Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)
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The ceremonial county of the West Midlands is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies: 25 borough and 2 county constituencies, one of which crosses the boundary with Staffordshire.
Constituencies
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Boundary changes
2024
See 2023 review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the 2023 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]
- Birmingham Hall Green to Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Birmingham Hodge Hill to Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Coventry North East to Coventry East
- Meriden to Meriden and Solihull East
- Solihull to Solihull West and Shirley
The following constituencies resulted from the boundary review:
Containing wards from Birmingham
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Birmingham Erdington
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (part)
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Birmingham Northfield
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Birmingham Yardley
- Sutton Coldfield
Containing wards from Coventry
Containing wards from Dudley
- Dudley
- Halesowen (part)
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (part also in South Staffordshire District)
- Stourbridge
- Tipton and Wednesbury (part)
Containing wards from Sandwell
- Halesowen (part)
- Smethwick
- Tipton and Wednesbury (part)
- West Bromwich
Containing wards from Solihull
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (part)
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Solihull West and Shirley
Containing wards from Walsall
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Wolverhampton North East (part)
- Wolverhampton South East (part)
Containing wards from Wolverhampton
- Wolverhampton North East (part)
- Wolverhampton South East (part)
- Wolverhampton West
2010
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.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]
2024
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 5]
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 387,609 | 38.7% |  5.4% |
21 |  7 |
| Conservative | 226,095 | 22.6% | 21.8% |
4 | 10 |
| Reform | 173,143 | 17.3% | 14.8% |
0 | 0 |
| Greens | 64,632 | 6.5% | 4.2% |
0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 52,746 | 5.3% | 0.8% |
0 | 0 |
| Others | 96,229 | 9.6% | 9.0% |
1 | 1 |
| Total | 1,000,454 | 100.0 | 26 |
Percentage votes
| 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
11983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance 2Includes The Speaker seeking re-election.
Maps
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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.
1983 to 2010
Conservative Independent Labour Labour Liberal Democrats Speaker
2010 to present
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats Your