Constituencies
Conservative † Labour ‡
The ceremonial county of West Midlands , England, is divided into 28 parliamentary constituencies, each of which elect one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons. These constituencies were first implemented at the 2010 general election. All are borough constituencies except for Meriden, which is a county constituency.
Conservative † Labour ‡
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.
| Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | |
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| Current name | Boundaries 2010–present | |
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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. [4] 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.
The commission has proposed that the Black Country be combined 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 will include 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 by one, Dudley North, Halesowen and Rowley Regis, Wolverhampton South West, Warley, West Bromwich East, West Bromwich West, Walsall North and Walsall South will all be abolished and replaced by Dudley, Halesowen, Wolverhampton West, Smethwick, Tipton and Wednesbury, West Bromwich, and Walsall and Bloxwich. [5] [6] [7]
Although the number of seats covering the cities of Birmingham and Coventry and the Borough of Solihull remains the same, there are a number of proposed name changes due to revised boundaries: [8]
The following constituencies are proposed:
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
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 West Midlands in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 527,912 | 44.4% |  4.5% | 14 | 6 |
| Labour | 525,067 | 44.1% |  8.3% | 14 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 72,345 | 6.1% | 2.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 29,853 | 2.5% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 27,371 | 2.3% | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 7,690 | 0.6% | 2.2% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1,190,238 | 100.0 | 28 |
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 252,014 | 56.4% | 6.2% | 8 | 1 |
| Conservative | 139,477 | 31.2% | 0.8% | 2 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 28,454 | 6.4% | 1.7% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 12,444 | 2.8% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 10,094 | 2.3% | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 4,678 | 1.0% |  | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 447,161 | 100.0 | 10 |
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 63,874 | 46.5% | 10.8% | 3 | 0 |
| Conservative | 55,573 | 40.5% | 5.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8,176 | 6.0% | 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 5,498 | 4.0% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 3,676 | 2.7% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 435 | 0.3% | 3.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 137,232 | 100.0 | 3 |
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 47,769 | 65.5% | 14.1% | 2 | 0 |
| Labour | 32,241 | 28.5% | 12.9% | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,838 | 3.8% | 2.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 1,251 | 2.2% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 5.1% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 73,260 | 100.0 | 2 |
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 40,750 | 51.6% | 8.6% | 1 | 0 |
| Labour | 32,241 | 40.8% | 9.8% | 1 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,838 | 3.6% | 2.2% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 1,660 | 2.1% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 1,251 | 1.6% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 288 | 0.4% | 4.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 79,028 | 100.0 | 2 |
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 51,873 | 47.7% | 7.7% | 2 | 2 |
| Labour | 47,367 | 43.5% | 9.6% | 1 | 2 |
| Brexit | 4,476 | 4.1% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,020 | 3.7% | 2.1% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 1,124 | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 3.9% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 108,860 | 100.0 | 3 |
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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| Conservative | 41.7 | 42.6 | 42.1 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 33.1 | 39.9 | 44.4 |
| Labour 1 | 37.4 | 39.8 | 44.0 | 53.3 | 51.3 | 44.4 | 37.6 | 42.5 | 52.4 | 44.1 |
| Liberal Democrat 2 | 20.4 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 13.1 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 6.1 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.8 | 15.5 | 2.4 | * |
| Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.5 |
| Other | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
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
| Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat 1 | Speaker | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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