This is a list of boundary changes occurring in the West Midlands region of England, since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972.
Administrative boundaries
Initial creation When the Local Government Act 1972 was passed there were still some details left to be decided, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England's first work was to clarify these details.
Date Statutory Instrument LGBCE Report1 February 1973 The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972legislation.gov.uk - The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972. Retrieved on 9 May 2016. Report No. 001: Recommendations for new Districts in the non-Metropolitan Counties November 19721 May 1973 The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973legislation.gov.uk - The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973. Retrieved on 9 May 2016. Report No. 002: Names of Non-Metropolitan Districts March 19731 April 1973 The Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973legislation.gov.uk - The Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973. Retrieved on 9 May 2016. n/a
Principal Area Boundary Reviews The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (or LGBCE) was established by the Local Government Act 1972 to review the administrative boundaries of every local authority in England. Between 1974 and 1992 they completed a series of Principal Area Boundary Reviews; reviewing the administrative boundaries of local authorities at their request.
Date Statutory Instrument Effect LGBCE Report(s)1 April 1985 The Hereford and Worcester (Areas) Order 1985 Changes to the boundaries of Leominster (Hereford and Worcester) Malvern Hills (Hereford and Worcester) South Herefordshire (Hereford and Worcester) Wychavon (Hereford and Worcester) Wyre Forest (Hereford and Worcester)Report No. 442: Malvern Hills/Leominster/South Herefordshire/Wychavon/Wyre Forest March 19831 April 1986 The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985 Changes to the Shrewsbury and Atcham/South Shropshire (both Shropshire) boundary Report No. 484: South Shropshire/Shrewsbury and Atcham November 19841 April 1987 The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1986 Changes to the Shrewsbury and Atcham/The Wrekin (both Shropshire) boundary Report No. 496: Shrewsbury and Atcham/The Wrekin July 19851 April 1987 The Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1987legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the Malvern Hills/Worcester (both Hereford and Worcester) boundary Worcester/Wychavon (both Hereford and Worcester) boundary Report No. 446: Wychavon/Malvern Hills June 1983Report No. 511: Worcester/Malvern Hills/Wychavon November 19851 April 1988 The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987legislation.gov.uk - The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the North Shropshire/Shrewsbury and Atcham (both Shropshire) boundary Report No. 516: North Shropshire/Shrewsbury and Atcham August 19861 April 1988 The Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1988legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the Leominster/South Herefordshire (both Hereford and Worcester) boundary Report No. 523: Leominster/South Herefordshire December 19861 April 1988 The West Midlands (District Boundaries) Order 1988legislation.gov.uk - The West Midlands (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. Changes to the Birmingham/Solihull (both West Midlands) boundary Report No. 524: Birmingham/Solihull December 19861 April 1993 The Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands (District Boundaries) Order 1992legislation.gov.uk - The Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands (District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 7 November 2015. Changes to the Stafford/Staffordshire Moorlands (both Staffordshire) boundary Report No. 619: Staffordshire Moorlands/Stafford October 1991
Other principal area boundary reviews Report No. 379: Tamworth/Lichfield March 1980 Report No. 463: Newcastle-under-Lyme/Stoke-on-Trent April 1984
Mandatory Reviews of non-Metropolitan Counties, Metropolitan Districts and London Boroughs In 1985 they began the first full administrative review of all non-metropolitan counties. Their reviews of metropolitan counties and Greater London began in 1987 and both reviews were completed in 1992.
