Walsall and Bloxwich | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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![]() Boundary of Walsall and Bloxwich in West Midlands region | |
County | West Midlands county |
Major settlements | Walsall and Bloxwich |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Walsall North and Walsall South |
Walsall and Bloxwich is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election. [2]
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will be formed from the majority of the Walsall North and Walsall South seats, which will both be abolished. It will comprise the following wards: [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Sadat Hussain | ||||
Conservative | Shannon Lloyd | ||||
Independent | Aftab Nawaz | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Stillman | ||||
Labour | Valerie Vaz | ||||
Reform UK | Elaine Williams | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
win (new seat) |
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