List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)

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The region [nb 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, [1] 43 are represented by Conservative MPs, 15 by Labour MPs, and 1 by a Liberal Democrat MP.

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Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 2] Electorate [2] Majority [3] [nb 3] Member of Parliament [3] Nearest opposition [3] CountyCounty locationConstituency map
Aldridge-Brownhills BC 60,13819,836 Wendy Morton David Morgan‡ West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
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Birmingham, Edgbaston BC 68,8285,614  Preet GillAlex Yip† West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
BirminghamEdgbaston2007Constituency.svg
Birmingham, Erdington BC 17,016 [4] 3,266 [4]   Paulette Hamilton [4] Robert Alden† West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
BirminghamErdington2007Constituency.svg
Birmingham, Hall Green BC 80,28328,508  Tahir Ali Penny-Anne O'Donnell† West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
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Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC 78,29528,655  Liam Byrne Akaal Sidhu† West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
BirminghamHodgeHill2007Constituency.svg
Birmingham, Ladywood BC 74,91228,582  Shabana Mahmood Mary Noone† West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
BirminghamLadywood2007Constituency.svg
Birmingham, Northfield BC 73,6941,640  Gary Sambrook  Richard Burden West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
BirminghamNorthfield2007Constituency.svg
Birmingham, Perry Barr BC 72,00615,317  Khalid Mahmood Raaj Shamji† West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
BirminghamPerryBarr2007Constituency.svg
Birmingham, Selly Oak BC 82,66512,414  Steve McCabe Hannah Campbell† West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
BirminghamSellyOak2007Constituency.svg
Birmingham, Yardley BC 74,70410,659  Jess Phillips Vincent Garrington† West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
BirminghamYardley2007Constituency.svg
Bromsgrove CC 75,07823,106  Sajid Javid Rory Shannon ‡ Worcestershire EnglandWorcestershire.svg
Bromsgrove2007Constituency.svg
Burton CC 75,03614,496  Kate Griffiths Louise Walker‡ Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
Burton2007Constituency.svg
Cannock Chase CC 74,81319,879  Amanda Milling Anne Hobbs‡ Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
CannockChase2007Constituency.svg
Coventry North East BC 76,0067,692  Colleen Fletcher Sophie Richards† West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
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Coventry North West BC 75,247208  Taiwo Owatemi Clare Golby† West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
CoventryNorthWest2007Constituency.svg
Coventry South BC 70,979401  Zarah Sultana Mattie Heaven† West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
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Dudley North BC 61,93611,533  Marco Longhi Melanie Dudley‡ West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
DudleyNorth2007Constituency.svg
Dudley South BC 60,73115,565  Mike Wood Lucy Caldicott‡ West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
DudleySouth2007Constituency.svg
Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC 68,30012,074  James Morris Ian Cooper‡ West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
HalesowenRowleyRegis2007Constituency.svg
Hereford and South Herefordshire CC 72,08519,686 Jesse NormanAnna Coda ‡ Herefordshire EnglandHerefordshire.svg
HerefordSouthHerefordshire2007Constituency.svg
Kenilworth and Southam CC 68,15420,353  Jeremy Wright Richard Dickson¤ Warwickshire EnglandWarwickshire.svg
KenilworthSoutham2007Constituency.svg
Lichfield CC 76,61623,638  Michael Fabricant Dave Robertson‡ Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
Lichfield2007Constituency.svg
Ludlow CC 69,44423,648  Philip Dunne Heather Kidd¤ Shropshire EnglandShropshire.svg
Ludlow2007Constituency.svg
Meriden CC 85,36822,836  Saqib Bhatti Teresa Beddis‡ West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
Meriden2007Constituency.svg
Mid Worcestershire CC 78,22028,018 Nigel HuddlestonHellen Russell‡ Worcestershire EnglandWorcestershire.svg
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Newcastle-under-Lyme BC 68,2117,446  Aaron Bell Carl Greatbach† Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
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North Herefordshire CC 70,25224,856 Bill WigginPhilip Howells¤ Herefordshire EnglandHerefordshire.svg
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North Shropshire CC 82,314 [5] 5,925 [6] Helen Morgan¤ [6]  Neil Shastri-Hurst† [6] Shropshire EnglandShropshire.svg
