Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)

The region of West Midlands is divided into 59 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 35 borough constituencies and 24 county constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019, 41 are represented by Conservative MPs, 16 by Labour MPs, 1 by a Liberal Democrat MP, and 1 by an independent MP.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

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 will decrease by 2, from 59 to 57. 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 will come into effect at the 2024 general election:

Results history

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

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the West Midlands region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Percentage votes

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party (1997 includes the Speaker, Betty Boothroyd)

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1945 - Independent (William Brown); 2001 & 2005 - Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern (Dr Richard Taylor)

See also

• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands

Notes

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