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Not to be confused with List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region).

The ceremonial county of West Midlands, England, is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies - 25 borough and 2 county constituencies, one of which crosses the boundary with Staffordshire. Each constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons. These constituencies were first implemented at the 2024 general election.

Constituencies

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Reform UK ¤   Workers Party of Britain ♣   Independent ¥

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Aldridge-Brownhills BC 70,867 4,231 Wendy Morton †   Luke Davies ‡
Birmingham Edgbaston BC 71,787 8,368   Preet Gill ‡ Ashvir Sangha †
Birmingham Erdington BC 77,463 7,019   Paulette Hamilton ‡ Jack Brookes ¤
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley BC 76,936 5,656   Tahir Ali ‡   Shakeel Afsar ¥
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North BC 77,737 1,566   Liam Byrne ‡   James Giles ♣
Birmingham Ladywood BC 83,693 3,421   Shabana Mahmood ‡   Akhmed Yakoob ¥
Birmingham Northfield BC 73,694 5,389   Laurence Turner ‡   Gary Sambrook †
Birmingham Perry Barr BC 76,350 507   Ayoub Khan ¥   Khalid Mahmood ‡
Birmingham Selly Oak BC 75,678 11,537   Alistair Carns ‡   Simon Phipps †
Birmingham Yardley BC 73,203 693   Jess Phillips ‡   Jody McIntyre ♣
Coventry East BC 75,801 11,623   Mary Creagh ‡   Iddrisu Sufyan ¤
Coventry North West BC 75,057 11,174   Taiwo Owatemi ‡   Tom Mercer †
Coventry South BC 76,262 10,201   Zarah Sultana ‡   Mattie Heaven †
Dudley BC 70,151 1,900   Sonia Kumar †   Marco Longhi †
Halesowen BC 68,549 4,364   Alex Ballinger ‡   James Morris †
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire CC[nb 3] 71,662 6,303   Mike Wood †   Sally Benton ‡
Meriden and Solihull East CC 73,659 4,584   Saqib Bhatti †   Sarah Alan ‡
Smethwick BC 72,863 11,188   Gurinder Josan ‡   Pete Durnell ¤
Solihull West and Shirley BC 71,813 4,620 Neil Shastri-Hurst †   Deirdre Fox ‡
Stourbridge BC 68,310 3,073   Cat Eccles ‡   Suzanne Webb †
Sutton Coldfield BC 74,080 2,543   Andrew Mitchell †   Rob Pocock ‡
Tipton and Wednesbury BC 74,100 3,385   Antonia Bance ‡   Shaun Bailey †
Walsall and Bloxwich BC 74,951 4,914   Valerie Vaz ‡   Aftab Nawaz ¥
West Bromwich BC 74,026 9,554   Sarah Coombes ‡   Will Goodhand †
Wolverhampton North East BC 70,715 5,422   Sureena Brackenridge ‡   Jane Stevenson †
Wolverhampton South East BC 77,473 9,188   Pat McFadden ‡   Carl Hardwick ¤
Wolverhampton West BC 77,851 7,868   Warinder Juss ‡   Mike Newton †


Boundary Changes

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2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010-2024 Current name Boundaries 2024-present
  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)
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)
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 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

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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 1997-2010 Name (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)
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)
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (2010-2024)

Results history

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

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising West Midlands in the 2024 general election were as follows:[nb 4]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 387,609 38.7% Decrease5.4% 21 Increase7
Conservative 226,095 22.6% Decrease21.8% 4 Decrease10
Reform 173,143 17.3% Increase14.8% 0 0
Greens 64,632 6.5% Increase4.2% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 52,746 5.3% Decrease0.8% 0 0
Others 96,229 9.6% Increase9.0% 1 Increase1
Total 1,000,454 100.0 26

Percentage votes

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour1 37.4 39.8 44.0 53.3 51.3 44.4 37.6 42.5 52.4 44.1 38.7
Conservative 41.7 42.6 42.1 29.8 30.6 29.5 33.5 33.1 39.9 44.4 22.6
Reform - - - - - - - - - 2.5 17.3
Green Party - * * * * * 0.5 2.9 1.2 2.3 6.5
Liberal Democrat2 20.4 17.3 12.0 11.3 13.1 18.1 19.3 5.5 3.7 6.1 5.3
UKIP - - - * * * 3.8 15.5 2.4 * *
Other 0.5 0.3 1.9 5.6 5.1 8.1 5.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 9.6

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

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Year Labour Conservative Liberal

Democrat1

Independents2 Total
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

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  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019
  • 2024
    2024

Historical representation by party

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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

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  Conservative   Independent Labour   Labour   Liberal Democrats   Speaker

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 92 94 1997 00 2001 04 2005 06
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
Constituency 1983 1987 1992 92 94 1997 00 2001 04 2005 06

2010 to present

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  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 2010 2015 2017 19 2019 22 2024
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
Constituency 2010 2015 2017 19 2019 22 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Andrews, Mark. "Seats set to be lost under boundary shake-up in Black Country and Staffordshire". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ Boundary changes: Big shake-up for Black Country and Staffordshire MPs in plans Express and Star
  3. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1294-1313. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1226-1250. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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.
  4. ^ Excludes the cross-county constituency of Kingswinford and South Staffordshire which has a majority Staffordshire electorate
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