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North Warwickshire CC 70,27117,956  Craig Tracey Claire Breeze‡ Warwickshire EnglandWarwickshire.svg
NorthWarwickshire2007Constituency.svg
Nuneaton CC 70,22613,144  Marcus Jones Zoe Mayou‡ Warwickshire EnglandWarwickshire.svg
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Redditch BC 65,39116,036 Rachel MacleanRebecca Jenkins‡ Worcestershire EnglandWorcestershire.svg
Redditch2007Constituency.svg
Rugby CC 72,29213,447  Mark Pawsey Debbie Bannigan‡ Warwickshire EnglandWarwickshire.svg
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Shrewsbury and Atcham CC 82,23811,217 Daniel Kawczynski Julia Buckley‡ Shropshire EnglandShropshire.svg
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Solihull BC 78,76021,273 Julian Knight Nick Stephens‡ West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
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Stafford CC 72,57214,377  Theodora Clarke Joyce Still‡ Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
Stafford2007Constituency.svg
Staffordshire Moorlands CC 65,48516,428  Karen Bradley Darren Price‡ Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
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South Staffordshire CC 73,66828,250  Gavin Williamson Adam Freeman‡ Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
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Stoke-on-Trent Central BC 55,419670  Jo Gideon  Gareth Snell Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
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Stoke-on-Trent North BC 68,2986,286  Jonathan Gullis  Ruth Smeeth Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
StokeOnTrentNorth2007Constituency.svg
Stoke-on-Trent South BC 64,49111,271  Jack Brereton Mark McDonald‡ Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
StokeOnTrentSouth2007Constituency.svg
Stone CC 69,37819,945  Bill Cash Mike Stubbs‡ Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
Stone2007Constituency.svg
Stourbridge BC 69,89113,571  Suzanne Webb Pete Lowe‡ West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
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Stratford-on-Avon CC 74,03719,972  Nadhim Zahawi Dominic Skinner¤ Warwickshire EnglandWarwickshire.svg
StratfordOnAvon2007Constituency.svg
Sutton Coldfield BC 75,63819,272  Andrew Mitchell Robert Knowles‡ West Midlands EnglandBirmingham.svg
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Tamworth CC 71,57219,634  Christopher Pincher Christopher Bain‡ Staffordshire EnglandStaffordshire.svg
Tamworth2007Constituency.svg
Telford BC 68,92110,941 Lucy AllanKatrina Gilman‡ Shropshire EnglandShropshire.svg
Telford2007Constituency.svg
The Wrekin CC 70,69318,726 Mark PritchardDylan Harrison‡ Shropshire EnglandShropshire.svg
TheWrekin2007Constituency.svg
Walsall North BC 67,17711,965  Eddie Hughes Eddie Ogilvie‡ West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
WalsallNorth2007Constituency.svg
Walsall South BC 68,0243,456  Valerie Vaz Gurjit Bains† West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
WalsallSouth2007Constituency.svg
Warley BC 62,35711,511  John Spellar Chandra Kannegati† West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
Warley2007Constituency.svg
Warwick and Leamington BC 76,363789  Matt Western Jack Rankin† Warwickshire EnglandWarwickshire.svg
WarwickLeamington2007Constituency.svg
West Bromwich East BC 62,0461,593  Nicola Richards  Ibrahim Dogus West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
WestBromwichEast2007Constituency.svg
West Bromwich West BC 64,5173,799  Shaun Bailey James Cunningham† West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
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West Worcestershire CC 76,24124,499 Harriett BaldwinBeverly Nielsen¤ Worcestershire EnglandWorcestershire.svg
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Wolverhampton North East BC 61,6604,080  Jane Stevenson  Emma Reynolds West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
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Wolverhampton South East BC 62,8831,235  Pat McFadden Ahmed Ejaz† West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
WolverhamptonSouthEast2007Constituency.svg
Wolverhampton South West BC 60,5341,661  Stuart Anderson  Eleanor Smith West Midlands EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg
WolverhamptonSouthWest2007Constituency.svg
Worcester BC 73,4856,758 Robin WalkerLynn Denham‡ Worcestershire EnglandWorcestershire.svg
Worcester2007Constituency.svg
Wyre Forest CC 78,07721,413 Mark GarnierRobin Lunn‡ Worcestershire EnglandWorcestershire.svg
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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 and published their initial proposals on 8 June. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the West Midlands region will decrease by 2, from 59 to 57. [7]

