West Midlands, 1983 vs 1987: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in West Midlands compared between the 1983 and 1987 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	1983	1987	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Aldridge-Brownhills	Con	Con	25.0%	+0.4
Birmingham Edgbaston	Con	Con	23.0%	+4.9
Birmingham Erdington	Lab	Lab	6.6%	+3.0
Birmingham Hall Green	Con	Con	16.7%	+2.5
Birmingham Hodge Hill	Lab	Lab	11.7%	−0.3
Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	Lab	26.3%	+1.2
Birmingham Northfield	Con	Con	5.9%	−0.3
Birmingham Perry Barr	Lab	Lab	13.5%	−0.4
Birmingham Selly Oak	Con	Con	4.9%	+2.8
Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	Lab	45.2%	+1.5
Birmingham Sparkbrook	Lab	Lab	35.2%	+1.6
Birmingham Yardley	Con	Con	6.0%	+0.4
Bromsgrove	Con	Con	31.4%	+2.0
Burton	Con	Con	17.1%	+2.1
Cannock and Burntwood	Con	Con	4.9%	−0.5
Coventry North East	Lab	Lab	24.9%	+3.0
Coventry North West	Lab	Lab	14.3%	+3.2
Coventry South East	Lab	Lab	17.6%	+5.2
Coventry South West	Con	Con	6.2%	+3.4
Dudley East	Lab	Lab	6.4%	−2.3
Dudley West	Con	Con	15.8%	−0.5
Halesowen and Stourbridge	Con	Con	22.3%	+0.5
Hereford	Con	Con	2.7%	+0.3
Leominster	Con	Con	25.9%	+1.8
Ludlow	Con	Con	22.9%	+2.2
Meriden	Con	Con	29.0%	−0.4
Newcastle under Lyme	Lab	Lab	9.6%	+3.6
Nuneaton	Con	Con	10.3%	−0.2
Rugby and Kenilworth	Con	Con	26.6%	+0.8
Shrewsbury and Atcham	Con	Con	16.7%	+1.6
Shropshire North	Con	Con	24.8%	+3.4
Solihull	Con	Con	37.1%	+1.6
Stafford	Con	Con	23.8%	−1.3
Staffordshire Mid	Con	Con	25.9%	+1.9
Staffordshire Moorlands	Con	Con	24.2%	+2.7
Staffordshire South	Con	Con	40.8%	+0.1
Staffordshire South East	Con	Con	20.7%	−0.1
Stoke-on-Trent Central	Lab	Lab	21.5%	+1.4
Stoke-on-Trent North	Lab	Lab	15.7%	+0.2
Stoke-on-Trent South	Lab	Lab	9.7%	−2.4
Stratford-on-Avon	Con	Con	34.1%	−0.5
Sutton Coldfield	Con	Con	39.3%	+2.2
Walsall North	Lab	Lab	3.6%	−1.1
Walsall South	Lab	Lab	2.2%	+0.4
Warley East	Lab	Lab	14.4%	+2.9
Warley West	Lab	Lab	13.4%	−0.1
Warwick and Leamington	Con	Con	25.3%	+1.3
Warwickshire North	Con	Con	5.0%	−0.1
West Bromwich East	Lab	Lab	2.3%	+0.8
West Bromwich West	Lab	Lab	13.3%	−2.3
Wolverhampton North East	Lab	Con gain	0.4%	−0.5
Wolverhampton South East	Lab	Lab	15.8%	+1.5
Wolverhampton South West	Con	Con	19.9%	+1.6
Worcester	Con	Con	19.7%	+3.5
Worcestershire Mid	Con	Con	24.2%	+0.8
Worcestershire South	Con	Con	23.4%	+1.8
Wrekin The	Con	Lab gain	2.3%	+2.3
Wyre Forest	Con	Con	13.2%	+0.5

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