West Midlands: October 1974 general election results

How West Midlands voted at the October 1974 general election: Labour won 35 of 56 seats with 43.9% of the vote. Every constituency result.

29 for a majority

Lab35
Con21

West Midlands: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	35	+2	1,159,987	43.9%	+0.8	56
Conservative	21	−2	992,685	37.5%	−3.3	56
Liberal	0	0	470,977	17.8%	+2.9	56
Others	0	0	20,427	0.8%	−0.4	21

Change compared with the February 1974 general election in West Midlands.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Aldridge-Brownhill	Lab	2,519	5.1	79.7%
Birmingham Edgbaston	Con	2,410	5.4	63.3%	Con hold
Birmingham Erdington	Lab	8,777	20.4	65.5%	Lab hold
Birmingham Hall Green	Con	2,624	5.6	70.2%	Con hold
Birmingham Handsworth	Lab	3,896	12.8	66.5%	Lab hold
Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	9,739	42.4	56.9%	Lab hold
Birmingham Northfield	Lab	10,597	20.1	67.9%	Lab hold
Birmingham Perry Barr	Lab	3,204	8.3	73.4%	Lab hold
Birmingham Selly Oak	Lab	326	0.8	67.2%	Lab gain from Con
Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	14,055	47.5	57.6%	Lab hold
Birmingham Sparkbrook	Lab	8,521	28.5	60.2%	Lab hold
Birmingham Stechford	Lab	11,923	29.7	64.1%	Lab hold
Birmingham Yardley	Lab	4,170	9.7	73.1%	Lab hold
Bromsgrove and Redditch	Con	2,068	3.0	79.6%	Con hold
Burton	Con	2,098	4.0	78.0%	Con hold
Cannock	Lab	12,222	28.4	76.0%	Lab hold
Coventry North East	Lab	15,969	35.9	70.0%	Lab hold
Coventry North West	Lab	7,488	20.2	75.2%	Lab hold
Coventry South East	Lab	12,123	35.3	67.6%	Lab hold
Coventry South West	Lab	2,118	3.9	79.4%	Lab hold
Dudley East	Lab	12,191	29.6	68.3%	Lab hold
Dudley West	Lab	8,525	15.2	75.2%	Lab hold
Halesowen and Stourbridge	Con	850	1.4	76.2%	Con hold
Hereford	Con	1,112	2.5	75.8%	Con hold
Kidderminster	Con	6,769	11.4	74.9%	Con hold
Leek	Con	4,324	6.6	78.5%	Con hold
Leominster	Con	579	1.7	78.4%	Con hold
Lichfield and Tamworth	Lab	331	0.5	78.2%	Lab gain from Con
Ludlow	Con	6,236	17.2	74.8%	Con hold
Meriden	Lab	8,966	12.3	75.1%	Lab hold
Newcastle under Lyme	Lab	7,370	13.0	78.1%	Lab hold
Nuneaton	Lab	17,761	30.8	73.9%	Lab hold
Oswestry	Con	8,414	20.8	71.9%	Con hold
Rugby	Lab	5,204	10.9	79.8%	Lab hold
Shrewsbury	Con	5,421	12.3	73.4%	Con hold
Solihull	Con	15,859	26.4	75.3%	Con hold
South Worcestershire	Con	9,052	16.4	75.1%
Stafford and Stone	Con	6,328	10.6	76.0%	Con hold
Staffordshire South West	Con	7,539	16.4	75.4%	Con hold
Stoke on Trent Central	Lab	14,653	36.7	65.3%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent North	Lab	15,072	36.2	69.6%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent South	Lab	16,495	32.9	69.1%	Lab hold
Stratford	Con	12,568	23.6	74.1%
Sutton Coldfield	Con	13,356	29.6	74.5%	Con hold
The Wrekin	Lab	6,838	11.0	75.5%	Lab hold
Walsall North	Lab	15,885	33.4	66.6%	Lab hold
Walsall South	Lab	4,662	10.7	73.6%	Lab hold
Warley East	Lab	8,177	21.2	67.1%	Lab hold
Warley West	Lab	14,857	36.2	67.0%	Lab hold
Warwick and Leamington	Con	8,245	14.0	74.8%	Con hold
West Bromwich East	Lab	7,529	19.1	67.6%	Lab hold
West Bromwich West	Lab	14,799	39.5	62.8%	Lab hold
Wolverhampton N.e.	Lab	14,653	31.9	—
Wolverhampton S.w.	Con	5,300	11.2	—
Wolverhampton Se	Lab	11,698	32.0	—
Worcester	Con	4,989	9.0	73.9%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in West Midlands at the October 1974 general election?

Labour won 35 of the 56 seats in West Midlands, with 43.9% of the vote.

How many seats were there in West Midlands in October 1974?

56 constituencies.

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