The following seats are proposed: [8]

ConstituencyElectorateCeremonial countyLocal authority
Bedworth and North Warwickshire CC 70,245 Warwickshire North Warwickshire / Nuneaton and Bedworth
Birmingham Edgbaston BC 71,354 West Midlands Birmingham
Birmingham Erdington BC 75,925West MidlandsBirmingham
Birmingham Hall Green BC 75,781West MidlandsBirmingham
Birmingham Hodge Hill BC 76,922West MidlandsBirmingham / Solihull
Birmingham Ladywood BC 76,585West MidlandsBirmingham
Birmingham Northfield BC 73,483West MidlandsBirmingham
Birmingham Perry Barr BC 74,979West MidlandsBirmingham
Birmingham Selly Oak BC 76,285West MidlandsBirmingham
Birmingham Yardley BC 71,912West MidlandsBirmingham
Bloxwich and Brownhills BC 76,751West Midlands Walsall
Bromsgrove CC 75,305 Worcestershire Bromsgrove
Burton CC 75,460 Staffordshire East Staffordshire
Cannock Chase CC 75,582Staffordshire Cannock Chase
Coventry East BC 73,389West Midlands Coventry
Coventry North West BC 73,431West MidlandsCoventry
Coventry South BC 70,998West MidlandsCoventry
Droitwich and Evesham CC 74,345Worcestershire Wychavon
Dudley BC 71,083West Midlands Dudley
Halesowen BC 69,907West MidlandsDudley / Sandwell
Hereford and South Herefordshire CC 71,438 Herefordshire Herefordshire
Kenilworth and Southam CC 74,107Warwickshire Rugby / Stratford-on-Avon / Warwick
Kidderminster CC 77,015Worcestershire Wyre Forest
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire CC 71,896Staffordshire / West MidlandsDudley / South Staffordshire
Lichfield CC 73,844StaffordshireEast Staffordshire / Lichfield
Ludlow and Bridgnorth CC 77,034 Shropshire Shropshire
Meriden CC 74,211West MidlandsSolihull
Newcastle-under-Lyme CC 70,025Staffordshire Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newport and Wellington CC 76,143ShropshireShropshire / Telford and Wrekin
North Herefordshire CC 70,581HerefordshireHerefordshire
North Shropshire CC 77,052ShropshireShropshire
Nuneaton CC 70,335WarwickshireNorth Warwickshire / Nuneaton and Bedworth
Redditch CC 69,921Worcestershire Redditch / Wychavon
Rugby CC 72,603WarwickshireNuneaton and Bedworth / Rugby
Shrewsbury CC 75,139ShropshireShropshire
Smethwick and Rowley Regis BC 71,249West MidlandsSandwell
Solihull BC 70,537West MidlandsSolihull
Stafford CC 70,537StaffordshireNewcastle-under-Lyme / Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands CC 70,113Staffordshire Staffordshire Moorlands
Stoke-on-Trent Central BC 70,550Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent North BC 69,821StaffordshireNewcastle-under-Lyme / Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent South CC 69,831StaffordshireStafford / Staffordshire Moorlands / Stoke-on-Trent
Stone and Great Wyrley CC 70,701StaffordshireSouth Staffordshire / Stafford
Stourbridge BC 69,840West MidlandsDudley
Stratford-on-Avon CC 72,388WarwickshireStratford-on-Avon
Sutton Coldfield BC 74,584West MidlandsBirmingham
Tamworth CC 74,742StaffordshireLichfield / Tamworth
Telford BC 70,768ShropshireTelford and Wrekin
Walsall BC 71,237West MidlandsWalsall
Warwick and Leamington BC 72,784WarwickshireWarwick
West Bromwich East BC 71,832West MidlandsSandwell
West Bromwich West BC 74,140West MidlandsDudley / Sandwell
West Worcestershire CC 76,638Worcestershire Malvern Hills / Wychavon
Wolverhampton North East BC 70,449West MidlandsWalsall / Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton South East BC 75,685West MidlandsWalsall / Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton West BC 75,592West MidlandsWolverhampton
Worcester BC 73,928Worcestershire Worcester

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:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 1,449,28953.4%Increase2.svg4.4%44Increase2.svg9
Labour 918,12333.9%Decrease2.svg8.6%15Decrease2.svg9
Liberal Democrats 213,9037.9%Increase2.svg3.5%00
Greens 80,5563.0%Increase2.svg1.3%00
Brexit 36,6461.4%new00
Others13,4370.4%Decrease2.svg2.0%00
Total2,711,954100.059

Percentage votes

West Midland votes percentage West Midlands votes %25.svg
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 West Midlands seats.svg
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. See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  3. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

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References

  1. "2019 Election Results". BBC.
  2. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  7. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the West Midlands region". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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