West Midlands: 1964 general election results

How West Midlands voted at the 1964 general election: Labour won 28 of 54 seats with 45.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.

28 for a majority

Lab28
Con26

West Midlands: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	28	+3	1,103,257	45.2%	−0.7	54
Conservative	26	−3	1,142,850	46.8%	−3.9	54
Liberal	0	0	190,642	7.8%	+4.6	25
1 other parties and independents			6,331	0.3%

Change compared with the 1959 general election in West Midlands.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Bilston	Lab	3,300	6.3	74.2%	Lab hold
Birmingham All Saints	Lab	470	1.6	66.1%	Lab gain from Con
Birmingham Aston	Lab	3,366	9.4	65.4%	Lab hold
Birmingham Edgbaston	Con	11,759	34.7	66.5%	Con hold
Birmingham Hall Green	Con	9,402	20.7	75.8%	Con hold
Birmingham Handsworth	Con	4,932	13.9	66.6%	Con hold
Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	4,219	26.4	53.7%	Lab hold
Birmingham Northfield	Lab	4,238	6.8	77.2%	Lab hold
Birmingham Perry Barr	Con	327	0.9	74.1%	Con gain from Lab
Birmingham Selly Oak	Con	5,211	13.8	66.3%	Con hold
Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	6,777	24.1	60.9%	Lab hold
Birmingham Sparkbrook	Lab	1,254	4.0	68.3%	Lab gain from Con
Birmingham Stechford	Lab	5,388	13.7	71.0%	Lab hold
Birmingham Yardley	Lab	169	0.4	77.0%	Lab gain from Con
Brierley Hill	Con	4,402	6.9	80.0%	Con hold
Bromsgrove	Con	6,943	11.4	82.9%	Con hold
Burton	Con	3,075	6.5	80.2%	Con hold
Cannock	Lab	8,274	15.1	76.2%	Lab hold
Coventry East	Lab	13,038	21.5	77.9%	Lab hold
Coventry North	Lab	3,530	8.0	81.4%	Lab hold
Coventry South	Lab	1,833	3.2	79.8%	Lab gain from Con
Dudley	Lab	10,270	18.0	76.5%	Lab hold
Hereford	Con	5,760	14.7	79.1%	Con hold
Kidderminster	Con	6,854	14.2	79.4%	Con hold
Leek	Lab	4,149	6.6	81.3%	Lab hold
Leominster	Con	6,297	21.0	77.1%	Con hold
Lichfield and Tamworth	Lab	3,816	8.2	80.9%	Lab hold
Ludlow	Con	6,527	17.7	77.5%	Con hold
Meriden	Lab	363	0.6	83.5%	Lab gain from Con
Newcastle under Lyme	Lab	8,397	16.0	82.2%	Lab hold
Nuneaton	Lab	11,702	23.7	80.1%	Lab hold
Oldbury and Halesowen	Lab	917	1.7	78.8%	Lab hold
Oswestry	Con	6,777	17.7	76.6%	Con hold
Rowley Regis and Tipton	Lab	8,601	20.4	70.4%	Lab hold
Rugby	Con	1,689	4.0	84.6%	Con hold
Shrewsbury	Con	5,859	15.3	78.2%	Con hold
Smethwick	Con	1,774	5.1	74.1%	Con gain from Lab
Solihull	Con	20,386	37.5	80.5%	Con hold
South Worcestershire	Con	12,237	26.4	77.3%	Con hold
Stafford and Stone	Con	6,786	13.4	81.0%	Con hold
Stoke on Trent Central	Lab	12,102	28.3	72.3%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent North	Lab	12,559	29.5	76.2%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent South	Lab	10,089	21.1	75.7%	Lab hold
Stratford	Con	10,590	24.5	80.0%	Con hold
Sutton Coldfield	Con	17,027	29.4	78.3%	Con hold
The Wrekin	Con	2,687	6.0	82.0%	Con hold
Walsall North	Lab	10,324	22.8	71.9%	Lab hold
Walsall South	Con	8,070	14.1	79.1%	Con hold
Warwick and Leamington	Con	10,884	19.7	80.4%	Con hold
Wednesbury	Lab	3,222	7.4	71.2%	Lab hold
West Bromwich	Lab	4,278	10.3	64.7%	Lab hold
Wolverhampton North East	Lab	4,083	12.0	68.0%	Lab hold
Wolverhampton South West	Con	9,856	26.0	75.3%	Con hold
Worcester	Con	7,307	15.3	79.3%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in West Midlands at the 1964 general election?

Labour won 28 of the 54 seats in West Midlands, with 45.2% of the vote.

How many seats were there in West Midlands in 1964?

54 constituencies.

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