Date Statutory Instrument Effect LGBCE Report(s)1 April 1988 The Northamptonshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988legislation.gov.uk - The Northamptonshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Daventry (Northamptonshire)/Rugby (Warwickshire) boundary Report No. 539: Northamptonshire August 19871 April 1991 The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Congleton (Cheshire)/Newcastle-under-Lyme (Staffordshire) boundary Wyre Forest (Hereford and Worcester)/South Staffordshire (Staffordshire) boundary High Peak (Derbyshire)/Staffordshire Moorlands (Staffordshire) boundary Derbyshire Dales (Derbyshire)/Staffordshire Moorlands (Staffordshire) boundary Derbyshire Dales (Derbyshire)/East Staffordshire (Staffordshire) boundary South Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/East Staffordshire (Staffordshire) boundary South Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/South Staffordshire (Staffordshire) boundary South Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/Lichfield (Staffordshire) boundary Report No. 582: Staffordshire February 19901 April 1991 The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the North Warwickshire (Warwickshire)/Hinckley and Bosworth (Leicestershire) South Derbyshire (Derbyshire)/North West Leicestershire (Leicestershire) North West Leicestershire (Leicestershire)/Rushcliffe (Nottinghamshire) South Kesteven (Lincolnshire)/Rutland (Leicestershire) boundary Report No. 577: Leicestershire October 19891 April 1991 The Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Wyre Forest (Hereford and Worcester)/Bridgnorth (Shropshire) boundary Report No. 573: Shropshire February 19891 April 1992 The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. n/a n/a1 April 1994 The Hereford and Worcester and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Bromsgrove (Hereford and Worcester)/Stratford-on-Avon (Warwickshire) boundary Wychavon (Hereford and Worcester)/Stratford-on-Avon (Warwickshire) boundary Redditch (Hereford and Worcester)/Stratford-on-Avon (Warwickshire) boundary Report No. 592: Hereford and Worcester November 19901 April 1995 The Hereford and Worcester and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Bromsgrove (Hereford and Worcester)/Birmingham (West Midlands) boundary Report No. 629: Birmingham (Bromsgrove) February 1992Report No. 683: Birmingham (Bromsgrove) (Electoral Consequentials) August 19921 April 1994 The Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Bromsgrove (Hereford and Worcester)/Dudley (West Midlands) boundary South Staffordshire (Staffordshire)/Dudley (West Midlands) boundary South Staffordshire (Staffordshire)/Walsall (West Midlands) boundary South Staffordshire (Staffordshire)/Wolverhampton (West Midlands) boundary Lichfield (Staffordshire)/Walsall (West Midlands) boundary Birmingham/Sandwell (both West Midlands) boundary Dudley/Sandwell (both West Midlands) boundary Sandwell/Walsall (both West Midlands) boundary Dudley/Wolverhampton (both West Midlands) boundary Walsall/Wolverhampton (both West Midlands) boundary Wolverhampton/Sandwell (both West Midlands) boundaryReport No. 685: Dudley/Sandwell/Walsall/Wolverhampton September 19921 April 1994 The Hereford and Worcester, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Bromsgrove (Hereford and Worcester)/Solihull (West Midlands) boundary North Warwickshire (Warwickshire)/Solihull (West Midlands) boundary Stratford-on-Avon (Warwickshire)/Solihull (West Midlands) boundary Warwick (Warwickshire)/Solihull (West Midlands) boundary Birmingham/Solihull (both West Midlands) boundaryReport No. 682: Solihull August 19921 April 1994 The Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the North Warwickshire (Warwickshire)/Birmingham (West Midlands) boundary Birmingham (West Midlands)/Lichfield (Staffordshire) boundaryReport No. 678: Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) August 19921 April 1994 The Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993legislation.gov.uk - The Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. Changes to the Rugby (Warwickshire)/Coventry (West Midlands) boundary Nuneaton and Bedworth (Warwickshire)/Coventry (West Midlands) boundary North Warwickshire (Warwickshire)/Coventry (West Midlands) boundary Warwick (Warwickshire)/Coventry (West Midlands) boundary Solihull (West Midlands)/Warwick (Warwickshire) boundary Warwick/Rugby (both Warwickshire) boundary Coventry/Solihull (both West Midlands) boundary Report No. 628: Coventry February 1992Report No. 679: Coventry (Electoral Consequentials) August 1992
Other mandatory meviews of non-metropolitan counties, metropolitan districts and London boroughs Report No. 574: Gloucestershire February 1989 Report No. 579: Warwickshire January 1990
Electoral boundaries
Initial creation When the Local Government Act 1972 was passed there was not sufficient time to draw up proper electoral boundaries for the new county and district councils, so a temporary system was quickly put in place, intended to only be used for the first elections in 1973.
Date Statutory Instrument7 June 1973 The County of Hereford and Worcester (District Wards) Order 197312 April 1973 The County of Hereford and Worcester (Electoral Divisions) Order 19737 June 1973 The County of Salop (District Wards) Order 197312 April 1973 The County of Salop (Electoral Divisions) Order 19737 June 1973 The County of Staffordshire (District Wards) Order 197312 April 1973 The County of Staffordshire (Electoral Divisions) Order 19737 June 1973 The County of Warwickshire (District Wards) Order 197312 April 1973 The County of Warwickshire (Electoral Divisions) Order 197312 April 1973& 10 May 1973 The County of West Midlands (Electoral Divisions and Wards) Order 1973