West Midlands: 1987 general election results
How West Midlands voted at the 1987 general election: the Conservatives won 36 of 58 seats with 45.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 36 | 0 | 1,346,505 | 45.5% | +0.6 | ||
| Labour | 22 | 0 | 984,023 | 33.3% | +2.1 | ||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 0 | 0 | 615,699 | 20.8% | −2.6 | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 10,401 | 0.4% | |||||
Change compared with the 1983 general election in West Midlands.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | 12,396 | 25.0 | 79.8% | Con hold |
| Birmingham Edgbaston | Con | 8,581 | 23.0 | 68.6% | Con hold |
| Birmingham Erdington | Lab | 2,467 | 6.6 | 68.5% | Lab hold |
| Birmingham Hall Green | Con | 7,621 | 16.7 | 74.7% | Con hold |
| Birmingham Hodge Hill | Lab | 4,789 | 11.7 | 68.8% | Lab hold |
| Birmingham Ladywood | Lab | 10,028 | 26.3 | 64.8% | Lab hold |
| Birmingham Northfield | Con | 3,135 | 5.9 | 72.6% | Con hold |
| Birmingham Perry Barr | Lab | 6,933 | 13.5 | 69.6% | Lab hold |
| Birmingham Selly Oak | Con | 2,584 | 4.9 | 73.1% | Con hold |
| Birmingham Small Heath | Lab | 15,521 | 45.2 | 60.6% | Lab hold |
| Birmingham Sparkbrook | Lab | 11,859 | 35.2 | 63.5% | Lab hold |
| Birmingham Yardley | Con | 2,522 | 6.0 | 73.9% | Con hold |
| Bromsgrove | Con | 16,685 | 31.4 | 76.4% | Con hold |
| Burton | Con | 9,830 | 17.1 | 78.5% | Con hold |
| Cannock and Burntwood | Con | 2,689 | 4.9 | 79.8% | Con hold |
| Coventry North East | Lab | 11,867 | 24.9 | 70.6% | Lab hold |
| Coventry North West | Lab | 5,663 | 14.3 | 74.8% | Lab hold |
| Coventry South East | Lab | 6,653 | 17.6 | 73.0% | Lab hold |
| Coventry South West | Con | 3,210 | 6.2 | 78.7% | Con hold |
| Dudley East | Lab | 3,473 | 6.4 | 72.3% | Lab hold |
| Dudley West | Con | 10,244 | 15.8 | 79.1% | Con hold |
| Halesowen and Stourbridge | Con | 13,808 | 22.3 | 79.4% | Con hold |
| Hereford | Con | 1,413 | 2.7 | 78.0% | Con hold |
| Leominster | Con | 14,075 | 25.9 | 77.5% | Con hold |
| Ludlow | Con | 11,699 | 22.9 | 77.1% | Con hold |
| Meriden | Con | 16,820 | 29.0 | 73.9% | Con hold |
| Newcastle under Lyme | Lab | 5,132 | 9.6 | 80.8% | Lab hold |
| Nuneaton | Con | 5,655 | 10.3 | 80.4% | Con hold |
| Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | 16,264 | 26.6 | 79.6% | Con hold |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | 9,064 | 16.7 | 77.0% | Con hold |
| Shropshire North | Con | 14,415 | 24.8 | 75.5% | Con hold |
| Solihull | Con | 21,786 | 37.1 | 75.1% | Con hold |
| Stafford | Con | 13,707 | 23.8 | 79.5% | Con hold |
| Staffordshire Mid | Con | 14,654 | 25.9 | 79.4% | Con hold |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | Con | 14,427 | 24.2 | 80.4% | Con hold |
| Staffordshire South | Con | 25,268 | 40.8 | 78.2% | Con hold |
| Staffordshire South East | Con | 10,885 | 20.7 | 79.4% | Con hold |
| Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | 9,770 | 21.5 | 68.8% | Lab hold |
| Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab | 8,513 | 15.7 | 72.9% | Lab hold |
| Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | 5,053 | 9.7 | 73.7% | Lab hold |
| Stratford-on-Avon | Con | 21,165 | 34.1 | 76.5% | Con hold |
| Sutton Coldfield | Con | 21,183 | 39.3 | 74.5% | Con hold |
| Walsall North | Lab | 1,790 | 3.6 | 73.8% | Lab hold |
| Walsall South | Lab | 1,116 | 2.2 | 75.5% | Lab hold |
| Warley East | Lab | 5,585 | 14.4 | 69.4% | Lab hold |
| Warley West | Lab | 5,393 | 13.4 | 70.0% | Lab hold |
| Warwick and Leamington | Con | 13,982 | 25.3 | 76.0% | Con hold |
| Warwickshire North | Con | 2,829 | 5.0 | 79.9% | Con hold |
| West Bromwich East | Lab | 983 | 2.3 | 73.2% | Lab hold |
| West Bromwich West | Lab | 5,253 | 13.3 | 67.0% | Lab hold |
| Wolverhampton North East | Con | 204 | 0.4 | 74.3% | Con gain from Lab |
| Wolverhampton South East | Lab | 6,398 | 15.8 | 72.5% | Lab hold |
| Wolverhampton South West | Con | 10,318 | 19.9 | 75.5% | Con hold |
| Worcester | Con | 10,453 | 19.7 | 76.7% | Con hold |
| Worcestershire Mid | Con | 14,911 | 24.2 | 76.6% | Con hold |
| Worcestershire South | Con | 13,645 | 23.4 | 75.6% | Con hold |
| Wrekin The | Lab | 1,456 | 2.3 | 78.3% | Lab gain from Con |
| Wyre Forest | Con | 7,224 | 13.2 | 77.6% | Con hold |
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Questions and answers
Who won in West Midlands at the 1987 general election?
The Conservatives won 36 of the 58 seats in West Midlands, with 45.5% of the vote.
How many seats were there in West Midlands in 1987?
58 constituencies.
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