The

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is divided into 59

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which is made up of 35

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and 24

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. Since the general election of December 2019, 43 are represented by

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MPs, 15 by

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MPs, and 1 by a

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MP.

Constituencies

Proposed boundary changes

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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 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 next 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 -

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, including National Liberal Party up to 1966 LAB - Labour Party LIB -

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up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992 UKIP/Br -

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2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019);

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in 2019 Green -

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(included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

''Key:'' CON -

, including National Liberal Party up to 1966 LAB - Labour Party (1997 includes the Speaker,

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) LIB -

up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992 OTH - 1945 - Independent ( William Brown); 2001 & 2005 -

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( Dr Richard Taylor)

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Parliamentary Constituencies in West Midlands