svg2.2%00
Total1,190,238100.028

Percentage votes

Election year1983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative 41.742.642.129.830.629.533.533.139.944.4
Labour 137.439.844.053.351.344.437.642.552.444.1
Liberal Democrat 220.417.312.011.313.118.119.35.53.76.1
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

Year Labour Conservative Liberal

Democrat 1

Speaker Total
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

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

Constituency198319871992929419970020010420050620102015201719201922
Coventry South West Butcher
Aldridge-Brownhills Shepherd Morton
Meriden Mills Spelman Bhatti
Solihull Grieve Taylor Burt Julian Knight
Sutton Coldfield Fowler Mitchell
Halesowen & Stourbridge / H & Rowley Regis (1997) Stokes Hawksley Heal J. Morris
Stourbridge Shipley Waltho James Webb
Dudley West / Dudley South (1997) Blackburn Pearson Kelly Wood
Wolverhampton South West Budgen J. Jones Marris Uppal Marris Smith Anderson
Birmingham Edgbaston Jill Knight Stuart Gill
Birmingham Hall Green Eyre Hargreaves McCabe Godsiff Ali
Birmingham Northfield King Burden Sambrook
Birmingham Selly Oak Beaumont-Dark L. Jones McCabe
Birmingham Yardley Bevan E. Morris Hemming Phillips
Wolverhampton North East R. Short Hicks Purchase Reynolds Stevenson
Dudley East / Dudley North (1997) Gilbert Cranston Austin Longhi
West Bromwich East Snape Watson Richards
West Bromwich West Boothroyd A. Bailey S. Bailey
Walsall North Winnick E. Hughes
Birmingham Perry Barr Rooker K. Mahmood
Birmingham Erdington Corbett Simon Dromey Hamilton
Birmingham Hodge Hill Davis Byrne
Birmingham Ladywood C. Short S. Mahmood
Coventry North East Park J. Hughes Ainsworth Fletcher
Coventry North West Robinson Owatemi
Coventry SE / Coventry S (1997) Nellist Cunningham Sultana
Walsall South George Vaz
Warley West / Warley (1997) Archer Spellar
Wolverhampton South East Edwards Turner McFadden
Birmingham Small Heath / B Sparkbrook & S H (1997) Howell Godsiff
Birmingham Sparkbrook Hattersley
Warley East Faulds
Constituency198319871992929419970020010420050620102015201719201922

See also

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  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.