WEST MIDLANDS

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West Midlands

Con Majority	19	Con Plurality	8	Con Total	27
Lab Majority	28	Lab Plurality	1	Lab Total	29
LD Majority	1	LD Plurality		LD Total	1
Oth Majority		Oth Plurality		Oth Total
No Plurality					2

Of the 33 seats held by the Conservatives, the party has a majority of councillors in 18 seats and a plurality in a further 7. There is 1 seat (Redditch) where they have a joint plurality with Labour.  This leaves 7 seats all of which have a majority of Labour councillors, namely: Cannock Chase; Dudley South; Halesowen & Rowley Regis; North Warwickshire; Nuneaton; Stourbridge; Wolverhampton SW

Of the 24 Labour held seats, the party has a majority of councillors in 21 seats and a plurality in 1 other.  Of the two remaining they have a joint plurality with the Conservatives in 1 (Coventry South) and in the last, Birmingham Edgbaston, there is a Conservative majority
Labour has 100% representation in 3 seats, namely: Birmingham Hodge Hill; Birmingham Ladywood; Coventry NE

Of the 2 LD held seats the party has a majority of councillors in 1, namely Birmingham Yarldey. In Solihull the Conservatives have a plurality