West Midlands, 1950 vs 1951: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in West Midlands compared between the 1950 and 1951 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	1950	1951	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Bilston	Lab	Lab	23.7%	−0.8
Birmingham Aston	Lab	Lab	26.4%	+0.5
Birmingham Edgbaston	Con	Con	28.6%	−1.6
Birmingham Erdington	Lab	Lab	6.1%	−1.7
Birmingham Hall Green	Con	Con	13.3%	−2.7
Birmingham Hansworth	Con	Con	19.1%	−3.8
Birmingham King'S Norton	Con	Con	15.4%	−2.5
Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	Lab	19.0%	−1.9
Birmingham Northfield	Lab	Lab	5.7%	−3.9
Birmingham Perry Barr	Lab	Lab	16.1%	−1.7
Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	Lab	32.5%	+0.1
Birmingham Sparbrook	Lab	Lab	22.7%	−0.6
Birmingham Strechford	Lab	Lab	19.0%	−1.4
Birmingham Yardley	Lab	Lab	6.3%	−1.3
Coventry East	Lab	Lab	24.6%	−0.8
Coventry North	Lab	Lab	19.2%	−1.6
Coventry South	Lab	Lab	10.3%	−0.6
Dudley	Lab	Lab	16.7%	−2.5
Herefordshire Hereford	Con	Lab gain	22.6%	+21.3
Herefordshire Leominster	Con	Con	33.5%	−1.8
Newcastle under Lyme	Lab	Lab	16.1%	+0.3
Oldbury and Halesowen	Lab	Lab	11.4%	−4.2
Rowley Regis and Tipton	Lab	Lab	33.4%	−2.3
Shropshire Ludlow	Con	Con	20.4%	+0.3
Shropshire Oswestry	Con	Con	24.5%	−0.4
Shropshire Shrewsbury	Con	Con	18.7%	−1.4
Shropshire the Wrekin	Lab	Lab	4.7%	−1.3
Smethwick	Lab	Lab	21.3%	−1.5
Staffordshire Brierley Hill	Lab	Lab	4.7%	−2.4
Staffordshire Burton	Con	Con	1.5%	+0.8
Staffordshire Cannock	Lab	Lab	33.7%	−0.5
Staffordshire Leek	Lab	Lab	3.4%	−2.1
Staffordshire Lichfield and Tamworth	Lab	Lab	5.3%	−1.6
Staffordshire Stafford and Stone	Con	Con	13.3%	−1.1
Stoke on Trent Central	Lab	Lab	29.2%	−0.9
Stoke on Trent North	Lab	Lab	42.9%	+14.1
Stoke on Trent South	Lab	Lab	31.5%	−2.7
Walsall	Lab	Lab	16.3%	−19.8
Warwickshire Nuneaton	Lab	Lab	30.8%	+6.7
Warwickshire Rugby	Lab	Lab	0.5%	−1.1
Warwickshire Solihull	Con	Con	40.7%	−3.1
Warwickshire Stratford	Con	Con	29.0%	−2.2
Warwickshire Sutton Coldfield	Con	Ind Con gain	27.4%	+30.9
Warwickshire Warwick and Leamington	Con	Con	21.0%	−0.7
Wednesbury	Lab	Lab	21.0%	−2.5
West Bromwich	Lab	Lab	28.4%	−1.2
Wolverhampton North East	Lab	Lab	24.6%	+16.3
Wolverhampton South West	Con	Con	7.2%	−2.8
Worcester	Con	Con	11.0%	−1.0
Worcestershire Bromsgrove	Con	Con	5.2%	−2.4
Worcestershire Kidderminster	Con	Con	11.3%	−1.5
Worcestershire South	Con	Con	30.7%	−2.1

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