List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

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The ceremonial county of West Midlands , England, is divided into 26 parliamentary constituencies, each of which elect one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons. These constituencies were first implemented at the 2024 general election.

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Constituencies

   Conservative   Labour   Reform UK ¤   Workers Party of Britain   Independent ¥

Constituency [nb 1] ElectorateMajority [nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest oppositionMap
Aldridge-Brownhills BC 70,8674,231 Wendy Morton Luke Davies ‡
Aldridge-Brownhills Constituency 2023.svg
Birmingham Edgbaston BC 71,7878,368  Preet GillAshvir Sangha †
Birmingham Edgbaston Constituency 2023.svg
Birmingham Erdington BC 77,4637,019  Paulette HamiltonJack Brookes ¤
Birmingham Erdington Constituency 2023.svg
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley BC 76,9365,656  Tahir Ali Shakeel Afsar ¥
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley Constituency 2023.svg
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North BC 77,7371,566  Liam Byrne James Giles ♣
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North Constituency 2023.svg
Birmingham Ladywood BC 83,6933,421  Shabana Mahmood Akhmed Yakoob ¥
Birmingham Ladywood Constituency 2023.svg
Birmingham Northfield BC 73,6945,389  Laurence Turner  Gary Sambrook
Birmingham Northfield Constituency 2023.svg
Birmingham Perry Barr BC 76,350507  Ayoub Khan ¥  Khalid Mahmood
Birmingham Perry Barr Constituency 2023.svg
Birmingham Selly Oak BC 75,67811,537  Alistair Carns Simon Phipps †
Birmingham Selly Oak Constituency 2023.svg
Birmingham Yardley BC 73,203693  Jess Phillips  Jody McIntyre
Birmingham Yardley Constituency 2023.svg
Coventry East BC 75,80111,623  Mary Creagh Iddrisu Sufyan ¤
Coventry East Constituency 2023.svg
Coventry North West BC 75,05711,174  Taiwo Owatemi Tom Mercer †
Coventry North West Constituency 2023.svg
Coventry South BC 76,26210,201  Zarah Sultana Mattie Heaven †
Coventry South Constituency 2023.svg
Dudley BC 70,1511,900  Sonia Kumar  Marco Longhi
Dudley Constituency 2023.svg
Halesowen BC 68,5494,364  Alex Ballinger  James Morris
Halesowen Constituency 2023.svg
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire CC [nb 3] 71,6626,303  Mike Wood Sally Benton ‡
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire Constituency 2023 in West Midlands.svg
Meriden and Solihull East CC 73,6594,584  Saqib Bhatti Sarah Alan ‡
Meriden and Solihull East Constituency 2023.svg
Smethwick BC 72,86311,188  Gurinder Josan Pete Durnell ¤
Smethwick Constituency 2023.svg
Solihull West and Shirley BC 71,8134,620 Neil Shastri-Hurst Deirdre Fox ‡
Solihull West and Shirley Constituency 2023.svg
Stourbridge BC 68,3103,073  Cat Eccles  Suzanne Webb
Stourbridge Constituency 2023.svg
Sutton Coldfield BC 74,0802,543  Andrew Mitchell Rob Pocock ‡
Sutton Coldfield Constituency 2023.svg
Tipton and Wednesbury BC 74,1003,385  Antonia Bance  Shaun Bailey
Tipton and Wednesbury Constituency 2023.svg
Walsall and Bloxwich BC 74,9514,914  Valerie Vaz Aftab Nawaz ¥
Walsall and Bloxwich Constituency 2023.svg
West Bromwich BC 74,0269,554  Sarah Coombes Will Goodhand †
West Bromwich Constituency 2023.svg
Wolverhampton North East BC 70,7155,422  Sureena Brackenridge  Jane Stevenson
Wolverhampton North East Constituency 2023.svg
Wolverhampton South East BC 77,4739,188  Pat McFadden Carl Hardwick ¤
Wolverhampton South East Constituency 2023.svg
Wolverhampton West BC 77,8517,868  Warinder Juss Mike Newton †
Wolverhampton West Constituency 2023.svg

Boundary Changes

2023

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.


