Elections West Midlands (region)

the green party of england , wales formed @ bridge inn in napton-on-the-hill, warwickshire, in february 1973, , originated article paul r. ehrlich population growth in playboy magazine; became ecology party in 1975 , green party in 1985; first conference in june 1973 @ allesley hotel @ a4114/a45 junction south of main jaguar works in allesley, in west coventry.

general election results in 2017

in 1992 general election, nuneaton taken labour 7% swing, 1 of largest swings of night; in 2015 election, nuneaton result largely seal eventual outcome of election. in 2010 general election, north warwickshire (dan byles) had smallest conservative majority, 54; stoke-on-trent central had smallest number of winning votes, 12,220.

in 2015 general election, conservatives gained largest share of region popular vote , took control of number of seats, 42% of region s electorate voting conservative, 33% labour, 16% ukip, 6% liberal democrat , 3% green. conservatives gained 2 seats virtually no swing labour conservative.

in 2017 general election, south staffordshire (gavin williamson) had second-highest conservative vote proportion in uk - 69.8%. david firth (statistician), @ university of warwick, invented bbc election exit poll. 6ft 9 daniel kawczynski, shropshire mp, tallest mp ever.

although having smaller percentage of vote neighbouring east midlands, geographic area of west midlands more conservative, due labour s vote consigned urban areas of birmingham, coventry , stoke-on-trent. number of seats more favoured towards labour geographic spread, 35 conservative seats , 24 labour. of warwickshire, staffordshire (except newcastle-under-lyme), herefordshire, worcestershire , shropshire conservative.