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Meriden and Solihull East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Meriden and Solihull East
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Meriden and Solihull East in West Midlands region
CountyWest Midlands county
Major settlementsMeriden
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentTBC
SeatsOne
Created from

Meriden and Solihull East is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested in the 2024 general election.[1] The constituency name refers to the village of Meriden and the eastern areas of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.[2] This is part of a boundary review that will result in the Meriden constituency being split into three.[3]

Boundaries

2024-present

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull wards of: Bickenhill; Chelmsley Wood; Dorridge and Hockley Heath; Elmdon; Kingshurst and Fordbridge; Knowle; Meriden; Silhill.[4]

It was created from the following areas:[5]

Members of Parliament

Meriden prior to 2024

Election Member Party
2024 Saqib Bhatti Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Meriden and Solihull East[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Saqib Bhatti 16,792 38.1 −24.3
Labour Sarah Alan 12,208 27.7 +6.9
Reform UK Malcolm Sedgley 8,753 19.9 new
Liberal Democrats Sunny Virk 3,353 7.6 −6.0
Green Shesh Sheshabhatter 2,929 6.7 +3.5
Majority 4,584 10.4 −31.2
Turnout 44,198 60.0 −4.8
Conservative hold Swing -15.6

Changes are from the notional results of the 2019 election on the new boundaries [7].

  • Saqib Bhatti (Conservative) was previously MP for Meriden

See also

References

  1. ^ "West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. ^ Walker, Jonathan (2021-06-08). "The political map of the West Midlands will change". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  3. ^ "Solihull to get three MP seats according to final map". Solihull Observer. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  5. ^ "New Seat Details - Meriden and Solihull East". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  6. ^ "Meriden and Solihull Election results 2024". BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Notional election for the constituency of Meriden and Solihull East". UK Parliament. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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