Name (1997-2010)Boundaries 1997-2010Name (2010-2024)Boundaries 2010-2024
  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
  15. Dudley South BC
  16. Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC
  17. Meriden CC
  18. Solihull BC
  19. Stourbridge BC
  20. Sutton Coldfield BC
  21. Walsall North BC
  22. Walsall South BC
  23. Warley BC
  24. West Bromwich East BC
  25. West Bromwich West BC
  26. Wolverhampton North East BC
  27. Wolverhampton South East BC
  28. Wolverhampton South West BC
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (2010-2024) WestMidlandsParliamentaryConstituencies2007.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (2010-2024)
  1. Aldridge-Brownhills BC
  2. Birmingham, Edgbaston BC
  3. Birmingham, Erdington BC
  4. Birmingham, Hall Green and Moseley BC
  5. Birmingham, Hodge Hill and Solihull North 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 East BC
  12. Coventry North West BC
  13. Coventry South BC
  14. Dudley BC
  15. Halesowen BC
  16. Kingswinford and South Staffordshire CC
  17. Meriden and Solihull East CC
  18. Smethwick BC
  19. Solihull West and Shirley BC
  20. Stourbridge BC
  21. Sutton Coldfield BC
  22. Tipton and Wednesbury BC
  23. Walsall and Bloxwich BC
  24. West Bromwich BC
  25. Wolverhampton North East BC
  26. Wolverhampton South East BC
  27. Wolverhampton West BC
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (2024-present) WestMidlandsParliamentaryConstituencies2023.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (2024-present)

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine the West Midlands county 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 includes 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 portion of the West Midlands county by one, Dudley North, Halesowen and Rowley Regis, Wolverhampton South West, Warley, West Bromwich East, West Bromwich West, Walsall North and Walsall South were be abolished and replaced by Dudley, Halesowen, Wolverhampton West, Smethwick, Tipton and Wednesbury, West Bromwich, and Walsall and Bloxwich. [1] [2] [3]

Although the number of seats covering the cities of Birmingham and Coventry and the Borough of Solihull remained the same, there were a number of name changes due to revised boundaries: [4]

The following constituencies resulted from the boundary review:

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

2010

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.

Name (1997-2010)Boundaries 1997-2010Name (2010-2024)Boundaries 2010-2024
  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
  15. Dudley North BC
  16. Dudley South BC
  17. Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC
  18. Meriden CC
  19. Solihull BC
  20. Stourbridge BC
  21. Sutton Coldfield BC
  22. Walsall North BC
  23. Walsall South BC
  24. Warley BC
  25. West Bromwich East BC
  26. West Bromwich West BC
  27. Wolverhampton North East BC
  28. Wolverhampton South East BC
  29. Wolverhampton South West BC
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (1997-2010) WestMidlandsParliamentaryConstituenciesNumbered.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (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, Yardley BC
  11. Coventry North East BC
  12. Coventry North West BC
  13. Coventry South BC
  14. Dudley North BC
  15. Dudley South BC
  16. Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC
  17. Meriden CC
  18. Solihull BC
  19. Stourbridge BC
  20. Sutton Coldfield BC
  21. Walsall North BC
  22. Walsall South BC
  23. Warley BC
  24. West Bromwich East BC
  25. West Bromwich West BC
  26. Wolverhampton North East BC
  27. Wolverhampton South East BC
  28. Wolverhampton South West BC
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (2010-2024) WestMidlandsParliamentaryConstituencies2007.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (2010-2024)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [5]

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

Birmingham

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Labour 252,01456.4%Decrease2.svg6.2%8Decrease2.svg 1
Conservative 139,47731.2%Increase2.svg0.8%2Increase2.svg 1
Liberal Democrats 28,4546.4%Increase2.svg1.7%00
Brexit 12,4442.8%new00
Greens 10,0942.3%Increase2.svg0.8%00
Others4,6781.0%Steady2.svg00
Total447,161100.010

Coventry

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Labour 63,87446.5%Decrease2.svg10.8%30
Conservative 55,57340.5%Increase2.svg5.6%00
Liberal Democrats 8,1766.0%Increase2.svg3.3%00
Brexit 5,4984.0%new00
Greens 3,6762.7%Increase2.svg1.4%00
Others4350.3%Decrease2.svg3.6%00
Total137,232100.03

Dudley

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 47,76965.5%Increase2.svg14.1%20
Labour 32,24128.5%Decrease2.svg12.9%00
Liberal Democrats 2,8383.8%Increase2.svg2.6%00
Greens 1,2512.2%Increase2.svg1.4%00
Others00.0%Decrease2.svg5.1%00
Total73,260100.02

