Who is the MP for Meriden and Solihull East?

Saqib Bhatti (Conservative) is the MP for Meriden and Solihull East. They were first elected in December 2019.

Who won Meriden and Solihull East at the 2024 general election?

The 2024 general election in Meriden and Solihull East was won by Conservative with 38.1% of the vote, ahead of Labour on 27.7%.

Who is projected to win the next election in Meriden and Solihull East?

PollCheck's current projection has Reform UK on 35.8% and Conservative on 32.9% if a general election were held today. The projection updates as new polling is added.

What council is Meriden and Solihull East in?

Meriden and Solihull East sits within Solihull council. Westminster constituencies and local councils are separate units, but Solihull covers most or all of the Meriden and Solihull East area.

What is the demographic profile of Meriden and Solihull East?

Meriden and Solihull East is in West Midlands. The seat is Leave-voting (Leave vote estimated at 56.1% in 2016). Around 34.7% of residents have a degree, a median age of 43, and 68.9% of homes are owner-occupied (Census 2021).

When was the last general election in Meriden and Solihull East?

The most recent general election was held on 4 July 2024. In Meriden and Solihull East, Conservative won with 38.1% of the vote. The next general election must be held by August 2029.

Which parties have won Meriden and Solihull East in recent elections?

Recent general election winners in Meriden and Solihull East: 2010 Conservative, 2015 Conservative, 2017 Conservative, 2019 Conservative, 2024 Conservative.

Constituency profile

Meriden and Solihull East

West Midlands · County constituency · Solihull borough

Sitting MP

Saqib Bhatti

Conservative

First elected December 2019

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type

West Midlands

County constituency, Solihull council

Last 5 GE winners

CCCCC

Conservative 5/5

EU referendum 2016

56.1% Leave

UK average 51.9%; +4.2pp above mean

Current outlook

Reform UK +2.9pp

Vulnerability score 5/10 (Conservative projected to lose)

MidlandsLeave-leaning

Who lives in Meriden and Solihull East? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016

56.1%

UK average ~52%

Degree or above

34.7%

UK average ~34%

No qualifications

18.2%

UK average ~18%

Owner-occupied

68.9%

UK average ~63%

Renting (social + private)

30.2%

UK average ~36%

Median age

43.4

UK median ~40

Age 65+

26.4%

UK average ~19%

Age 18-34

26.5%

UK average ~28%

How did Meriden and Solihull East vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 4,584 votes (10.4pp) · turnout 59.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Meriden and Solihull East

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Meriden and Solihull East within Solihull

The Westminster constituency of Meriden and Solihull East sits entirely within Solihull Council. Local council elections are a separate ballot from Westminster general elections - the figures below are from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Council overlap

Council	Share of seat	Projection
Solihull 61 LSOAs	100%	View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward	GE2024 winner	Latest council winner	Shift since GE2024	Turnout

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Meriden and Solihull East at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Meriden and Solihull East at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year	Result	MP	Lab	Con	LD	Right (Ref/UKIP)	Green	Other	Majority	Turnout
2010predecessor	Con hold	Caroline Spelman Meriden MP	20.5%	51.7%	17.8%	2.6% UKIP	1.3%	6.1%	16,253	63.4%
2015predecessor	Con hold	Caroline Spelman Meriden MP	19.0%	54.7%	5.0%	16.9% UKIP	4.1%	0.2%	18,795	64.2%
2017predecessor	Con hold	Caroline Spelman Meriden MP	26.9%	62.0%	4.9%	3.7% UKIP	2.6%	-	19,198	67.1%
2019notional	Conservative winner	Saqib Bhatti Meriden MP, pre-review boundary	20.8%	62.4%	13.6%	-	3.2%	-	20,270	64.8%
2024	Con hold	Saqib Bhatti	27.7%	38.1%	7.6%	19.9% Ref	6.7%	-	4,584	59.8%

Meriden and Solihull East was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Meriden (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Meriden and Solihull East

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Meriden and Solihull East. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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