Meriden and Solihull East

Meriden and Solihull East is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. It is represented by Conservative Party member Saqib Bhatti, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Meriden from 2019 to 2024.

The constituency name refers to the village of Meriden and the eastern areas of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. This is part of a boundary review that resulted in the Meriden constituency being split into three.

Boundaries

2024–present

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull wards of: Bickenhill; Chelmsley Wood; Dorridge and Hockley Heath; Elmdon; Kingshurst and Fordbridge; Knowle; Meriden; Silhill.

It was created from the following areas:

• The majority (74.5%) of the previous Meriden constituency (abolished)
• Elmdon and Silhill wards (25.5%) from the previous Solihull constituency (abolished)

In addition to Meriden, the constituency also contains Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), which are in the Bickenhill ward.

Members of Parliament

Meriden prior to 2024

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Changes are from the notional results of the 2019 election on the new boundaries.

• Saqib Bhatti (Conservative) was previously MP for Meriden

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)

References

External links

• Meriden and Solihull East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK