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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 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.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

   Conservative †    Labour ‡

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [1] Majority [2] [nb 2] Member of Parliament [2] Nearest opposition [2] Map
Aldridge-Brownhills BC 60,138 19,836 Wendy Morton †   David Morgan ‡
Birmingham, Edgbaston BC 68,828 5,614   Preet Gill ‡ Alex Yip †
Birmingham, Erdington BC 66,148 3,266 [3]   Paulette Hamilton ‡ Robert Alden †
Birmingham, Hall Green BC 80,283 28,508   Tahir Ali ‡   Penny-Anne O'Donnell †
Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC 78,295 28,655   Liam Byrne ‡   Akaal Sidhu †
Birmingham, Ladywood BC 74,912 28,582   Shabana Mahmood ‡   Mary Noone †
Birmingham, Northfield BC 73,694 1,640   Gary Sambrook †   Richard Burden ‡
Birmingham, Perry Barr BC 72,006 15,317   Khalid Mahmood ‡   Raaj Shamji †
Birmingham, Selly Oak BC 82,665 12,414   Steve McCabe ‡   Hannah Campbell †
Birmingham, Yardley BC 74,704 10,659   Jess Phillips ‡   Vincent Garrington †
Coventry North East BC 76,006 7,692   Colleen Fletcher ‡   Sophie Richards †
Coventry North West BC 75,247 208   Taiwo Owatemi ‡   Clare Golby †
Coventry South BC 70,979 401   Zarah Sultana ‡   Mattie Heaven †
Dudley North BC 61,936 11,533   Marco Longhi †   Melanie Dudley †
Dudley South BC 60,731 15,565   Mike Wood †   Lucy Caldicott ‡
Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC 68,300 12,074   James Morris †   Ian Cooper ‡
Meriden CC 85,368 22,836   Saqib Bhatti †   Teresa Beddis ‡
Solihull BC 78,760 21,273 Julian Knight †   Nick Stephens ‡
Stourbridge BC 69,891 13,571   Suzanne Webb †   Pete Lowe ‡
Sutton Coldfield BC 75,638 19,272   Andrew Mitchell †   David Knowles ‡
Walsall North BC 67,177 11,965   Eddie Hughes †   Gill Ogilvie ‡
Walsall South BC 68,024 3,456   Valerie Vaz ‡   Gurjit Bains †
Warley BC 62,357 11,511   John Spellar ‡   Chandra Kanneganti †
West Bromwich East BC 62,046 1,593   Nicola Richards †   Ibrahim Dogus ‡
West Bromwich West BC 64,517 3,799   Shaun Bailey †   James Cunningham ‡
Wolverhampton North East BC 61,660 4,080   Jane Stevenson †   Emma Reynolds ‡
Wolverhampton South East BC 62,883 1,235   Pat McFadden ‡   Ahmed Ejaz †
Wolverhampton South West BC 60,534 1,661   Stuart Anderson †   Eleanor Smith ‡

2010 boundary changes

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 boundaries

Former name Boundaries 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, Sparkbrook and Small Heath BC
  11. Birmingham, Yardley BC
  12. Coventry North East BC
  13. Coventry North West BC
  14. Coventry South BC
  1. Dudley North BC
  2. Dudley South BC
  3. Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC
  4. Meriden CC
  5. Solihull BC
  6. Stourbridge BC
  7. Sutton Coldfield BC
  8. Walsall North BC
  9. Walsall South BC
  10. Warley BC
  11. West Bromwich East BC
  12. West Bromwich West BC
  13. Wolverhampton North East BC
  14. Wolverhampton South East BC
  15. Wolverhampton South West BC
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands
Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

Current boundaries

Current name Boundaries 2010–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
  1. Dudley South BC
  2. Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC
  3. Meriden CC
  4. Solihull BC
  5. Stourbridge BC
  6. Sutton Coldfield BC
  7. Walsall North BC
  8. Walsall South BC
  9. Warley BC
  10. West Bromwich East BC
  11. West Bromwich West BC
  12. Wolverhampton North East BC
  13. Wolverhampton South East BC
  14. Wolverhampton South West BC
Proposed Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands
Proposed Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

Proposed boundary changes

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

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [9]

2019

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% Increase4.5% 14 Increase6
Labour 525,067 44.1% Decrease8.3% 14 Decrease6
Liberal Democrats 72,345 6.1% Increase2.4% 0 0
Brexit 29,853 2.5% new 0 0
Greens 27,371 2.3% Increase1.1% 0 0
Others 7,690 0.6% Decrease2.2% 0 0
Total 1,190,238 100.0 28

