Labor makes gains in West Midlands | News

Telford, Shrewsbury, Worcester and Redditch were among the seats lost to the Tories.

Labor has made gains in the West Midlands as it is confirmed that the party is back in power after 14 years.

Sir Keir Starmer said UUK was once again facing the “sunshine of hope” after the landslide put him on course to become the next prime minister.

Conservative leader Rishi Sunak conceded defeat after a “distressing” night for his party in which a record 11 cabinet ministers lost their seats.

That Labor stronghold is proving true here in the West Midlands. A red wall across the Black Country with all seats in Wolverhampton, Sandwell and Dudley under Labour.

Only Kingswinford and South Staffordshire were held by the Tories.

Walsall was held by Labour, while Tory Wendy Morton was re-elected in Aldridge-Brownhills.

All three Coventry seats were held by Labour, with the party also winning North Warwickshire and Bedworth, Nuneaton and Rugby.

Defeat for long-serving Tory Michael Fabricant, who lost his Lichfield seat after 26 years to Labour. Neighboring Tamworth was held by Labour’s Sarah Edwards.

In Birmingham – Labor has strengthened its grip on the city by taking Northfield from the Tories.

Also held were Selly Oak, Yardley, Hodge Hill and Solihull North, Edgbaston, Hall Green and Moseley, Ladywood and Erdington.

Conservative Andrew Mitchell was re-elected in Sutton Coldfield with a majority of 2,543.

The Tories also held on in Solihull, with Saqib Bhatti re-elected in Meriden and Solihull East and Neil Shastri-Hurst taking Solihull West and Shirley.

Some significant wins in Shropshire and Worcestershire for Labour. They took Telford, Shrewsbury, Worcester and Redditch from the Tories.

The Lib Dems also did well, winning back North Shropshire, with Helen Morgan taking a huge majority of 15,311.

Stratford-On-Avon also has a Lib Dem MP – Manuela Perteghella who takes the Conservative seat with a majority of 7,122.

An important victory for the Green Party in North Herefordshire, where Ellie Chowns took the seat from longtime Tory Bill Wiggin.

She took 21,736 votes to Wiggin’s 15,842.

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