1918 general election
West Midlands: 1918 general election results
How West Midlands voted at the 1918 general election: the Conservatives won 31 of 47 seats with 44.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.
1922 →
24 for a majority Con 31 Lab 6 Co Lib 4 Lib 2 Co Lab 2 Nat 1 Ind Lib 1 West Midlands: results by party Party Seats Change Votes Share Change Share bar Candidates Conservative Con 31 new 316,333 44.2% — 35 Labour Lab 6 new 178,006 24.9% — 24 Coalition Liberal Co Lib 4 new 27,577 3.9% — 5 Liberal Lib 2 new 98,737 13.8% — 25 Coalition Labour Co Lab 2 new 30,656 4.3% — 4 National Nat 1 new 14,491 2.0% — 1 Independent Liberal Ind Lib 1 new 2,703 0.4% — 2 Others Oth 0 new 28,278 4.0% — 8 Independent Labour Ind Lab 0 new 9,787 1.4% — 2 Independent Ind 0 new 8,503 1.2% — 2
Change compared with the previous general election in West Midlands.
Constituency Winner Majority % Turnout Result
Birmingham Aston 5,546 34.6 45.2% Birmingham Deritend 7,505 65.4 30.7% Birmingham Duddeston 6,516 58.8 32.4% Birmingham Edgbaston 9,381 52.9 48.0% Birmingham Erdington 7,467 38.9 56.1% Birmingham Handsworth 7,322 34.4 57.2% Birmingham King'S Norton 3,892 24.1 59.6% Birmingham Ladywood 6,833 50.5 40.6% Birmingham Moseley 12,372 52.9 56.3% Birmingham Sparkbrook 12,211 62.7 52.5% Birmingham West Birmingham unopposed — — Birmingham Yardley 3,494 17.9 53.2% Coventry 7,082 18.3 62.4% Dudley 3,080 20.3 60.4% Herefordshire Hereford 7,950 51.6 54.6% Herefordshire Leominster 3,017 18.3 62.9% Newcastle under Lyme unopposed — — Shropshire Ludlow unopposed — — Shropshire Oswestry 3,809 18.4 64.9% Shropshire Shrewsbury 4,284 27.9 60.4% Shropshire the Wrekin unopposed — — Smethwick 775 4.3 54.7% Staffordshire Burton unopposed — — Staffordshire Cannock 575 3.7 41.7% Staffordshire Kingswinford 2,888 13.2 57.6% Staffordshire Leek 678 3.3 67.7% Staffordshire Lichfield 4,129 27.1 51.5% Staffordshire Stafford 4,101 32.8 54.0% Staffordshire Stone 1,995 12.3 62.0% Stoke on Trent Burslem 1,173 7.0 56.5% Stoke on Trent Hanley 335 1.7 58.9% Stoke on Trent Stoke unopposed — — Walsall 6,155 22.2 64.7% Warwickshire Nuneaton 4,929 20.3 55.9% Warwickshire Rugby 3,926 21.0 59.0% Warwickshire Tamworth unopposed — — Warwickshire Warwick and Leamington unopposed — — Wednesbury 877 3.9 66.2% West Bromwich 1,709 8.0 65.4% Wolverhampton Bilston 3,599 21.1 59.9% Wolverhampton East 522 3.5 48.6% Wolverhampton West 3,171 13.5 63.3% Worcester 4,354 30.8 62.3% Worcestershire Bewdley unopposed — — Worcestershire Evesham 6,909 40.9 58.5% Worcestershire Kidderminster 3,737 16.1 58.4% Worcestershire Stourbridge 1,333 5.8 55.0%
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Questions and answers Who won in West Midlands at the 1918 general election? The Conservatives won 31 of the 47 seats in West Midlands, with 44.2% of the vote.
How many seats were there in West Midlands in 1918? 47 constituencies.
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