Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
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] 42 are represented by Conservative MPs, 16 by Labour MPs, and 1 by a Liberal Democrat MP.
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
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. 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] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
Under the proposals, the following constituencies for the region will come into effect at the next general election: [8]
| Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial county | Local authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldridge-Brownhills BC | 73,122 | West Midlands | Walsall |
| Birmingham Edgbaston BC | 71,354 | West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Birmingham Erdington BC | 76,856 | West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley BC | 75,781 | West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North BC | 76,922 | West Midlands | Birmingham / Solihull |
| Birmingham Ladywood BC | 76,585 | West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Birmingham Northfield BC | 73,483 | West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Birmingham Perry Barr BC | 74,048 | West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Birmingham Selly Oak BC | 76,285 | West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Birmingham Yardley BC | 71,912 | West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Bromsgrove CC | 75,305 | Worcestershire | Bromsgrove |
| Burton and Uttoxeter CC | 75,460 | Staffordshire | East Staffordshire |
| Cannock Chase CC | 75,582 | Staffordshire | Cannock Chase |
| Coventry East BC | 73,389 | West Midlands | Coventry |
| Coventry North West BC | 73,431 | West Midlands | Coventry |
| Coventry South BC | 70,998 | West Midlands | Coventry |
| Droitwich and Evesham CC | 74,345 | Worcestershire | Wychavon |
| Dudley BC | 71,083 | West Midlands | Dudley |
| Halesowen BC | 69,907 | West Midlands | Dudley / Sandwell |
| Hereford and South Herefordshire CC | 71,125 | Herefordshire | Herefordshire |
| Kenilworth and Southam CC | 71,541 | Warwickshire | Rugby / Stratford-on-Avon / Warwick |
| Kingswinford and South Staffordshire CC | 71,896 | Staffordshire / West Midlands | Dudley / South Staffordshire |
| Lichfield CC | 74,942 | Staffordshire | East Staffordshire / Lichfield |
| Meriden and Solihull East CC | 74,211 | West Midlands | Solihull |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme CC | 70,025 | Staffordshire | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| North Herefordshire CC | 70,894 | Herefordshire | Herefordshire |
| North Shropshire CC | 77,052 | Shropshire | Shropshire |
| North Warwickshire and Bedworth CC | 70,245 | Warwickshire | North Warwickshire / Nuneaton and Bedworth |
| Nuneaton CC | 70,335 | Warwickshire | North Warwickshire / Nuneaton and Bedworth |
| Redditch CC | 69,921 | Worcestershire | Redditch / Wychavon |
| Rugby CC | 72,603 | Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth / Rugby |
| Shrewsbury CC | 75,139 | Shropshire | Shropshire |
| Smethwick BC | 71,195 | West Midlands | Sandwell |
| Solihull West and Shirley BC | 70,537 | West Midlands | Solihull |
| South Shropshire CC | 77,034 | Shropshire | Shropshire |
| Stafford CC | 70,537 | Staffordshire | Newcastle-under-Lyme / Stafford |
| Staffordshire Moorlands CC | 70,113 | Staffordshire | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Stoke-on-Trent Central BC | 70,550 | Staffordshire | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Stoke-on-Trent North BC | 69,821 | Staffordshire | Newcastle-under-Lyme / Stoke-on-Trent |
| Stoke-on-Trent South CC | 69,831 | Staffordshire | Stafford / Staffordshire Moorlands / Stoke-on-Trent |
| Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge CC | 70,701 | Staffordshire | South Staffordshire / Stafford |
| Stourbridge BC | 69,840 | West Midlands | Dudley |
| Stratford-on-Avon CC | 72,388 | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon |
| Sutton Coldfield BC | 74,584 | West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Tamworth CC | 73,644 | Staffordshire | Lichfield / Tamworth |
| Telford BC | 70,768 | Shropshire | Telford and Wrekin |
| The Wrekin CC | 76,143 | Shropshire | Shropshire / Telford and Wrekin |
| Tipton and Wednesbury BC | 73,820 | West Midlands | Dudley / Sandwell |
| Walsall and Bloxwich BC | 74,886 | West Midlands | Walsall |
| Warwick and Leamington BC | 75,440 | Warwickshire | Warwick |
| West Bromwich BC | 72,208 | West Midlands | Sandwell |
| West Worcestershire CC | 76,638 | Worcestershire | Malvern Hills / Wychavon |
| Wolverhampton North East BC | 70,449 | West Midlands | Walsall / Wolverhampton |
| Wolverhampton South East BC | 75,685 | West Midlands | Walsall / Wolverhampton |
| Wolverhampton West BC | 75,592 | West Midlands | Wolverhampton |
| Worcester BC | 73,928 | Worcestershire | Worcester |
| Wyre Forest CC | 77,015 | Worcestershire | Wyre Forest |
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [9]
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:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 1,449,289 | 53.4% |  4.4% | 44 | 9 |
| Labour | 918,123 | 33.9% |  8.6% | 15 | 9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 213,903 | 7.9% | 3.5% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 80,556 | 3.0% | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 36,646 | 1.4% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 13,437 | 0.4% | 2.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2,711,954 | 100.0 | 59 |
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)
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)
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