Ward changes within proposals for new constituencies in the West Midlands
(Figures in brackets denote percentage of new seat made up by particular wards)
Birmingham Edgbaston
Keeps: Edgbaston (24)
Gains: From Hall Green: Moseley & Kings Heath, Sparkbrook (51); From Selly Oak: Selly Oak (25)
Loses: To Harborne: Bartley Green, Harborne, Quinton
Place: Massive shift south and east: worth a name change?
Politics: LABOUR, AND NO LONGER ULTRA-MARGINAL
Birmingham Hall Green
Keeps: Hall Green, Springfield (51)
Gains: From Selly Oak: Billesley, Brandwood (49)
Loses: To Edgbaston: Moseley & Kings Heath, Sparkbrook
Place: Substantial shift south
Politics: WOULD STAY SAFE LABOUR
Birmingham Ladywood
Keeps: Ladywood, Nechells (50)
Gains: From: Hodge Hill: Hodge Hill, Washwood Heath (50)
Loses: To Perry Barr: Aston; To Smethwick, Sandwell: Soho
Place: As much the existing Hodge Hill seat as Ladywood
Politics: STILL SAFE LABOUR
Birmingham Northfield
Keeps: Kings Norton, Longbridge, Northfield (74)
Gains: From Selly Oak: Bournville (26)
Loses: To Harborne: Weoley
Place: Less than most
Politics: STILL LABOUR BUT SLIGHTLY MORE MARGINAL
Birmingham Perry Barr
Keeps: Handsworth Wood, Lozells & East Handsworth, Perry Barr (74)
Gains: From Ladywood: Aston (26)
Loses: To Walsall South: Oscott
Place: Shift to south-east
Politics: STILL SAFE LABOUR
Birmingham Yardley
Keeps: Acocks Green, South Yardley, Stechford & Yardley North (74)
Gains: From Hodge Hill: Bordesley Green
Loses: To Solihull: Sheldon
Place: Shift to north-west
Politics: LABOUR STRENGTHENED, ULTRA-MARGINAL LIB DEM IN 2010
Sutton Coldfield
Keeps: Sutton Four Oaks, Trinity, Vesey
Gains: From Erdington: Kingstanding;
Loses: To Erdington: Sutton New Hall.
Place: Shift to west
Politics: HARDLY ANY SHIFT AT ALL, STILL SAFE CONSERVATIVE
Birmingham Erdington
Keeps: Erdington, Stockland Green, Tyburn (65)
Gains: From Sutton: Sutton New Hall (23); From Solihull: Castle Bromwich (12)
Loses: To Sutton Coldfield: Kingstanding
Place: Shift to north-east, and across council boundary
Politics: PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE, NOT LAB IN 2010
Birmingham Harborne
(new name)
Gains: From Edgbaston: Bartley Green, Harborne, Quinton (66); From Northfield: Weoley (22); From Sandwell: Old Warley (12)
Place: New name for two-thirds of existing Edgbaston seat
Politics: LABOUR MARGINAL
Meriden
Keeps: 5 wards (64)
Gains: From N. Warks: 3 wards (11); From B’ham Hodge Hill: Shard End (25)
Loses: To B’ham Erdington: Castle Bromwich; To Kenilworth & Dorridge: 3 wards
Place: Significant, and across three council areas
Politics: STILL CONSERVATIVE, BUT LESS SAFE
Smethwick
(new name)
Gains: From Sandwell: 6 wards from Warley and W. Bromwich E (79)
From Birmingham Ladywood: Soho (21)
Place: Two-thirds of existing Warley, but across two council areas
Politics: STILL SAFE LABOUR
Solihull
Keeps: 6 wards (78); From Birmingham Yardley: Sheldon (22)
Loses: To Kenilworth & Dorridge: 2 Shirley wards
Place: Not major, but across two council areas
Politics: STILL VERY MARGINAL LIB DEM
Walsall South
Keeps: 4 wards (50)
Gains: From B’ham Perry Barr: Oscott (24); From Aldridge-Brownhills: Streetly (14); From W. Bromwich E: Great Barr with Yew Tree (13)
Place: Major, and across three council areas
Politics: PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE, NOT LABOUR IN 2010
