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House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019
''Key:''
* CON – Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
* LAB – Labour Party, including
region
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of West Midlands is divided into 57 parliamentary constituencies
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which is made up of 28 borough constituencies
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and 29 county constituencies
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. Since the general election of July 2024, 38 are represented by Labour MPs,15 by Conservative
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MPs, 2 by Liberal Democrat
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MPs, and 1 by an independent MP.
Constituencies
Proposed boundary changes
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Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England
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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. 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
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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.1885 to 1918
Warwickshire
Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Staffordshire
Shropshire
Birmingham
Dudley
Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, and Coventry
1918 to 1950
Warwickshire
Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Staffordshire
Shropshire
Birmingham
Dudley
Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, and Coventry
1950 to 1973
Warwickshire
Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Staffordshire
Shropshire
Birmingham
Dudley
Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, and Coventry
1974–96
Warwickshire
Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Staffordshire
Shropshire
Birmingham
Dudley
Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, and Coventry
1997-present
Warwickshire
Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Staffordshire
Shropshire
Birmingham
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:Results history
''Primary data source:'House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019
Percentage votes
''Key:'' * CON – Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966 * LAB – Labour Party, includingLabour and Co-operative party
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* LIB – Liberal Party
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up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
* UKIP – UK Independence Party
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2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and from 2019)
* REF – Reform UK
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(2019 – Brexit Party)
* GRN – Green Party of England and Wales
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(included in Other up to 2005)
Seats
''Key:''
* CON – Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
* LAB – Labour Party, including Labour and Co-operative party
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* LIB – Liberal Party
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up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
* GRN – Green Party of England and Wales
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* OTH – 1945 – Independent ( William Brown); 1997 – Speaker (Betty Boothroyd
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); 2001 & 2005 – Independent Community & Health Concern ( Dr Richard Taylor); 2024 – Independent ( Ayoub Khan)
See also
*List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
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* List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
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* List of parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
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* List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire
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* List of parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire
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* List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands
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