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| West Midlands | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial and Administrative County (no county council) |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 42nd 902 km² |
| ONS code: | 2E |
| NUTS 2: | UKG3 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 2nd 2,575,768 2,856 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 80.0% White 13.4% S.Asian 3.7% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Bob Ainsworth, Adrian BaileyAdrian Bailey (born December 11, 1949) is a British politician, and Labour and Co-operative member of Parliament for West Bromwich West. He sits in Betty Boothroyd's old seat, which he initially won in a by-election in 2000. Bailey, Adrian Bailey, Adrian., Richard BurdenRichard Haines Burden (born September 1, 1954) is a politician in England. He is a member of the Labour Party, and member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield. Burden, Richard Burden, Richard Burden, Richard., Liam ByrneLiam Dominic Byrne (born 1970) is a British Labour Party politician. He was elected to be the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill in a by-election in 2004. He is founder of the Birmingham computer company EGS Group, a provider of e-commerce sol, Ross CranstonRoss Frederick Cranston (born 23 July 1948) is a lawyer and politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour member of Parliament for Dudley North, since 1997, and served as Solicitor General from 1998 to 2001. He is now a back-bencher again. Cranston, Ross, Jim Cunningham, Bruce GeorgeThe Right Honourable Bruce Thomas George (born June 1, 1942) is the English member of Parliament for Walsall South. He is a member of the Labour Party, and of the Privy Council. He has been an MP since 1974, and has never been on the front bench. He is se, Roger GodsiffRoger Duncan Godsiff (born 28 June 1946) is the Labour member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath in the United Kingdom. Godsiff, Roger Godsiff, Roger., Sylvia HealSylvia Lloyd Heal (born 20 July 1942) is a British politician. She is Labour member of Parliament for Halesowen and Rowley Regis. She was first elected to Parliament in a 1990 by-election for Mid Staffordshire, but failed to retain the seat at the 1992 el, Lynne Jones, Khalid Mahmood, Rob Marris, Stephen James McCabe, Andrew Mitchell, Estelle Morris, Ian Pearson, Ken Purchase, Geoffrey Robinson, Richard Shepherd, Debra Shipley, Clare Short, Siôn Simon, John Spellar, Caroline Spelman, Gisela Stuart, John Taylor, Dennis Turner, Tom Watson, David Winnick | |
| Districts | |
The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England, formed in 1974. Since 1986 it has had no county council. The county contains the cities of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry.
It also contains the metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, and Walsall. It covers much of the Black Country, and borders Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
Some confusion is caused by the use of the same name for the much larger West Midlands Region of England.
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, the Black Country and Solihull together form the largest urban conurbation in England outside London with a combined population of around 2.28 million. Coventry is separate from the main urban area surrounding Birmingham, a stretch of green belt land, roughly 15 miles across known as the " Meriden Gap" exists between the Birmingham conurbation and Coventry, which retains a strongly rural character. A smaller piece of green belt between Birmingham, Walsall and West Bromwich includes Barr Beacon and the Sandwell Valley.