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Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)

The region[nb 1] of West Midlands is divided into 57 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 28 borough constituencies and 29 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024, 38 are represented by Labour MPs,15 by Conservative MPs, 2 by Liberal Democrat MPs, and 1 by an independent MP.

Constituencies

  † Conservative  ‡ Labour  ¤ Liberal Democrat  ♣ Green Party  ♠ Independent  # Reform UK  ∞ Workers

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. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the West Midlands region would be reduced by 2, from 59 to 57.[3] 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 came into effect at the 2024 general election:[4]

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.

1885 to 1918

Warwickshire

  Conservative   Liberal   Speaker   Labour   Liberal Unionist

Herefordshire and Worcestershire

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

Staffordshire

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Labour   Liberal Unionist


Shropshire

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

Birmingham

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist

Dudley

  Conservative   Liberal

Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, and Coventry

  Conservative   Liberal


1918 to 1945

Warwickshire

  Conservative   Liberal   Labour   Independent

Herefordshire and Worcestershire

  Conservative   Liberal   Labour

Staffordshire

  Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23)   Conservative  Liberal  Labour  Coalition Labour  National Labour   New Party   National Liberal  National Democratic and Labour Party  Constitutionalist


Shropshire

  Coalition Liberal   Conservative  Liberal  Labour   Independent Unionist/Independent Parliamentary Group


Birmingham

  Conservative/Coalition Conservative  Labour/Labour and Co-operative Party   National Democratic and Labour Party


Dudley


Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, and Coventry

2024 results

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the West Midlands region in the 2024 general election were as follows:[5]

Results history

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

Percentage votes

West Midlands votes %

Key:

Seats

West Midlands seats won

Key:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  3. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Pollock, Louie; Cracknell, Richard (26 July 2024). "General election 2024 results". Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "UK Election 2024 A-Z". BBC News. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. ^ "General election 2024 results". House of Commons Library. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.