Walsall

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 40,75051.6%Increase2.svg8.6% 1 0
Labour 32,24140.8%Decrease2.svg9.8% 1 0
Liberal Democrats 2,8383.6%Increase2.svg2.2%00
Brexit 1,6602.1%new00
Greens 1,2511.6%new00
Others2880.4%Decrease2.svg4.6%00
Total79,028100.02

Wolverhampton

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 51,87347.7%Increase2.svg7.7%2Increase2.svg2
Labour 47,36743.5%Decrease2.svg9.6% 1 Decrease2.svg2
Brexit 4,4764.1%new00
Liberal Democrats 4,0203.7%Increase2.svg2.1%00
Greens 1,1241.0%Decrease2.svg0.3%00
Others00.0%Decrease2.svg3.9%00
Total108,860100.03

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

Independents 2Total
2024 21 4 0 1 26
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 2Includes The Speaker seeking re-election.

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.

1983 to 2010

   Conservative    Independent Labour    Labour    Liberal Democrats    Speaker

Constituency1983198719929294199700200104200506
Birmingham Sparkbrook Hattersley
Coventry South West Butcher
Warley East Faulds
Aldridge-Brownhills Shepherd
Birmingham Edgbaston Jill Knight Stuart
Birmingham Erdington Corbett Simon
Birmingham Hall Green Eyre Hargreaves McCabe
Birmingham Hodge Hill Davis Byrne
Birmingham Ladywood C. Short
Birmingham Northfield King Burden
Birmingham Perry Barr Rooker K. Mahmood
Birmingham Selly Oak Beaumont-Dark L. Jones
Birmingham Small Heath / B Sparkbrook & S H (1997) Howell Godsiff
Birmingham Yardley Bevan E. Morris Hemming
Coventry North East Park J. Hughes Ainsworth
Coventry North West Robinson
Coventry SE / Coventry S (1997) Nellist Cunningham
Dudley East / Dudley North (1997) Gilbert Cranston Austin
Dudley West / Dudley South (1997) Blackburn Pearson
Halesowen & Stourbridge / H & Rowley Regis (1997) Stokes Hawksley Heal
Meriden Mills Spelman
Solihull Grieve Taylor Burt
Sutton Coldfield Fowler Mitchell
Walsall North Winnick
Walsall South George
Warley West / Warley (1997) Archer Spellar
Wolverhampton North East R. Short Hicks Purchase
Wolverhampton South East Edwards Turner McFadden
Wolverhampton South West Budgen J. Jones Marris
West Bromwich East Snape Watson
West Bromwich West Boothroyd A. Bailey
Stourbridge Shipley Waltho
Constituency1983198719929294199700200104200506

2010 to present

   Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal Democrats

Constituency201020152017192019222024
Aldridge-Brownhills Shepherd Morton
Birmingham Edgbaston Stuart Gill
Birmingham Erdington Dromey Hamilton
Birmingham Hall Green / B. H. G. & Moseley ('24) Godsiff Ali
Birmingham Hodge Hill / B. H. H. & Solihull N ('24) Byrne
Birmingham Ladywood S. Mahmood
Birmingham Northfield Burden Sambrook Turner
Birmingham Perry Barr K. Mahmood Khan
Birmingham Selly Oak McCabe Carns
Birmingham Yardley Hemming Phillips
Coventry North East / Coventry East (2024) Ainsworth Fletcher Creagh
Coventry North West Robinson Owatemi
Coventry South Cunningham Sultana
Dudley North / Dudley (2024) Austin Longhi Kumar
Dudley South Kelly Wood N/A
Halesowen & Rowley Regis / Halesowen (2024) J. Morris Ballinger
Meriden / Meriden & Solihull East (2024) Spelman Bhatti
Solihull / Solihull West & Shirley (2024) Burt Knight Shastri-Hurst
Stourbridge James Webb Eccles
Sutton Coldfield Mitchell
Walsall North Winnick E. Hughes N/A
Walsall South / Walsall & Bloxwich (2024) Vaz
Warley / Smethwick (2024) Spellar Josan
West Bromwich East / West Bromwich (2024) Watson Richards Coombes
West Bromwich W / Tipton & Wednesbury (2024) A. Bailey S. Bailey Bance
Wolverhampton North East Reynolds Stevenson Brackenridge
Wolverhampton South East McFadden
Wolverhampton SW / Wolverhampton W (2024) Uppal Marris Smith Anderson Juss
Constituency201020152017192019222024

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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.
  3. Cross-county constituency with Staffordshire.