List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

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.

Name2010-present boundariesName
  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

At the 1997, 2001 and 2005 elections, the West Midlands was divided into 29 Parliamentary constituencies.

Name1997-2010 boundariesName
  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

Results

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Electoral wards[1][2] Map
Aldridge-Brownhills BC 60,215 11,723 Wendy Morton   John Fisher‡
Birmingham, Edgbaston BC 65,591 2,706   Gisela Stuart Luke Evans†
Birmingham, Erdington BC 65,128 5,129   Jack Dromey Robert Alden†
Birmingham, Hall Green BC 76,330 19,818   Roger Godsiff   James Bird†
Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC 75,302 23,362   Liam Byrne   Kieran Mullan†
Birmingham, Ladywood BC 68,128 21,868   Shabana Mahmood   Isabel Sigmac†
Birmingham, Northfield BC 71,428 2,509   Richard Burden   Rachel Maclean†
Birmingham, Perry Barr BC 69,943 14,828   Khalid Mahmood   Charlotte Hodivala†
Birmingham, Selly Oak BC 75,092 8,447   Steve McCabe   Alex Boulter†
Birmingham, Yardley BC 72,146 6,595   Jess Phillips   John Hemming¤
Coventry North East BC 75,462 12,274   Colleen Fletcher   Michelle Lowe†
Coventry North West BC 73,626 4,509   Geoffrey Robinson   Parvez Akhtar†
Coventry South BC 70,397 3,188   Jim Cunningham   Gary Ridley†
Dudley North BC 60,718 4,181   Ian Austin   Les Jones†
Dudley South BC 60,363 4,270   Mike Wood   Natasha Millward‡
Halesowen and Rowley Regis BC 67,809 3,082   James Morris   Stephanie Peacock‡
Meriden CC 81,928 18,795   Caroline Spelman   Tom McNeil‡
Solihull BC 77,956 12,902 Julian Knight (politician)   Lorely Burt¤
Stourbridge BC 69,077 6,694   Margot James   Pete Lowe‡
Sutton Coldfield BC 74,956 16,417   Andrew Mitchell   Robert Pocock‡
Walsall North BC 67,080 1,937   David Winnick   Douglas Hansen-Luke†
Walsall South BC 67,743 6,007   Valerie Vaz   Sue Arnold†
Warley BC 63,738 14,702   John Spellar   Tom Williams†
West Bromwich East BC 63,637 9,470   Tom Watson   Olivia Seccombe†
West Bromwich West BC 65,524 7,742   Adrian Bailey   Graham Eardley
Wolverhampton North East BC 61,065 5,495   Emma Reynolds   Darren Henry†
Wolverhampton South East BC 62,556 10,778   Pat McFadden   Suria Photay†
Wolverhampton South West BC 60,368 801   Rob Marris   Paul Uppal
2005 2010 2015

Party breakdown

Seats held by party at each election
Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Total
2015 21 7 0 28
2010 19 7 2 28
2005 24 3 2 29

References

  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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