List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)
The region[1] 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,[2] 44 are represented by Conservative MPs, 15 by Labour MPs, and 0 by Liberal Democrat MPs.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
Proposed boundary changes
The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.
On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[5]
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
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:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,449,289 | 53.4% | 44 | ||
Labour | 918,123 | 33.9% | 15 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 213,903 | 7.9% | 0 | 0 | |
Greens | 80,556 | 3.0% | 0 | 0 | |
Brexit | 36,646 | 1.4% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 13,437 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,711,954 | 100.0 | 59 |
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 West Midlands
Notes
- BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
References
- See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- "2019 Election Results". BBC.
- Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires
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- "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires
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