Birmingham

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Labour 252,014 56.4% Decrease6.2% 8 Decrease 1
Conservative 139,477 31.2% Increase0.8% 2 Increase 1
Liberal Democrats 28,454 6.4% Increase1.7% 0 0
Brexit 12,444 2.8% new 0 0
Greens 10,094 2.3% Increase0.8% 0 0
Others 4,678 1.0% Steady 0 0
Total 447,161 100.0 10

Coventry

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Labour 63,874 46.5% Decrease10.8% 3 0
Conservative 55,573 40.5% Increase5.6% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 8,176 6.0% Increase3.3% 0 0
Brexit 5,498 4.0% new 0 0
Greens 3,676 2.7% Increase1.4% 0 0
Others 435 0.3% Decrease3.6% 0 0
Total 137,232 100.0 3

Dudley

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 47,769 65.5% Increase14.1% 2 0
Labour 32,241 28.5% Decrease12.9% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 2,838 3.8% Increase2.6% 0 0
Greens 1,251 2.2% Increase1.4% 0 0
Others 0 0.0% Decrease5.1% 0 0
Total 73,260 100.0 2

Walsall

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 40,750 51.6% Increase8.6% 1 0
Labour 32,241 40.8% Decrease9.8% 1 0
Liberal Democrats 2,838 3.6% Increase2.2% 0 0
Brexit 1,660 2.1% new 0 0
Greens 1,251 1.6% new 0 0
Others 288 0.4% Decrease4.6% 0 0
Total 79,028 100.0 2

Wolverhampton

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 51,873 47.7% Increase7.7% 2 Increase2
Labour 47,367 43.5% Decrease9.6% 1 Decrease2
Brexit 4,476 4.1% new 0 0
Liberal Democrats 4,020 3.7% Increase2.1% 0 0
Greens 1,124 1.0% Decrease0.3% 0 0
Others 0 0.0% Decrease3.9% 0 0
Total 108,860 100.0 3

Percentage votes

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 41.7 42.6 42.1 29.8 30.6 29.5 33.5 33.1 39.9 44.4
Labour1 37.4 39.8 44.0 53.3 51.3 44.4 37.6 42.5 52.4 44.1
Liberal Democrat2 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

Seats

Year Labour Conservative Liberal

Democrat1

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

Maps

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

Historical representation by party

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.

   Conservative    Independent    Independent Labour    Labour    Liberal Democrats    Speaker

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 92 94 1997 00 2001 04 2005 06 2010 2015 2017 19 2019 22
Coventry South West Butcher
Aldridge-Brownhills Shepherd Morton
Meriden Mills Spelman Bhatti
Solihull Grieve Taylor Burt Julian Knight
Sutton Coldfield Fowler Mitchell
Halesowen & Stourbridge / H & Rowley Regis (1997) Stokes Hawksley Heal J. Morris
Stourbridge Shipley Waltho James Webb
Dudley West / Dudley South (1997) Blackburn Pearson Kelly Wood
Wolverhampton South West Budgen J. Jones Marris Uppal Marris Smith Anderson
Birmingham Edgbaston Jill Knight Stuart Gill
Birmingham Hall Green Eyre Hargreaves McCabe Godsiff Ali
Birmingham Northfield King Burden Sambrook
Birmingham Selly Oak Beaumont-Dark L. Jones McCabe
Birmingham Yardley Bevan E. Morris Hemming Phillips
Wolverhampton North East R. Short Hicks Purchase Reynolds Stevenson
Dudley East / Dudley North (1997) Gilbert Cranston Austin → Longhi
West Bromwich East Snape Watson Richards
West Bromwich West Boothroyd → A. Bailey S. Bailey
Walsall North Winnick E. Hughes
Birmingham Perry Barr Rooker K. Mahmood
Birmingham Erdington Corbett Simon Dromey Hamilton
Birmingham Hodge Hill Davis Byrne
Birmingham Ladywood C. Short → S. Mahmood
Coventry North East Park J. Hughes Ainsworth Fletcher
Coventry North West Robinson Owatemi
Coventry SE / Coventry S (1997) Nellist Cunningham Sultana
Walsall South George Vaz
Warley West / Warley (1997) Archer Spellar
Wolverhampton South East Edwards Turner McFadden
Birmingham Small Heath / B Sparkbrook & S H (1997) Howell Godsiff
Birmingham Sparkbrook Hattersley
Warley East Faulds
Constituency 1983 1987 1992 92 94 1997 00 2001 04 2005 06 2010 2015 2017 19 2019 22

See also

References

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help)
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Birmingham Erdington Parliamentary by-election". Birmingham City Council. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. ^ Andrews, Mark. "Seats set to be lost under boundary shake-up in Black Country and Staffordshire". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ^ Boundary changes: Big shake-up for Black Country and Staffordshire MPs in plans Express and Star
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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.
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