Meriden and Solihull East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Meriden and Solihull East in West Midlands region | |
County | West Midlands county |
Electorate | 74,211 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Solihull (part), Dorridge, Meriden, Chelmsley Wood |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Saqib Bhatti (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Meriden and Solihull East is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [2] It is represented by Conservative Party member Saqib Bhatti, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Meriden from 2019 to 2024.
The constituency name refers to the village of Meriden and the eastern areas of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. [3] This is part of a boundary review that resulted in the Meriden constituency being split into three. [4]
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It was created from the following areas: [6]
In addition to Meriden, the constituency also contains Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), which are in the Bickenhill ward.
Meriden prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Saqib Bhatti | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Saqib Bhatti | 16,792 | 38.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | Sarah Alan | 12,208 | 27.7 | ![]() | |
Reform UK | Malcolm Sedgley | 8,753 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sunny Virk | 3,353 | 7.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Shesh Sheshabhatter | 2,929 | 6.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 4,584 | 10.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 44,035 | 59.8 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Changes are from the notional results of the 2019 election on the new boundaries. [8]