Solihull West and Shirley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands county |
Major settlements | Shirley, Solihull |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | One |
Created from | Meriden (majority) Solihull (minority) |
Solihull West and Shirley is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election. [1] The constituency name refers to the town of Shirley and the western areas of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. [2] This is part of a boundary review that will result in the borough being split into three. [3]
The constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will contain the following areas: [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ade Adeyemo [6] | ||||
Labour | Deirdre Catherine Fox [7] | ||||
Reform UK | Mary McKenna [8] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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